The former Sainte-Elisabeth clinic located at the corner of rue de Villars and avenue Clemenceau, in the heart of Thionville, continues to evolve. A second life orchestrated by the City and the Metz promoter Blue Habitat responsible for rehabilitating and transforming into 72 housing units this vast building built under the German annexation. While the first shovels were given last August, the laying of the first stone was formalized, Tuesday, December 14, in the presence of the various partners, the mayor of Thionville Pierre Cuny, and the deputy delegate to Urbanism, Roger Schreiber. Faced with the “architectural” challenge and with the help of the architects of the Bâtiments de France, the transformation of the historic building will give rise to a “qualitative” real estate project. “The fiber cement roof will give way to natural slate”, indicates Hugues Cognon, director of Blue Habitat who advocates “the reconstruction of cities on themselves”.
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“Restructure the city on the city”
This place “steeped in history”, this “emblem of Thionville”, as Pierre Cuny pointed out, will thus retain its authenticity while offering accommodation arranged around four entrances and having private parking, a bike room, garden, balcony or terrace. “Restructuring the city on the city has always been my goal,” continues the mayor who spoke of the ongoing transformation of the station district. And to continue: “Who would have thought, six years ago, that we would be in such a dynamic? The heart of the city, thirty to thirty-five buildings are bought and which will be rehabilitated, that is to say nearly 600 housing which will participate in the revitalization of the hypercentre. ”
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