Les Halles
Les Halles (district facility, 1st arrondissement): €155.8M of City money since 2010, 40 Paris Council deliberations and municipal bulletin extracts, every fact linked to its source.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 13 September 2026.
155.8€M
paid by the City for this place since 2010
The Forum des Halles is a French shopping center built on the site of the former central market halls of Paris. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
155.8€M
paid · 2010–2016
10 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
87.7 €M in 2010 · 327 k € in 2016
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The 10 projects
LES HALLES - COMPTE FONCIER2010 · City accounts87.7€MCOMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2012–2013 · City accounts30.2€MCOMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2011 · City accounts24.1€MCOMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2013 · City accounts8.1€MCOMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2014 · City accounts4€MCOMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2014–2015 · City accounts1.1€MCOMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2015–2016 · City accounts240k €COMPTE FONCIER - LES HALLES2016 · City accounts204k €PEPINIERE HIP HOP LES HALLES2015 · City accounts200k €MOUVEMENTS D'ORDRE - LES HALLES2016 · City accounts67k €What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen from the 41 deliberations read.
NOVEMBER 2018External oversight, eight years after the saleThe 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.JUNE 2016The facility, now open, as seen by its usersTwo 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.MARCH 2012The judge penalizes the overrun in feesAfter 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.MAY 2011The garden dispute, outside the budgetary stakesThe 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.NOVEMBER 2010The sale of the Forum, the project's financial pivotThe 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.NOVEMBER 2007The vote that launched the operationThe 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 2007.2 more moments, 2009–2013
DECEMBER 2013The ongoing negotiation with the private operatorSeven deliberations settled the sharing of costs and floor space with Unibail-Rodamco during construction, and the forum's patio was named place Pina Bausch.SEPTEMBER 2009Public programming trimmed before construction beganDuring 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.Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1970 · 1969 · 1960 · 1941 · 1940 · 1918 · 1888
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