Val d’Europe Downtown District

Format
Brief

City
Marne-la-Vallée

Country
France

Metro Area
Paris

Project Type
Planned Community or Resort

Location Type
Outer Suburban

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Conservation Zone
Education
Entertainment
Hotel
Mixed Residential
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail

Keywords
Disney community
Mixed-use development
Theme park
Tourist destination
Town center
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner
Workforce housing

Site Size
371 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
1997

Date Opened
2000

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Just as Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, has its new town of Celebration, Disneyland Park (née Euro Disney) has Val d’Europe. Both planned communities—Celebration and Val d’Europe—were established and designed on new urbanist principles, and both have transformed their respective regions. In 2008, eight years after Val d’Europe opened, the new community is 60 percent completed and scheduled to be built out by 2018. It is home to 21,000 residents.

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Format
Brief

City
Marne-la-Vallée

Country
France

Metro Area
Paris

Project Type
Planned Community or Resort

Location Type
Outer Suburban

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Conservation Zone
Education
Entertainment
Hotel
Mixed Residential
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail

Keywords
Disney community
Mixed-use development
Theme park
Tourist destination
Town center
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner
Workforce housing

Site Size
371 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
1997

Date Opened
2000

Developer/Owner
Euro Disney Associés SCA
Marne-la-Vallée, France

Public Partner
SAN Val d’Europe
Marne-la-Vallée, France

EPA France
Marne-la-Vallée, France

Developers
Value Retail PLC (La Vallée Village)
London, UK

Ségécé (BNP-Paribus Group) (shopping mall)
Paris, France

Nexity SA (Place de Toscane)
Paris, France

Master Planner
Cooper, Robertson, & Partners
New York, NY

Architects (La Vallée Village retail)
DGLa
Paris, France

CLMA Architects and Planners
Mallemort en Provence, France

Architects (Shopping Mall)
Gund Partnership
Cambridge, MA

Chapman Taylor
London, UK

Lobjoy & Bouvier
Asnieres sur Siene, France

Architects (Place de Toscane)
Pier Carlo Bontempi
Parma, Italy

Hertenberger & Vitry
Paris, France

Website
www.valdeurope.fr
www.valdeurope.com
www.lavalleevillage.com

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig

ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner

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