“CITÉ CRÉATIVE” – A COCOON FOR CCI COMPANIES
Cité Créative – the creative city – opened in downtown Montpellier in early 2019. The complex was designated by the Paris Real Estate Summit (SIATI) as 2017’s “best project for territorial attractiveness”
Do business, live, and create!
The Creative City is located centrally in Montpellier, on the site of the former Infantry School (EAI). It is the first combined district for young urban activities dedicated to Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) offering 30,000 sq. meters of tertiary and commercial space and 2,500 apartments.
Led by Illusion & Macadam, an industry reference for its work assisting companies, this innovative concept fits in with today’s international trend for third spaces, a new type of place for encounters and creativity. The Creative City became reality with the official opening of “Tropisme Hall” in January 2019.
“Campus Créatif”
A foundation for the CCI ecosystem, the Creative City will welcome the Icônes network, which is a reference in training programs in the CCI field, and a 1,400-student campus uniting four schools, including Esma. The Creative Campus laid its cornerstone in March 2019.
Tropisme Hall
Companies can set up operations to become part of the Creative City momentum in the “Tropisme Hall,” which offers space ranging from single offices to 100 m² for headquarters. A total of about 200 entrepreneurs have set up at this new creative site.
“Le Cocon”
When completed, Le Cocon (cocoon in English) will feature dance studios for Epsedance, sound studios for students and CCI companies, office space for those companies, a roof-top restaurant, and “Salamech,” an art gallery and performance space.
Creative perspective
"La Cité Créative – creative city – is an urban project that delivers on its potential, with excellence schools, a dynamic community of businesses and associations, effective assistance programs, recognized cultural events, and an unyielding desire to drive the ecosystem in a single direction, toward success."
Laurent Michaud, Development Director for the Icônes group.
“A unique model for business-training center collaboration in France, a major lever for cultural and economic development, La Cité Créative will be the birthplace of a highly creative industry in which In Efecto will join its efforts and projects.”
Raul Carbo Perea, CEO of In Efecto.
"The Cité Créative project is a fabulous opportunity for Ubisoft to build strong ties with local players who can help us develop cutting-edge technologies, worlds that are even more immersive, and offer an even more compelling experience for our players.”
Francis Coldeboeuf, Production Director at Ubisoft.
“Montpellier Métropole provides the means needed for collaborative work that brings innovation. This ecosystem is leading to exceptional projects such as La Cité Créative.”
Karim Khenissi, Managing Director of ESMA
“Cultural and Creative Industries represent a sector with high economic and social added value. With the synergies it brings, La Cité Créative will generate prosperity, jobs, values, meaning, and identity.”
Sébastien Paule, General Manager of Illusion et Macadam, a cooperative company
“Being involved with the cultural and creative industries is an asset for a software publisher competing for talent. La Cité Créative will help promote a cultural and social mission by unlocking the full potential of innovation.”
Vincent Benveniste, co-owner of Netia, Chairman of Radio Act
Creative campus overview by ESMA
The Icônes Group will set up training programs to be offered by 4 schools in applied arts, graphic design, animation cinema, and special effects. The most emblematic of the schools is ESMA Montpellier, the network’s landmark school founded in Montpellier in 1993, whose programs and fields continue to receive selections and international awards.
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