The ambitious redevelopment of the LavoisierCity site in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is continuing with the awarding of the development contract for the residential portion to Louis de Waele Immo.
The planning and environmental permits, submitted in December 2020, have been finalized and are now enforceable as of May 10, 2024, allowing work to begin.
The site is a former tobacco factory which has been totally transformed into a mixed-use neighbourhood
The LavoisierCity site, bordered by Rue De Koninck, Rue Van Kalck, and Rue Charles Malis, was for many years home to the British American Tobacco (BAT) tobacco factory.
For the past ten years, citydev.brussels has been undertaking a major redevelopment project there, aiming to transform this former industrial wasteland into a mixed-use neighborhood where housing, economic activities, and high-quality public spaces coexist.
In 2011, citydev.brussels redeveloped the first part of the site into spaces for productive activities, which now houses eight SMEs in over 14,600 m².
Two other plots of land were transferred to the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean and the Brussels-Capital Region Housing Corporation (SLRB), which developed 89 social and intermediate housing units there, inaugurated in 2017.
The new project of 85 subsidized homeownership units, to be developed by citydev.brussels and Louis de Waele Immo, constitutes the final stage of this large-scale urban regeneration.
Benjamin Cadranel, CEO of citydev.brussels, told this site: “LavoisierCity symbolizes our commitment to the city’s evolution.
“By revitalizing this industrial site, we are strengthening the neighborhood’s diversity and offering many Brussels households the opportunity to acquire quality housing at an affordable price.
“This project fully illustrates citydev.brussels’ mission: to build a sustainable, balanced, and inclusive city.”
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