Euroméditerranée Smartseille Ecocity in Marseille, Bouches-de-Rhônes department, southern France

Are you looking for premises in which to expand your international company? Well with this advert we propose to you, an opportunity in the Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region.

An excellent location

Smartseille, located within Euroméditerranée’s Central Business District, is at the heart of France’s southern city of Marseille, just 20 minutes from both the international Marseille-Provence Airport (160 routes and 33 airlines) and the Marseille St-Charles TGV (High-Speed Train) Station, from which 20 TGVs a day depart for Paris. In a wider frame, the site is also situated at the heart of a major multimodal network, with 3 motorways linking Spain, Italy, and North Europe being immediately accessible. The Central Business Quarter benefits greatly from excellent accessibility within the metropole; many public transport options are available. 2 tramlines lead to Castellane (neighbourhood) and the Palais Longchamp (cultural monument) in just a few minutes. The metro runs all the way through Euroméditerranée. The Arenc-Euroméditerranée TER (Regional Express Train) stops within the Central Business Quarter. In addition, there are many self-service bike stations and car-sharing options.

Smartseille, a unique urban project

A project that revolves around the concept “Low Cost, Easy Tech”

Smartseille is a Mediterranean town, a sustainable project of the future, that explores the technical and financial feasibility of all of the Ecocity’s urban and environmental innovative schemes. Highlighted by Rémi Costantino, the General Secretary and Director of Strategy and Forecasting for the Euroméditerranée strategy, “all that is developed on this project must be at an affordable price for the consumer and usable intuitively, so that it can be recreated elsewhere.”

Smartseille is part of a comprehensive reconversion project of a 170-hectare industrial site, as part of the 2009 extension of the Euroméditerranée perimeter, all centred around a global ambition of architectural quality and consumption, environmental performance and bioclimatic comfort, services, e-services, and overall cost control. This 58,000m² prototype will eventually be home to around 800 residents and 2,000 employees, with 100 council houses, a 100-bed senior housing complex, 27,500m² of office space, 3,000m² shopping centre, a 90-room hotel and a 35-cot nursery.

A genuine Smartcity

This innovative project, now Europe’s biggest urban redevelopment site, is set to become the future’s sustainable city laboratory, with urban planning adapted to specific climatic, geographical, cultural, and Mediterranean needs.

The 2.7-hectares of the Allar site, one of Smartseille’s projects, aims to become the Mediterranean reference exemplifying an open, welcoming city that is always evolving, and that always puts the individual at the heart of its projects. It is an ecocity providing the grounds for innovative and sustainable solutions regarding eco-construction, mobility, housing, and spatial planning.

• Energy solidarity is the predominant goal. Energy pooling has been made possible within the district thanks to a seawater loop: the site’s potential energy usage throughout the year is optimised by a thermal balance between the office and residency areas. For example: the energy produced by the offices in summer can be used to produce hot running water for the accommodation. This control system could eventually be used throughout the whole area.
• Each part of the city is planned out to optimise the quality of life for the residents. For example, parking during the day is reserved for office personnel, but during the night it is reserved for the district’s residents.
• It is a completely digitally connected district, with not only free Wi-Fi for everyone, but also a tablet that will allow the individual to control their energy consumption and to consult the e-concierge service.

Are you interested in this project?

Euroméditerranée awaits only you. The pricing regarding this property will be provided by our business partner, as with the answers to any other questions you may have about this advert.