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Maréva Laville

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Dec 6 2024 at 6:02 a.m.

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“No, but can you imagine having a 6-story building in front of your house? 20 meters high, that'll do it! », exclaims Yves. The man lives in the housing estate located just behind Airbus Periporthas . Leaving its courtyard, the building which was used, until last year, to receive customers to sign aircraft delivery contracts, will no longer exist.


The neighborhood heard about the construction of a 6-story building

Instead? “A hotel complex,” says Cécile, another local resident. That’s what we were told.” At the end of September, the mother received a presentation leaflet from Novaxiaan investor operator specializing in urban recycling. “We were also told about coworking, a restaurant… Does that mean there will be more people? Will a parking lot see the light of day? Many questions arise,” adds Cécile.

Questions, but also fears which are diffused in this very residential area, only with individual houses. So much so that Yves, one of the owners, took up the subject. He organized the arrival of a number of local residents to a meeting to present the project organized by Novaxia on Monday December 16, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., in Odyssud, to which the mayor of Blagnac was also invited.

And at this meeting, the Blagnacais does not intend to sit idly by, he warnsToulouse news. Yet, Joseph Carles, the mayor of Blagnac, firmly assures Toulouse News: “Nothing has been done. We have not validated the project presented.” Will a hotel complex really see the light of day? What is happening on this former Airbus site?

The Airbus Periport building is within walking distance of several houses. (©Maréva Laville / Actu Toulouse)
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Airbus leaves its land to a developer…

On site, the places are deserted. Airbus left the Periport building in December 2023. “We haven't used it for several months. Since we built what we call terminal D, the C80 building, next to the delivery center, we no longer need it,” the aircraft manufacturer confirms.

The Airbus Periport building has been empty since December 2023. According to Novaxia, it no longer meets environmental standards. (©Maréva Laville / Actu Toulouse)
The Airbus Periport building has not been used by the aircraft manufacturer for several months.
The Airbus Periport building, of more than 3,000 m2, is located at 2 Maurice de Bellonte roundabout. (©Maréva Laville / Actu Toulouse)

After more than a decade of occupation, Airbus then packed up, emptying all of the offices. Quickly, “since we were renting,” assures the company. It was the European fund Catalyst which until then owned the plot.

The latter was recently sold to the promoter Novaxiathus setting the stage for a large-scale and innovative project for Blagnac…

A huge coliving and coworking

On this plot, Novaxia supports the project of The Babel Community, a company present in many metropolises. Here she imagines a hybrid residence between hotels and coworking, with parking lots.

According to Novaxia, joined by Toulouse News it will have approximately 200 rooms and suites, but also apartments with kitchens for short and medium stays.

Where we had 300 workers who came and left every day by car, we will now have an activity that is out of sync with traffic flows. We will rather have arrivals around 4-5 p.m. and departures around 7 a.m.

Romain Ferré
director of promotion at Novaxia Développement

The building would also include shared offices as well as a space dedicated to catering, a swimming pool and a gym, “accessible to the public and not only to customers of the hotel section”, underlines Romain Ferré.

A building permit filed

“We have vacant offices, an office rental market that is suffering and people who no longer want to be tenants. The idea of ​​this company is to offer new ways of living. It is a project of cohabiting », Comments the mayor.

Expected start date for work? July 2025. Yes, but there is indeed a problem according to Joseph Carles. “The company has filed a building permit
on September 30 without having discussed with local residents. »

Right in front of the future hotel complex, a residential neighborhood is worried.
Just opposite the future hotel complex, residents of a residential area are worried. (©Maréva Laville / Actu Toulouse)

“Nothing has been stopped,” reassures the mayor

The elected official does not wish to express himself further. “We are in the process of examining the building permit. What I can say, he insists, is that nothing has been decided regarding the proposal made by Novaxia.”

The concerns of Periport's neighbors have indeed reached the mayor's ears.

It's the height that's scary. I understand. But people will still have to get used to it because with the climate and resilience law which prevents us from waterproofing the soil, we can no longer spread out. So you have to go up.

Joseph Carlesmayor of Blagnac

An elevation that Novaxia also defends with'News Toulouse.“This is a positive point since it will create an acoustic barrier between local residents and the boulevard full of traffic. »

It remains to be seen whether the people of Blagnac are ready to take this height and accept the concession of living with a new landscape. What’s more, “less sunny”, they regret.

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