Toulouse: 113 social housing units in the heart of the Saint-Cyprien district
113 social housing units at controlled prices will be built in spring 2023 on the site of the former center for the fight against cancer, the Claudius Regaud Institute. With this operation, Kaufman & Broad wants to promote the residential route of Toulouse residents in the city center.
This Friday 1uh October, the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc alongside Nordine Hachemi, president of Kaufman & Broad, Jacques Rubio, its regional general manager as well as Bertrand Serp, president of Toulouse Métropole Habitat and Frédéric Carré, president of Promologis, planted five olive trees thus symbolizing the start of work on social housing at the Cour du Dôme in Toulouse. “The project was awarded to Kaufman & Broad in 2017 by the Toulouse University Hospital and the Claudius Regaud Institute, following a call for tenders and architectural competition”, recalls Jacques Rubio, regional director of Kaufman & Broad. Taking place on the site of the former center for the fight against cancer, this project represents “a renewal of the city on the city” while responding to several major social issues.
Jean-Luc Moudenc: “A perfectly balanced mix”
With a total area of 25,000 m2, the future residence consists of a total of 226 apartments, including 113 social housing units, an Adagio tourist residence and 1000 m2 of shops and services. “With 50% of social housing and at controlled prices, we have here an operation of a perfectly balanced mix”, recalls the mayor of Toulouse and president of the metropolis, Jean-Luc Moudenc. An opportunity for Mayor LR to “wring the neck of the disinformation company” which surrounded this construction project. Strongly acquired, in particular by the former occupants of the Nanta pavilion, the municipality has been accused of encouraging the “gentrification” of the district by building luxury apartments “intended for the richest”. “Saint-Cyprien remains Saint-Cyprien. This district has a tradition of great social diversity which should not be undermined”, insisted Jean-Luc Moudenc.
Allocated to Toulouse Métropole Habitat (TMH) and Promologis in 2019, as social funders, these social housing units will allow low-income households to reinvest certain neighborhoods from which they were excluded because of the soaring prices of housing. immovable. “Promologis has purchased from Kaufman & Broad a share of 44 social housing units intended for rental,” specifies Frédéric Carré, president of Promologis. Ranging from T2 to T4, rents will start at 450 euros per month before the deduction of housing aid “. As for the housing offered for accession at a controlled price, at 3,300 euros per square meter, they have already found a taker.
An emblematic place
Kaufman & Broad’s Court du Dome project also seeks to see how the act of building can be kind to nature. “More than fifty trees will be planted where there were only three before, 20% of vegetated land against zero and a footprint of buildings reduced by 30%”, welcomes Nordine Hachemi, president of Kaufman & Broad.
Adjoining one of the most emblematic sites of the Pink City, the Saint-Joseph de La Grave chapel and its dome, this previously enclosed space will open onto the neighborhood. A passage will be created in line with the green corridor and will provide access to the Raymond VI garden and the Abattoirs museum. Signed by the firm Taillandier Architects, the end of the work is scheduled for spring 2023.