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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...

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has invited local residents, temporary occupants and students to participate in the design phase of the redevelopment of 18,000 m2 of public spaces on the site of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks at the corner of Boulevard Général Jacques and Avenue de la...

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort, and the rectors of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Annemie Schaus, and of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Caroline Pauwels, held a meeting yesterday to move forward Usquare.brussels, the project for the conversion of the former...

For more than 10 years now, the Visit.brussels Awards have honoured projects that have enhanced the prestige of Brussels, both nationally and internationally. In each of the competition’s nine categories, different initiatives which are helping to improve the quality of the reception accorded to...

On 19 November 2020, the Brussels Government approved, at the third hearing, the Urban Development Masterplan (PAD) for the former barracks at Ixelles. Steered by perspective.brussels, this is also the first PAD to be implemented. This stage concludes the procedure for drafting the plan to convert...