Call for expressions of interest (EOI) - Space for project and activity leaders on the Usquare.brussels

As part of a new period of transitional management of Usquare.brussels project, the Urban Development Company (UDC) is proposing the provision of spaces on the site of the former Ixelles barracks. The call for expressions of interest (CEI) aims to select projects and activities that can be set up in...
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SAU-MSI is looking for a coordination team to manage and activate the transition period of the Usquare.brussels project

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU-MSI) published a public procurement procedure to appoint a coordination team tasked with managing and activating the transition period of the Usquare.brussels project at the former Elsene barracks. The Urban Development Corporation (SAU-MSI) wants to seize the...
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International research centre inaugurated in the heart of Usquare.brussels: VUB and ULB expand with a beautifully renovated former barracks

On Thursday, 15 February, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) presented their new international research centre during an official inauguration. Designed with the circular economy in mind, this joint project between Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije...
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Manufakture: a new phase in the development of the Slaughterhouses site

Minister-President Rudi Vervoort and Secretary of State Pascal Smet joined the mayor of Anderlecht, Fabrice Cumps, at the official start today of construction work on the Manufakture building by the private concession-holder that operates the site, Abattoir S.A. They took the opportunity to take stock of the Brussels Region’s ambitions for the site together with the director of the Urban Development Corporation (SAU), which has purchased most of it and is coordinating its development.
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Usquare.brussels: the SAU is looking for a multidisciplinary team for the architectural design of the Brussels Autism Centre

The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region gave the go-ahead at the end of September for the establishment of the future Brussels Autism Centre on the Usquare.brussels site in Ixelles. He also entrusted the management of the project to the Urban Development Corporation (SAU), which has been coordinating the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks for several years now and which therefore has the task of making the Autism Centre a reality within the new Usquare.brussels district.
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SAU modernises infrastructure at Uccle-Boitsfort Hippodrome

In addition to its restoration of the main historic buildings of the former Hippodrome, the Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has started to modernise the site’s infrastructure (including its sewerage, water supply and electricity networks). Their dilapidated condition, linked to the long history of the race course, makes this work necessary.
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Mediapark.brussels: award for temporary park initiated by SAU

The temporary park opened on the mediapark.brussels site last summer was among the projects honoured during the Matexi Awards ceremony on Thursday evening. The awards go to initiatives that strengthen solidarity among neighbours and contribute to the quality of life in local communities. The Urban...
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Usquare.brussels takes further steps forward

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort, expressed his delight that ‘Usquare.brussels, the transformation of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles into an open, mixed and multifunctional district, has taken several important steps forward in recent weeks. These...
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Permission granted for The Dome, the conversion of the former Actiris building

The Brussels Region has issued planning permission for The Dome, the repurposing of the iconic building at the corner of Place de la Bourse and Boulevard Anspach, Secretary of State for Urban Development and Heritage, Pascal Smet, confirmed on Wednesday 2 November. The Urban Development Corporation...
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