Continental Square

Continental Square

Continental Square is a 60,000 square feet (5,600 m²) office complex located in Roissypôle on the grounds of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France, France, developed by Seifert Architects.^[1][2] The complex has a surface area of 50,000 square metres (540,000 sq ft) and consists of eight buildings.^[3] The buildings have underground walkways that link to restaurants and other facilities under pyramid roofs.^[2]

History

GA was the builder and owner of Continental Square.^[4] Seifert Architects was the architect of the approximately 25,000-square-metre (270,000 sq ft) complex, which was built with off-site manufactured elements.^[5]

In 1994 around half of the 24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft) in the complex was occupied.^[6] In 1995 the space was 70% leased, and the owner reduced rent rates.^[4] In 1997 the center, then owned by GCI, was 80% occupied.^[7]

In 2009 Aéroports de Paris, the operator of CDG Airport, and GE Capital Real Estate France via the subsidiary Foncière Ariane SAS signed an agreement to form a partnership managing the complex.^[3] SAS Roissy Continental Square is the name of the partnership.^[8] The partnership was finalized in December 2009.^[9]

Tenants

XL Airways France has its head office in the Bâtiment Mars in Continental Square II.^[10] ProLogis has offices in the Bâtiment Saturne.^[11] Air France operates the Vaccinations Center at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in the Bâtiment Uranus.^[12] Servair, an Air France subsidiary, has its head office in Continental Square.^[13]

References

Paris portal

1. ^ "Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle." Tremblay-en-France. Retrieved on 17 July 2010.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Continental Square Roissypole, Paris." Seifert Architects. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Partnership agreement with GE Capital Real Estate France." Aéroports de Paris. 27 July 2009. Retrieved on 17 June 2010.
4. ^ ^{a b} "L'envol difficile de Roissy." Les Echos. 19 October 1995. #17007, Page 45. Retrieved on 17 June 2010. "GA, constructeur et propriétaire du Continental Square s'en tire mieux: ses 24.000 m2 sont loués à 70 %, mais moyennant là aussi une baisse sensible des loyers, ramenés au niveau de ceux pratiqués à Paris-Nord II (1.000 francs le mètre carré par an hors charges)."
5. ^ "Continental Square, Roissypole." Seifert Architects. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
6. ^ "Des projets autour de Roissy en liste d'attente." Les Echos. 21 April 1994. #16629, Page 1. Retrieved on 17 June 2010. "Après les 24.000 m2 de Continental Square, dont la moitié sont occupés."
7. ^ "Le pôle de Roissy se remet en piste." Les Echos. 2 October 1997. #17492, page 28. Retrieved on 17 June 2010. "Le Continental Square (22.000 m2), propriété de GCI, est occupé à plus de 80 %."
8. ^ "CALYON CO-ARRANGER AND AGENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TWO REAL ESTATE ASSETS IN ROISSY." Crédit Agricole. 29 January 2010. Retrieved on 17 June 2010.
9. ^ "Aéroports de Paris and GE Capital Real Estate France announce the finalisation of their partnership agreement for Continental Square office complex." Aéroports de Paris. 1 December 2009. Retrieved on 17 June 2010.
10. ^ "XL Airways France." BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 17 July 2010.
11. ^ "France -> Leasing Contacts." ProLogis. Retrieved on 17 June 2010.
12. ^ "Prevention and Vaccinations." Air France. Retrieved on 19 June 2010.
13. ^ "Servair." Air France. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.