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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

The SAU will be present with citydev.brussels and SLRB-BGHM at the Realty professional real estate trade fair on Tuesday 20 September at 3 pm to give an overview of its current and future public procurement procedures. Practical information:: https://www.realty-belgium.be/activity/business-review...

A temporary park area of more than one hectare will be open on the mediapark.brussels site and accessible via Rue Evenepoel from 15 June to 21 August, every Wednesday to Sunday between 2.30 pm and 9 pm. Local people will be able to go there to have a walk, relax or enjoy a picnic under the shade of...

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has published a public procurement notice with a view to appointing a service-provider to steer the transition between See U, the temporary occupation of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles now in its last season, and Usquare.brussels, the site’s...