Cities

As an urban developer, Altarea shapes the living environment of millions of users, which gives it a major responsibility for the future of the regions.

In the face of deep and rapid changes in society, the Group's role is to take up the new challenges now facing towns and cities :

• Responding to the desire of local communities to encourage and anchor wealth creation in their midst
  
• Listening to residents in order to make towns and cities that work better for everyone
  
• Developing diversity, cooperation and solidarity
  

Altarea is putting the public interest of towns and cities at the heart of its real estate programmes and has set itself the mission of developing attractive urban projects.
Its approach is based on three key components :

• Creating mixed-use developments by creating "fragments of cities" bringing together housing, commercial activities (shops, offices, services, etc.), and spaces for leisure and recreation. This diversity brings people closer together, plays a role in regional momentum and helps make towns and cities more people-focused.
• Contributing to local economic development through its projects providing support for entrepreneurs, stakeholders in the social economy, and local start-ups, and for short supply chains.
• Supporting employment in France. The Group's activities have a significant impact on employment and wealth creation in France, in particular due to the large volumes of purchases completed.

Since the building industry is one of the most energy-intensive sectors and has some of the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the climate emergency requires a shift towards more restrained and resilient buildings.

Altarea monitors and analyses its energy consumption and its greenhouse gas emissions for all of its activities. It develops efficient, understated and high performance real estate projects.

The Group is committed to designing energy efficient buildings by implementing the principles of the circular economy and by deploying globally its certification strategy. As a result, its entire portfolio of assets and development projects is certified.

Lastly, Altarea focuses specifically on the challenges of adapting towns and cities and of making them resilient. Initiatives are put in place to improve the comfort and value of projects.