QUETIGNY PROJET CŒUR DE VILLE

A new, more dynamic city center where 400 new homes are being built.

The city of Quetigny has embarked on an ambitious urban redevelopment project designed to create a genuine Quetigny town center around the tramway terminus station, Quetigny Centre. The project is due to be completed by 2025-2030, and has multiple objectives aimed at :

give the citya new, more urban and attractiveface,

retain a sufficient number of residents,

meet the housingneeds of the population, whether young couples wishing to remain in the commune, or the elderly looking for more suitable accommodation (a third of the population will be over 60 by 2025) at affordable rates,

tocreate a landscaped living space, in keeping with Quetigny's identity, but with a new layout, entertainment areas and new shared traffic patterns, capable of creating links. In addition to the new buildings, the municipality will be carrying out a number of ancillary projects to further embellish the town center.

Entrusted to Splaad (Société publique d'aménagement de l'agglomération dijonnaise), the project is now taking shape, with the first buildings now on the ground. The project includes around 400 housing units, spread over several sites, which will complement Quetigny's existing housing offer, mainly in the form of home-ownership.

A project in two circles. Designed as a "landscape chamber" by competition winners Reichen et Robert, the downtown area is organized arounda first circle.

- It will include a third-location building, La Parenthèse, built by Icade, a place of conviviality, sharing and mixing, offering its residents a media library, a library, workshops and events focusing on recycling, a games library and a space for children, and a strong partnership with associations and the local population to make this place "a place for doing things together". Opening is scheduled for early 2024. This public facility will be topped by 45 housing units. The town center project also includes a brasserie, which opened in 2020. It's been a great success!

- At the same time, the central square will be home to a new seven-storey, 24-unit apartment building, the first floor of which will house a pharmacy. The former post office is gradually giving way to the Cœur de Vie residence. As for the^1st floor, it will house a health center with a range of professionals to strengthen the local offer. The building, designed by Elithis Immobilier, will be self-sufficient in terms of energy production. Thanks to photovoltaic panels installed on the roof and directly connected to the apartments and cells, residents will be able to consume the electricity produced over their heads directly. As well as being green, because it comes from a natural and renewable source, this electricity is free. As a result, residents will be less dependent on electricity from the grid, and therefore on the inflation of the price per kWh, which is constantly rising.

A second circle will include the creation of 160 new home-ownership units, located between the streetcar terminus and the retirement home. 40 CDC Habitat homes, including 8 specially adapted for people with reduced mobility, are now occupied. In addition to the new buildings, CDC Habitat is also getting more involved in Quetigny, and is beginning to renovate its building on rue Ronde. At the same time, CDC Habitat is making a show apartment available to the town to raise public awareness of good housing and energy-saving practices.

The major axis: a pedestrian route has been created to link the new crèche, open since autumn 2019, to the new cobblestone square, the heart of the town, passing by the future third-location center. This north-south traffic route will provide a calmer link between the two sides of Avenue du Château, for pedestrians and cyclists. A Diviavélo station will reinforce this sustainable dimension.

The developers' commitment. The city of Quetigny has required the selected developers to submit a commitment document with the facade sketches, detailing how residents will live individually in their homes and collectively in their residences. This includes, for example, ideas for the use of communal spaces to provide services, collective DIY workshops, bicycle repair facilities, or rooftop installations for shared gardens, relaxation areas and meeting places. The collaborative dimension must be an integral part of the lifestyle project imagined by the developers to make future homes pleasant places to live. The marketing of these new homes, which are open to both standard and affordable/very affordable home buyers, is already attracting first-time buyers.

Following on from a large crèche, the future La Parenthèse day-care center is being built in the Huches district, 200 metres from the tramway. The new multi-accueil opened at the end of 2019, with the second planned for 2024. This cultural, social and multi-generational facility, with its 1,500 m² equipped with all the latest technologies and a digital space, will be much larger than the current facility and will be able to accommodate larger groups and associative activities. It will benefit from extended opening hours, evenings, lunchtimes and Sundays. This new socio-cultural space will be a veritable living space in the heart of the town, emblematic of the urban renewal project.

Intermediate housing for the elderly is being studied on the site of the former crèche. The project envisages the creation of individual studio flats combined with communal living areas, with staff on hand to meet the needs of senior citizens.

Other senior housing: the transformation of the Quetigny commune fully integrates seniors into the project. Kaufman & Broad is building a 125-unit residence, from T1 to T3, spread over five levels.

Project progress

A redesignedsquare : framed by three buildings to mark the entrance to the town center, the square has been completely redeveloped and now marks the new heart of Quetigny. The public space has been redesigned to reflect the town's commitment to change. The entire space has been redesigned to create a pedestrian axis from the tramway to the esplanade. The freed-up space provides both improved visibility for shops and generous, open spaces to host events, including the large organic market, the relaunch of weekly markets and festive events.

Housing along avenue du Château, rond-point du 18-juin and avenue du Cromois. This block comprises 3 lots and 150 home-ownership units (out of the 400 planned for the Cœur de ville program). For all future developments, the municipality has invited developers to distinguish three price levels: very affordable, affordable and free, ranging from €2,100 per m² to €2,700 per m², in order to guarantee a mix of owners and facilitate home ownership. The 5.5% VAT rate on a large proportion of the homes is part of this approach. The three developers involved in this program - Edifipierre, Vinci Immobilier and Voisin Immobilier - are already well advanced in their construction. Deliveries are scheduled for completion in 2024.

A 45-unit residential program is also planned above the "tiers-lieu", just a stone's throw from the tramway. Developer Icade is in charge of the project, 98% of which has already been acquired. The developer is also involved in the wider community, with a total of three real estate projects: "Empreinte", with homes ranging from studio to T4 with terrace; "Rive Cromois", with 50 apartments from two to four rooms; and "Patio central".