“A space of functional diversity”: the municipality announces a new district in place of the MBS school in Montpellier

Le maire et son adjointe ont annoncé au parc du Mas de Neuville. Midi Libre – JEAN-MICHEL MART

Dans le cadre de ses réunions "Montpellier change avec vous", le maire a annoncé la création d’un nouveau quartier à la place de l’école Montpellier Business School (MBS), dans le quartier Alco.

In front of around fifty people including the senator of Hérault Hussein Bourgi, in the Mas de Neuville park, the mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse revealed the replacement of the Montpellier Business School (MBS) by a new mixed island. The future move of MBS to the Cambacérès district in September 2026 will allow a new group to establish itself on the eight hectares available.

The project provides for the establishment of housing, offices and a school. Everything will be accompanied by a park open to the public. "This district will represent the quarter-hour city, that is to say ;rsquo;have all the services close to home", explains Maryse Faye, deputy at the town hall in charge of sustainable town planning and land control.

Start of work in 2026

A "functional mixed space" which could allow certain workers to reside in the same place as their job. The municipality also wishes to make this place a place of "social diversity"by creating a Real Solidarity Lease (BRS) to help the middle classes in particular."These people have income too high to benefit from social housing, but n&rsquo ;do not have the necessary financial capacity to borrow", specifies the third assistant from Montpellier. It will be possible to acquire an apartment without owning the land

The block will also be based on soft mobility with minimal access left to cars while the space will benefit from large bicycle parks and will be served by tram line 3. "Our desire, which we imposed on the promoter, is to have as few cars as possible",< /p>

But this project will take time since nothing will be undertaken by the promoter before the start of the 2026 school year and the move of the MBS school.

“Preventing score settling” in the Cévennes

In front of around 250 people at the Maison pour tous François Villon, the mayor took advantage of Friday's public meeting to reiterate his intention to act on drug trafficking in the country. nbsp;Cévennes district.

A message also hammered out this Saturday during the urban stroll. "We are going s’to attack the condominium garages in the Cévennes to prevent regulations of accounts".

A 16-year-old boy was shot and injured on the night of Friday May 31 to June 1 amid drug trafficking.

Michaël Delafosse also took advantage of his visit to the neighborhood to take stock of the heat network passing through Alco. Biomass will power several districts (Cévennes, Mosson, CHU) when it comes into service in the second half of 2025.

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