New Life – In order not to eat up farmland, the city turns to its vacant land, which is increasingly scarce and increasingly expensive
They are the last hope of the municipalities. Abandoned for years, even decades, fallow land they have become highly sought-after goods in cities with strong attractiveness. Forced to stop expanding to preserve farmland, communities are all faced with the same challenge: rebuilding themselves. There are two solutions. Demolish old buildings or neighborhoods to install new ones. Or explore the urban wastelands. Member of the club of the most attractive cities in France, Reindeer it has already exploited the vein for years by approaching powerful allies who are often very rich in underexploited land: the SNCF, the army and the Church.
The latest acquisition is a good example of the close relationships established between these land trading partners. After sending Euro-Shelter in the wasteland of PSA à la Janais, the city of Rennes was able to purchase the abandoned hangars in La Courrouze from the Groupement Industriel des Armaments Terrestres (GIAT), which remained its owner even after the end of its military arsenal activities. Here is a dedicated place to the social and solidarity economy that will come out of the ground. But also buildings that host(…) Read More
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