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mILANORD2
milan, Italy
Developers: Bordeaux’s future Belvedere district by Bordeaux of coastal front revolving around a two million square metre
LSGI/SCCI & Ceetrus Euratlantique forms part of the metropolitan city centre’s Metropolitan Park, the largest coastal park in Europe. Under
extension on the right bank of the Garonne, and aims to construction by Lamda Development, the Hellinikon Project
create a new district close to the TGV railway station. The is an €8bn investment that is estimated to create more than
scheme will provide a mixed-use district with housing and a 75,000 jobs in total and complete in 2025. The selection of
centre for tertiary businesses which will link to the business the internationally acclaimed architectural firm FOSTER +
centre on the west bank. The site’s prominent location PARTNERS together with ARUP Engineers, Charles Anderson
provides unrestricted views over the 18th-century facades of Landscape Architecture (USA) and numerous reputable
Bordeaux, a city on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Place Greek designer offices, safeguards the strategic vision of
du Belvedere, a square at the heart of the development and Lamda Development.
equivalent in size to Bordeaux’s Place de la Bourse, has a variety Under development by LSGI/SCCI and Ceetrus,
of ground floor shops. The district will comprise 50,000sq Milanord2 will be a dynamic and strategically well-located
m of office space, 72,000sq m of housing and 10,000sq m retail and leisure destination which will house 98,500sq
of space for cafes/ restaurants, food shops, supermarkets, m of retail stores and 10,000sq m of restaurants, cafés
sporting and cultural facilities. The project was designed by and bars. The 41,000sq m Sky Plaza will host free, open-
architectural practices Guller Guller and Hondelatte Laporte air games and sports activities along with many cultural
and has planned opening dates across 2020-2023. events. The centre, which is only 30 minutes from central
Hellinikon, with a total area of 6.2 million square metres, Milan, will include a cinema, children’s play areas and a
constitutes the largest urban regeneration project in Europe, marketplace for fresh, local produce as part of the family-
designed to add significant new investments and uses in the friendly offering. The aim is to create a day-out experience
areas of tourism, culture, entrepreneurship, innovation and for people of all backgrounds and generations in a unique
environment creating a world-class destination and a new new style of multi-use shopping environment, which will
way of living. Hellinikon will become a paradigm of integrated provide a community hub for the city and the wider region.
and sustainable living, transforming the former airport site Milanord2 is very well connected – it houses a metro
into a district composed of several communities, each one station for the Red and Lilac M1 subway lines beneath the
with distinct character, combining residential, shopping, centre and is also served by several bus routes, ample car
working, leisure, entertainment, cultural activities, three km parking, bicycle stations and cycle paths.
BELVEDERE
Bordeaux, france
Developer: Bordeaux Euratlantique

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