Extension of the L’esplanade shopping centre
Extension of the L’esplanade shopping centre
| Client | Coimbra |
| End client | Klepierre |
| Mission | Project office |
| Design offices | Jaspers – Eyers & Partners – Arcadis – VK Engineering |
| Contractor | N/A |
| Location | Place de l’Accueil 10 in 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve |
| Project Type | New build |
| Building Type | Retail |
| Surface area | GLA of about 20,000 sq.m. |
| BEP | N/A |
| Period | 2012 – 2019 |
| Cost | N/A |
As a result of the centre’s commercial success, since its opening about ten years ago, the owner of this shopping centre wanted to increase the GLA by about 20,000 sq.m.
The project is so complex because it must be completed without interrupting the ongoing retail activity and without forcing the shops in the centre to provisionally move.
The shopping centre’s location above a municipal road, a SNCB station and in the vicinity of the Belgacom building only adds to the project’s environmental constraints and means a compromise will have to be negotiated at every stage.
In the end, this project was not implemented.
