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Les Halles

Les Halles (district facility, 1st arrondissement): €327k paid by the City in 2016, 40 Paris Council deliberations about it and municipal bulletin extracts. The source of each item is given.

Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.

€327k
paid by the City for this place in 2016

The Forum des Halles is a French shopping center built on the site of the former central market halls of Paris. Wikipedia ↗

One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City

What the City funds here

At the Conseil de Paris

6 moments chosen from the 40 deliberations about this place.

NOVEMBER 2018Report: Unibail paid €142M for an asset valued at €752MThe presentation of the Chambre régionale des comptes report put at 142 million euros the price actually paid by Unibail for an asset declared to be worth 752 million, and councillors cited the umbrella structure costing 1,195,374 euros excluding tax installed over a leaking Canopée.Read the decision ↗
JUNE 2016Motion asking Unibail to fix broken lifts and water leaksTwo months after the opening, a motion called on Unibail, manager of the Forum under the canopy, to take transit users into account: escalators starting late, elevators out of service, water leaks.Read the decision ↗
MARCH 2012€2.4M settlement with the design team after an amendment was voidedAfter the annulment of amendment No. 3 over a 28.5 percent overrun, the Council approved a settlement of 2.4 million with the Canopée's project managers.Read the decision ↗
MAY 2011Felling of 260 of 343 trees disputed over their healthThe donation of logs from the felling to five associations (345 euros) triggered a dispute over the health condition of the garden's 343 trees, 260 of which were felled on 16 February.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 2010Sale of the commercial space to Unibail proposed for €238MThe City proposed transferring ownership of the commercial spaces to Unibail for 238 million euros, with the 1976 lease yielding only an annual rent of 1.8 million euros.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 2007Construction of the Carreau des Halles approved, architects Berger-AnziuttiThe Council approved the principle of building the Carreau des Halles and the project management contract, following the selection of the Berger-Anziutti project by a jury in late June 2007.Read the decision ↗
2 more moments, 2009–2013
DECEMBER 2013Seven resolutions with Unibail settle costs; the patio named place Pina BauschSeven deliberations settled the sharing of costs and floor space with Unibail-Rodamco during construction, and the forum's patio was named place Pina Bausch.Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2009350-seat auditorium dropped to cut costs by €11MDuring discussion of the site's insurance contracts, the debate confirmed the disappearance of the conservatory's 350-seat auditorium, which "added 11 million euros to the total cost," in favor of commercial space.Read the decision ↗

Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1970 · 1969 · 1960 · 1941 · 1940 · 1918 · 1888

All deliberations ↗

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