Iconic, the blue diamond never ceases to sparkle with new facets. By the end of the year, the 19,000m2 of the unclassifiable real estate program, imagined and built on the corner of Jean-Médecin and Thiers avenues, notably by the Compagnie de Phalsbourg to revolutionize urban planning in Nice, will be occupied. The regional director, Gaël Romero, does not hide his joy: “Everything is rented, as we had planned.”
All the spaces on every floor of the crazy ship, “guarded 24 hours a day by three officers”have actually found takers. And not the least. There are the signs installed, since spring or summer, already at cruising speed: Double Tree by Hilton Nice Centerbarely opened and full as an egg, Uniqlothe Japanese sportswear specialist, Five Guys for burgers, Starbucks and its American coffees, Monop’ the local supermarket, Eric Kayser and its delicacies aimed at the high end, Focusspecialist in soft Italian flatbreads.
Back to school on September 23
Other businesses, other establishments are arriving. First, business schools. There are 4 of them.
They will return to school on September 23 in futuristic premises: 3 schools grouped under the banner of the Skills and Development network: Idrac Business School, Sup de Com, Ileri (540 students) and a 4th, Aurlom BTS+ with “300 registered at the start of the school year, 500 in January, 1,000 at the start of the 2025 school year”.
Ultimately, more than 1,500 young people, along with the Nice clientele, will benefit from well-known brands.
Those that will open to the public in a few weeks (2 to 3 months), will commune in diversity. A first outdoor kiosk of 20m2 awaits Ballangera famous family home in Nice with a candy pink storefront, queen of magical sweets, already present on Avenue Jean-Médecin, opposite the opera and temporarily at the Christmas village and the carnival. A second kiosk is also expected: Jojo’s Dough and its cookies
Treats as iconic as their container, to which is added the fish restaurant Fishing on the top floor, “open mid-October” and 3 others located on the ground floor: “an Asian, Deli Baoan Italian, Groppaa hot dog specialist, Mr. Albert. These restaurants will make up a gourmet stroll for the public and students”.
Fitness and medication
Calories ingested. Then evacuated on the 2,300m2 divided into 2 levels, which will occupy the gym Metropolitan. “The same as that of Cap 3000, which aimed for a territorial network passing through the city center of Nice.” Finally, a 300m2 pharmacybelonging to the Elsie group, still under construction, will complete this diverse and trendy commercial offer.
When these signs are operational, when the final works on the expressway side are completed thanks to the installation, in principle at the end of October, of stainless steel cassettes in the corners of the building with a thousand reflections, “Iconic will be officially inaugurated. This will take place at the end of the year, in the presence of all the tenants and with great pomp and a truly beautiful show”promises Gaël Romero.
It will then be time to put the final point to this extravagant urban adventure, “by choosing the operator who will bring to life the underground performance hall, still on standby. We have many proposals. We will sign next year…”
