Start Signal for Cinema City

14 June 2010 - New contracts - France

On 25 March, EuropaCorp Studios gave VINCI Immobilier formal notification, within the framework of their property development contract (CPI), to start work on the future Cité du Cinéma, in Saint-Denis (by Paris). The works, on a general contracting basis, have been entrusted to Bateg (VINCI Construction France), working in association with Lefort Francheteau and Phibor Vital, two VINCI Energies business units (Energy business line), for the technical works packages. The new complex (surface area: 62,000 sq. metres) will accommodate the head office of EuropaCorp, production and post-production offices, the École Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière and workshops for the production of film sets, as well as nine film studios, a 450-seat projection room, a functions space and a restaurant. Value of the works: €103m; handover is scheduled for April 2012.