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Usquare.brussels, the transformation of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles into an open, mixed and multifunctional district, has entered its implementation phase. The first conversion project for the iconic buildings has been launched by the two universities ULB and VUB. Other work will...

The Brussels Minister-President Rudi Vervoort, the rectors of ULB and VUB, Annemie Schaus and Caroline Pauwels, and the director of the Urban Development Corporation (SAU), Gilles Delforge, have announced the start of the first work on Usquare.brussels, the transformation of the former Fritz...

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) announced in February 2021 that it had decided to extend See U, the temporary occupation programme for Usquare.brussels, until March 2022. The SAU and the See U team then carried out an objective assessment of all projects. The aims were to reorganise the...

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort, and the Secretary of State for Housing, Nawal Ben Hamou, have announced that the Housing Corporation of the Brussels-Capital Region (SLRB-BGHM) has appointed a consortium led by the architecture firms Atelier Kempe Thill and...

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has issued a public procurement notice for the creation of around 480 units of student accommodation on the site of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles. The process is being conducted in partnership with the universities ULB and VUB, which will rent...

Cabins, collaborative vegetable gardens, a climbing wall, outdoor ping-pong tables, picnic tables, benches made from reclaimed materials, a smooth esplanade that can be used for dance, sporting and other activities... At the end of May, the Urban Development Corporation (SAU) will launch a series of...

A further step has been completed in the development of Usquare.brussels, the programme for the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles. The Housing Corporation of the Brussels-Capital Region (SLRB-BGHM) has shortlisted 5 of the 19 applications received in response to the public...

Beliris , the federal public contracting authority for Brussels, has issued a public procurement notice for public works with a view to appointing a contractor to remove asbestos from the buildings of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks. More information at publicprocurement.be .

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has decided to extend See U, the temporary occupation programme for Usquare.brussels, the conversion project at the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, until March 2022. With the start of the first renovation work on the site drawing near, See U’s...