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Observatoire Des Bureaux Overzicht Van Het Kantorenpark Office Property Observatory 36 / 2016 Observatoire des bureaux Overzicht van het kantorenpark Office Property Observatory Vacance 2015 à Bruxelles et zoom sur le Quartier Nord Leegstand 2015 in Brussel en focus op de Noordwijk 2015 Vacancy in Brussels and Focus on the Nord District Observatoire des bureaux Vacance 2015 Overzicht van het kantorenpark Leegstand 2015 Office Property Observatory 2015 Vacancy 1 Table des maTières inhoudsTafel Table of conTenTs SoMMaire 3 2e partie : Vacance et dynaMiQue à BruxelleS 14 Beknopte inhoud 3 deel 2: leegStand en Verloop in BruSSel 14 aBStract 3 part 2: Vacancy and dynaMicS in BruSSelS 14 1re partie : zooM Sur le Quartier nord 4 Vacance par Quartier 14 deel 1: focuS op de noordwijk 4 leegstand per wijk 14 part 1: focuS on the nord diStrict 4Vacancy by district 14 description du quartier 4 dynamique immobilière 16 Beschrijving van de wijk 4 Verloop op de kantorenmarkt 18 district description 4 real-estate dynamics 19 les occupants 7 concluSions 20 de gebruikers 7 BeSluit 20 the occupants 7 concluSionS 20 dynamique 11 annexeS 22 dynamiek 11 Bijlagen 22 dynamics 11 annexeS 22 Bureaux vides 12 lege kantoren 12 Vacant offices 12 Synthèse 13 Samenvatting 13 Summary 13 La rue du Progrès vers la place Rogier Vooruitgangstraat richting Rogierplein Rue du Progrès towards Place Rogier Mai / Mei / May 2016 Photo de couverture : Le boulevard Roi Albert II Cover: Koning Albert II-laan Cover image: Boulevard Roi Albert II 2 Observatoire des bureaux Vacance 2015 Overzicht van het kantorenpark Leegstand 2015 Office Property Observatory 2015 Vacancy Sommaire Beknopte inhoud Abstract dans la droite ligne des études portant sur le Sinds 2012 bestudeert het overzicht van ever since 2012, each office property Quartier léopold et sur le pentagone-est, la 1re het kantorenpark in elke editie een andere observatory has studied a different Brussels partie de cette étude porte spécifiquement sur Brusselse wijk. na de leopoldswijk en de district. the léopold district and the eastern le Quartier nord et poursuit ainsi le tour des Vijfhoek-oost belicht het eerste deel van deze pentagon having been investigated before, the quartiers commencé en 2012. studie nu de noordwijk. first part of this study takes a closer look at the nord district. tant le passé que l’avenir du Quartier nord zowel het verleden als de toekomst van de posent question. à la croisée des chemins, ce noordwijk roepen vragen op. de noordwijk Both the past and the future of the nord district quartier s’est imposé dans l’actualité dans le is in 2015 op een kruispunt in haar bestaan raise questions. in 2015, at this crossroads in courant de l’année 2015 avec de nombreux beland en kwam veelvuldig in de pers its existence, this district was a frequent topic articles de presse (Trends 9/11/2015, Le Soir (Trends 9/11/2015, Le Soir 23/10/2015, La of discussion in the press (Trends 9/11/2015, 23/10/2015, La Libre 10/11/2015 …), les Libre 10/11/2015 …): sommigen uitten hun Le Soir 23/10/2015, La Libre 10/11/2015, commentaires balançant entre l’inquiétude sur ongerustheid over een aangekondigde toename etc.), with some commentators worrying une augmentation des bureaux vides annoncée van de kantoorleegstand, anderen zagen net about the announced increase in office et l’opportunité pour des redéveloppements. kansen om de wijk te herontwikkelen. vacancy and others seeing an opportunity for le périmètre de l’étude du Quartier nord est de noordwijk is een ruim gebied om te redevelopment. large (voir carte page 6). il dépasse le voisinage bestuderen (zie kaart pagina 6). ze reikt verder the nord district is a large area to investigate de la gare du nord. dan de omgeving van het noordstation. (see map page 6). it extends beyond the à nouveau, une enquête systématique de er werd opnieuw een systematisch onderzoek environs of Brussels-north railway station. repérage de terrain a été réalisée. op het terrein uitgevoerd. as usual, we analysed the area systematically in the field. dans la 2e partie, on présente la situation in het tweede deel van dit nummer wordt de l’ensemble du marché des bureaux de traditiegetrouw de situatie op de hele Brusselse in part 2, we present the situation on the Bruxelles. la carte de la vacance intègre kantorenmarkt geanalyseerd. dit keer zijn Brussels office market as a whole. the vacancy cette fois les données de la dynamique. cette in de leegstandskaart ook de gegevens over map now also includes the dynamics data. this nouvelle présentation permet de visualiser l’état het verloop verwerkt. deze nieuwe weergave new graphic representation shows the market du marché et son évolution. visualiseert de situatie op de markt en de situation and evolution. les tendances du marché sont restées evolutie ervan. Market trends remained unchanged in 2015. inchangées en 2015, le marché est très stable. de markttendensen bleven in 2015 the market is very stable, as it has been since il l’est maintenant depuis 2011. ongewijzigd. de markt is zeer stabiel. dat is nu 2011. al zo sinds 2011. Observatoire des bureaux Vacance 2015 Overzicht van het kantorenpark Leegstand 2015 Office Property Observatory 2015 Vacancy 3 1re partie : Zoom sur le Quartier Nord Deel 1: Focus op de Noordwijk Part 1: Focus on the Nord District descriPTion du QUARTier beschrijving van de wijk disTricT descriPTion à cheval sur le territoire des communes de la de noordwijk, die deels in Brussel-Stad, deels the nord district, which extends across the Ville de Bruxelles, de Schaerbeek et de Saint- in Schaarbeek en deels in Sint-joost-ten-node city of Brussels and the municipalities of josse-ten-noode, le Quartier nord est un ligt, is een atypische wijk in het Brusselse Schaerbeek and Saint-josse-ten-noode, is an quartier atypique dans l’urbanisme bruxellois. stedenbouwkundige landschap. ze ontstond atypical district with regard to Brussels’s urban créé brutalement dans les années 1970 sur in de jaren zeventig van de twintigste eeuw uit planning. in the 1970s, this single-function la trame d’un quartier populaire, ce projet een – voor die tijd uitgesproken ambitieus (en project–determinedly ambitious (and mega- monofonctionnel – résolument ambitieux (et megalomaan) – monofunctioneel project dat lomaniacal) for its time–was plonked down in mégalomane) pour l’époque – s’est avéré werd neergepoot op de fundamenten van een a working-class district. the project has since problématique. Surdimensionné et contrecarré oude volksbuurt. niet zonder problemen, zo turned out to be problematical. oversized and par d’autres pôles de bureaux, le Quartier nord bleek. de kolossale en door andere kantoor- facing competition from other office districts, s’est développé beaucoup plus lentement que buurten beconcurreerde noordwijk ontwik- the nord district has developed far more slowly prévu. kelde zich veel trager dan verwacht. than planned. ce quartier administratif est maintenant un Vandaag is deze administratieve wijk een this administrative quarter now sports an mélange de bâtiments d’âges différents, allant mengeling van gebouwen uit verschillende amalgam of buildings of varying ages, from des premières constructions des années 1970 decennia: gaande van oorspronkelijke construc- those dating back to its creation in the 1970s jusqu’à des immeubles neufs. plusieurs îlots ties uit de jaren zeventig tot gloed nieuwe to new developments. Several housing blocks résidentiels ont été préservés et la zone où les gebouwen. Meerdere residentiële blokken have been preserved and the authorized area bureaux sont autorisés circonscrite. les tours zijn behouden en het gebied waar kantoren for offices has been curbed. the district’s land- marquent le paysage du quartier même si de toegelaten zijn, is ingeperkt. torens kenmerken scape is characterized by towers, even though nombreux grands immeubles de bureaux ne het landschap van de wijk, ook al zijn er ook tal there are many large office buildings which are sont pas des tours. van lagere grote kantoorgebouwen. not as tall. L’Entrepôt Royal de Tour & Taxis au milieu. À sa gauche, l’Hôtel des Douanes B go Het Koninklijk B- Pakhuis op Thurn pr & Taxis. Links: het Douanegebouw Midde : Royal lobalView © S Depot at Tour & g Taxis. Left: Hôtel des Douanes Schmitt- 4 Observatoire des bureaux Vacance 2015 Overzicht van het kantorenpark Leegstand 2015 Office Property Observatory 2015 Vacancy aujourd’hui, le Quartier nord est en pleine de noordwijk is volop aan het veranderen: de t oday, the nord district is changing rapidly: it mutation : extension à l’ouest vers tour & taxis, wijk breidt uit naar het westen richting thurn is expanding westward to tour & taxis, renova- grands projets de rénovation, grands déména- & taxis, er zijn grote renovatiewerken aan de tion projects are in full swing and occupants are gements vers et à l’intérieur du quartier, mais gang en er zijn grote verhuisbewegingen naar moving into and within the district, but others aussi déménagements hors de celui-ci. en in de wijk, maar ook uit de wijk. are leaving. le Quartier nord comprend peu d’immeubles in de noordwijk staan weinig kleine kantoor- except in its periphery, the nord district de bureaux de petite taille sauf dans sa gebouwen, behalve dan aan de buitenrand. possesses few small office buildings. Most of périphérie. l’essentiel des mètres carrés est hé- het gros van de kantoor oppervlakte is the square metreage is provided by just 47 bergé dans seulement 47 immeubles de tailles geconcentreerd in amper 47 middelgr ote tot medium- and large-sized buildings, most of moyenne et grande, pour la plupart mono- grote gebouwen. Meestal (35 gebouwen) is er which (35) boast only a single occupant. the occupants (35 bâtiments). les 20 plus grands maar één gebruiker. de 20 grootste kantoor- 20 biggest occupants in the district represent hôtes du quartier utilisent 80,5 % des surfaces gebruikers in de wijk vertegen woordigen 80.5% of the used surface area.
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