MIPIM, the world’s leading real estate event, is back, from March 14 to 17, 2023. Paris La Défense and its partners look forward to seeing you, at Cannes, under the Grand Paris banner.
For four days each year, MIPIM brings together the most influential private and public players in all real estate sectors, both French and international, for the industry’s foremost business event. This year’s exhibition promises great meetings and a large program regarding comitted topics : soft mobility, an overview of our first actions to transform Paris La Defense into the 1st post-carbon business district. The area’s new projects will also figure prominently.
Program of events
Tuesday, March 14
3:30 – 4:00 PM I Paris La Défense: Projects and Perspectives
Paris La Défense is continuing its transformation, launching several ambitious and sustainable urban and real estate projects. Overview of projects that exemplify the new face of the district. Highlights: transformation of the Esplanade into an urban park, modernization of Place de la Défense, the Les Groues district, The Link, Altiplano, Lightwell, and many other projects to be discovered!
Speakers
- Olivier Schoentjes, Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
- Myriam Diguet, Deputy Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
Wednesday, March 15
10:30 – 11:15 AM I Transformation of the Michelet neighborhood
Easily accessible by public transportation, the Michelet neighborhood is undergoing a thorough transformation targeting public spaces on either side of an orderly urban thoroughfare. Presentation of an ambitious urban project set to welcome The Link, the future head office of TotalEnergies, as of 2025.
Speakers
- Myriam Diguet, Deputy Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
- Adrien Larcade, Project Manager, Paris La Défense
- With the participation of Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud, Mayor of Puteaux
More info on the transformation of the Michelet neighborhood
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM I Transformation of CNIT into a shopping destination
Featuring new shops and services, a food court and renovated seminar and convention venues, CNIT is set to become a new shopping destination in Paris La Défense.
Speakers
- Olivier Schoentjes, Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
- Anne-Sophie Sancerre, COO for Southern Europe, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Vincent Jean-Pierre, Managing Director, Offices France & Mixed-Use Europe, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
2:30 – 3:15 PM I New mobility in Paris La Défense
A comprehensive action plan will be implemented over the coming years, including a Bike strategy aimed at enhancing the popularity and sustainability of cycling, a parking lot overhaul to accentuate electric mobility, as well as a review of Cœur Transport to adapt the transportation hub to ever-higher passenger numbers and facilitate access for the 85% of business district employees who use public transit.
Speakers
- Christophe Dalstein, Head of Engineering and District Services, Paris La Défense
- Michèle Salvadoretti, Managing Director, Q-Park
3:30 – 4:15 PM I HOPEN, the ambition of an open Tower and a renewed sense of purpose
Speakers
- Olivier Schoentjes, Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
- Grégory Frapet, Chairman of the Management Board, Primonial REIM
- Charles Ragons, Head of Asset Management, Primonial REIM
- Jean Mas, Architect, Associate, Ateliers 2/3/4
- Camille Hartmann, Impact Manager, Groupe SOS Consulting
4:30 – 5:15 PM I From Raison d’Être to Proactive Purpose
Eighteen months after the decision to pursue a post-carbon future for Paris La Défense, we will offer a sweeping overview of initial concrete actions, the collective momentum at work in the district and perspectives for transformation.
Speakers
- Georges Siffredi, President of Paris La Défense and the Hauts-de-Seine Departmental Council
- Céline Crestin, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, Paris La Défense
More info on the strategic course of Paris La Défense
Thursday, March 16
10:30 – 11:00 AM I Paris La Défense: projects and perspectives
Paris La Défense is continuing its transformation, launching several ambitious and sustainable urban and real estate projects. Overview of projects that exemplify the new face of the neighborhood. Highlights: transformation of the Esplanade into an urban park, modernization of Place de la Défense, the Les Groues district, The Link, Altiplano, Lightwell, and many other projects to be discovered!
Speakers
- Olivier Schoentjes, Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
- Myriam Diguet, Deputy Head of Urban and Real Estate Projects, Paris La Défense
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM I The Bords de Seine sector: a mixed-use development program for Nanterre
The Bords de Seine sector in Nanterre, one of the last neighborhoods of the Seine Arche ZAC to be developed, includes part of the Université de Paris Nanterre campus. The public development program designed for this sector aims to rebuild a coherent urban fabric thanks to a new mixed-use neighborhood, alongside initiatives to open the campus up to its surrounding environment by renovating public spaces and thoroughly revising traffic patterns, all while making nature an integral part of the urban landscape.
Speakers
- Aurélie Boisselet, Project Manager, Paris La Défense
- With the participation of Patrick Jarry, Mayor of Nanterre
2:45 – 3:30 PM I Invest La Défense 2050
The Link (Total Energies HQ), designed by PCA Stream projects the office building into a new era. Groupama Real Estate has put the quality of work at the heart of its concept to create a walkable, especially designed to increase human interaction. Links, planted terraces, garden and rooftops make it the first open-air tower. It will create a forecourt at the street level, a move unprecedented in the district, to connect the tower with the Puteaux city center and pacify the local ring road. Besides The Link, Groupama Real Estate aims to introduce a deep evolution of La Defense business district.
Speakers
- Pierre-Yves Guice, CEO, Paris La Défense
- Eric Donnet, CEO, Groupama Immobilier
- Roland Cubin, Head of Operations, Groupama Immobilier
- Chloé Laurent, Project Head, Groupama Immobilier
Our partners
Axa IM – Real Assets
AXA IM – Real Assets is part of AXA IM Alts, a leading alternative investment firm with €188 billion of assets under management at the end of March 2022 (1) in real estate, infrastructure, private debt, Structured Finance and hedge funds. AXA IM Alts employs more than 750 people in 15 offices around the world and serves more than 500 clients in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. We are a global leader in real estate investment with over €80 billion of real estate assets under management, and the largest real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe (1), and one of the largest in the world.
DWS
DWS Group (DWS) is one of the world’s leading asset managers with €833 billion in assets under management (as of June 30, 2022). DWS has been investing in real estate assets for over 50 years. Part of the Alternatives platform, the real estate business has more than 350 employees in nearly 25 cities around the world, with more than 78 billion euros of global real estate assets under management, including 2.4 billion in France and in Belgium.
GCI
Established in 1975, Générale Continentale Investissements (GCI) has become a major office development and investment company in France. In collaboration with renowned partners, GCI has invested in over 2 million sqm of offices located in Paris, the Paris region and also in Lyon and London.
Groupama Immobilier
Groupama Immobilier is the real estate arm of Groupe Groupama. It manages a portfolio of tertiary, commercial, and residential properties worth 3.2 billion euros on behalf of its principals, which makes it one of France’s top property management firms. Its model rests on 4 key pillars: — Long-term vision: A mutual savings group founded by farmers, with a history dating back more than a century, Groupama knows the value of a long timescale — Fully independent, end-to-end project management — Operations tailored to its future users, which are identified in the project’s earliest stages and are usually leaders in their fields — Taking part in the revitalization of the iconic districts of Paris or regionally.
Icade
As an office and healthcare property investment company (portfolio worth €15.5bn on a full consolidation basis as of 06/30/2022) and a developer of homes, offices and public amenities (2021 economic revenue of €1.1bn), Icade designs, builds, manages and invests in cities, neighbourhoods and buildings that are innovative, diverse, inclusive and connected, with a reduced carbon footprint. Desirable places to live and work. In collaboration with its stakeholders, Icade has made low carbon a strategic priority in order to reinvent real estate and create cities that are healthier, happier and more hospitable. Icade is a key player in Greater Paris and major French cities. It is listed as a “SIIC” on Euronext Paris and its leading shareholder is the Caisse des Dépôts group.
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Primonial REIM
Major player in real estate savings, Primonial REIM create, structure and manage collective real estate investment solutions on behalf of french private and individual investors. Primonial’s approach is based on the convictions of its managers in the different real estate sectors, with the aim of creating lasting value for our clients, our employees and our partners. Innovation, commitment and customer service are some of the key values driving its teams on a daily basis. Primonial REIM France is one of the asset management companies of the European real estate platform Primonial REIM.
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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is an owner, developer and operator of sustainable, high-quality real estate assets in the most dynamic cities in Europe and the United States. The Group operates 80 shopping centres in 12 countries, including 45 which carry the iconic Westfield brand. These centres attract over 900 million visits annually and provide a unique platform for retailers and brands to connect with consumers. URW also has a portfolio of high-quality offices, 10 convention and exhibition venues in Paris, and a €3 Bn development pipeline of mainly mixed-use assets. Currently, its €55 Bn portfolio is 87% in retail, 6% in offices, 5% in convention and exhibition venues, and 2% in services (as at June 30, 2022). URW is a committed partner to major cities on urban regeneration projects, through both mixed-use development and the retrofitting of buildings to industry-leading sustainability standards.
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