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Location

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Boulingrins Gardens
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Place du Casino

History

The pavilions were built as temporary shops for luxury stores by the

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(SBM) for the duration of construction work along the Avenue des Beaux-Arts. The SBM invested 17 million in their construction. The construction firms were Richelmi and Acieroid, two subsidiaries of

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. Construction began in 2013, and they were completed in 2014. The pavilions were built with aluminum panels made by the firm Bertuli, and designed in the

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by architect
Chérif Jahlan
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also worked on the layout. The buildings resemble beach pebbles, with a footpath between them which looks like a river. They range "from 220 to 600 square metres each, reaching a maximum of 10 metres in height". The tenants are Alexander Mc Queen, Akris, Balenciaga,

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, Czarina,

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, Stardust, Yves Saint Laurent and Zendrini. By October 2014, two out of the five buildings were empty due to the steep rent. The buildings were demolished in 2018, once the construction work on the Avenue des Beaux-Arts had ended.

References

External links

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