After 72 months of works, the Institut Cœur Poumon at the university hospital in Lille (northern France) has gathered its cardiology, vascular medicine and thoracic medicine departments in a single location.
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METROPOLITAN FRANCE
On a like-for-like basis, revenue in metropolitan France rose by 13.3% to €10.8 billion, nearing the high level it had reached in 2019 – a pre-election year and the peak of a cycle, especially in public works.
BUILDING (31% of revenue). Business activity grew slightly overall: large office-building construction projects remained stable in Paris and the country’s other large cities, while the residential property market bounced back from the slump it experienced during the pandemic in 2020.
VINCI Construction secured a significant number of orders, on the strength of its well-known brands and its ability to handle extensive and complex projects as general contractor. In the Greater Paris area, these include construction of part of the Athletes’ Village, within the Universeine development project in Saint-Denis, for VINCI Immobilier, and revamping the building that formerly housed the Grands Magasins du Louvre then the Louvre des Antiquaires, and the building that formerly housed Télécom Paris. In the south of France, it was awarded the Cœur d’Aéroport project at Marseille Provence Airport.
It also completed large projects in the Greater Paris area during the year, including the first instalment of the Duo towers, full refurbishment of the La Samaritaine complex and modernisation of the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Servier’s new Research & Development Institute in Paris-Saclay and, in La Défense, the Emblem tower, the Origine & Nouvelle Vague programme and l’archipel, VINCI’s new head office in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine).
Completion of the structure of the 220 metre tall Hekla tower in the La Défense business district west of Paris.
VINCI Construction, which is active in all building markets, began, continued or completed work on a total of 2,600 projects in all French regions. Examples illustrating the wide variety of projects it handled include construction of the Hekla tower and The Link, TotalEnergies’ future head office, both in La Défense; modernisation of the Montparnasse train station in Paris; construction of the To-Lyon tower, near the Part-Dieu train station in Lyon (Rhône) for VINCI Immobilier; the Institut Cœur Poumon at the university hospital in Lille (Hauts-de-France) and the first instalment of the university hospital in Reims (Marne); the Carreire campus at Bordeaux University (Gironde); the Cité des Sports in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine); the JW Marriott and Carlton hotels in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes); La Porte Bleue, the third phase of the Quais d’Arenc development project in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône); and the Îlot Vauban complex in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
The property development business, which is involved in project preparation, saw strong growth. This business is handled by the Adim network, which operates throughout France and secured financial packages for about 90 operations of all types (urban programmes, office buildings, hotels and residential properties) in 2021.
VINCI Construction is also leading the way with its expertise in timber construction. Its subsidiary Arbonis was involved in several large programmes including Treed It, in Champs-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), and New, in Asnieres-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).
CIVIL ENGINEERING (8% of revenue). Local subsidiaries, with the Major Projects Division, were involved in large-scale projects such as the Grand Paris Express, the RER Line E extension (e-déf Eole-La Défense project), the Euralpin Lyon–Turin tunnel and the Strasbourg bypass, all the while working on several other