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Overall Summary

Seine-et-Marne is known for the attractiveness of real estate performance that offers to institutional investors. At the end of 2009, 48% of assets in Seine-et-Marne held by institutional investors are industrial.

The investments in the business real estate has been booming since 2002 in Seine-et-Marne. As such, properties in all sectors are some of the most modern in the Paris region. There is a large portfolio of available property at affordable prices. The large majority of property is to let but there are also numerous possibilities to buy.

Manufacturing / Industrial

Seine-et-Marne has a strong industrial base, with large pockets of manufacturing activity across the area, and plenty of factory facilities for rental. Prices vary across the region, but - like all commercial property in Seine-et-Marne - remain very competitive compared with the rest of the Paris Region. Below is an average factory space rental price guide for three areas in Seine-et-Marne.

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Marne-la-Vallée area combines 54 industrial parks with a number of significant property developments for the service sector.

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Warehousing / Distribution

The logistics sector is particularly dynamic in Seine-et-Marne thanks to the availability of land. It has been modernised with the development of large-scale warehouses.

To support the industrial and logistics activity in the region, Seine-et-Marne has a number of warehousing facilities for rent. The prices vary across the region, but are all competitive compared to other locations in the Paris Region. Below is a guide to average rental prices across three different areas in Seine-et-Marne.

Rental price per m² per year in euros, before tax:

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Back Office / Call Centre / Administration Centres / Shared Services Centres

Seine-et-Marne has a cheap housing supply and attractive employment areas. Its proximity to Paris makes it a strategic territory for the establishment of call centers. The availibility of local labor not very mobile is a decisive advantage.

About opportunities for settlement, there are available land and property to house the call centers on Provins and Pays de Meaux :

- in free zone : a business hotel offering 1700sqm office with an annual price (sqm) of 228€ HT, charges included

- in free zone : offfice building of 12 to 37sqm for a total of 666sqm with an annual price (sqm) of 180€ HT, charges included

- in industrial area : 1000sqm of office space availabale with an annual price of 90€ HT/HC

- close to the station of Meaux : 1000sqm

- ZAC mixte des Hauts de Provins : 63ha

- Business parc of Durteint : 8500sqm

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Serviced Office Accommodation

Seine-et-Marne is host to a number of serviced office centres and runs an Office Space Programme.

Serviced-office centres provide permanent offices with a complete support infrastructure, tailored to their requirements. Services can include reception services, telecoms, postal services, furniture, meeting rooms and more.

The Office Space Programme refers to the rental of workstations by number of workers, which also gives companies access to all the office facilities and support services available in the particular business centre they are resident in. This approach has the advantage of flexiblility, they are quick to organise and don't require a long-term commitment. In short, it can provide a quick and cost-effective office solution - Costs range from €800 to €3800 per month for 3 workstations, dependant on location and the level of service provided.

Rental agreements in new office or business premises in Marne-la-Vallée provide eligibility for reduced property taxes and administrative set-up costs.

Business Parks

With over 350 business parks, 5 incubator centres and 15 business centres, Seine-et-Marne has a property solution for each and every company. Companies who contact the Seine-et-Marne development team can benefit from a full database search according to their particular property search criteria.

With highly diverse land and real estate assets, Seine-et-Marne  can meet almost every requirement for a business site. From craft and trade locales to multimodal platforms, you will find the right site for your premises. Rail links, waterways, gas supply, and very high speed telecommunications are just some of the vital technical infrastructure on offer in Seine-et-Marne.

You can find a wide range of building with very competititve costs. Similarly, business incubators welcome and advise entrepreneurs.

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Research & Development, Innovation, Science Parks

One of the largest higher education and R&D clusters in the region is situated in Marne-la-Vallée, Descartes Science Park, which houses 18 academic institutions.

In Seine-et-Marne, 68 research teams bring together 1,100 researchers to work with enterprises on innovation projects.                                                                                                                                                                            Partnership-driven research is carried out in three of France's major technology competitive clusters of which the Department is a member : Advancity, Cap digital and Astech.

In incubators, companies can develop in a supportive environment and be aware of the protection of innovations :

- Innovative and high tech incubators in Cité Descartes, Marne-la-Vallée with 30 offices from 20 to 60 sqm.

- Incubator Pays de Fontainebleau with 10 offices from 12,5 to 67sqm.

- Incubator Sénart with 31 offices from 17 to 30sqm.

- Incubator Roissy-CDG with 32 bureaux from 12 to 39 sqm.

Land/Greenfield Sites

Marne-la-Vallée is one of Seine-et-Marne's key economic centres. Over 7000 companies are already based here, with a further 240,000sqm of office space to be developed by 2012 and 1,000,000 sqm of land for development.

The two relatively new towns of Sénart and Melun is an equally important economic centre in the region and has been home to the recent development of much logistics activity. As such, it offers companies a wide variety of warehousing space, as well as office space and development land.

Two examples of land :

- Parc d'activités du Pays de Meaux : 26ha of land, buildings available from 11000sqm up to 38 000sqm. Strategic positioning with proximity to the poles of Marne-la-Vallée and Paris CDG.

- Parc de Sénart : more than 200ha, the parc is intend to receive industrial and logistics companies.

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Retail

Val d'Europe boasts the largest TGV high-speed rail interchange in France, two RER regional rail stations and over 100,000sqm of retail and restaurant space. Estimates suggest that more than 1,000 companies have chosen to locate in this dynamic site over the past 15 years.

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Business Incubation

Seine & Marne is home to 5 business incubators. Business incubation is a business support process that accelerates the successful development of start-up and fledgling companies by providing entrepreneurs with an array of targeted resources and services. Critical to the definition of an incubator is the provision of management guidance, technical assistance and consulting tailored to young growing companies.

Office Space Programme

Seine & Marne proposes a number of serviced-office centres and runs an Office Space Programme. The serviced-office centres provide clients with a permanent office as well as a complete support infrastructure, tailored to their individual needs (reception services, internet connection, postal services, furniture, meeting rooms etc.)
The Office Space Programme has the advantage of being flexible, quick to organise and requires no long term commitment by the client. All in all it can provide a quick and cost effective office solution.