The news fell on Monday at the end of the day. And that’s a big surprise. There will be no shops inside the old theater of Poitiers. From the start, the promoters of the project had always planned and hoped to bring in additional brands. housing, offices and the cultural hall managed by the town hall of Poitiers in the basement of the building.
A company in the real estate sector with 50 employees
In 2020, the new ecological municipality had also hinted that it would be vigilant about the choice of stores retained in addition to the already existing offer in the city center. Finally, no brand, no commercial space will settle on site.
While the rehabilitation of the place is coming to an end, after more than ten years of legal proceedings and appeals from opponents, it is the ark companyspecializing in real estate management and transactions, which will set up its regional branch on the ground floor and first floor of the building over an area of 680 m².
About fifty employees will work on site. Only circulation in the main hall will be possible for the general public in order to access the future visual arts room called Le Miroir on the lower floor. A space that will be inaugurated next September, putting an end to the reconversion of the former TAP cinema.
The negotiations around this sale were carried out by L&A Commerces, a business firm specializing in commercial real estate, whose head office is in Tours.