Agora

The development company Agora is the ideal partner for your future building projects. Regardless of the type of initiative – shops, offices, hotels and restaurants, etc. – we are ready to help to adapt your project to the context of the newly redeveloped areas in Luxembourg South. Our service starts as soon as the idea takes root, and continues right through to the completion of your project; our activities include planning, decontamination, infrastructure, marketing and consulting.

The Belval Evolution

Several sites formerly used by the steel industry and measuring a total of 650 hectares have been added to the Agora development portfolio. The largest and most important site in Luxemburg is the Belval Area, a former steel mill of approx. 120 hectares situated in the municipalities of Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem. This area will attract between 7000 inhabitants and up to 25,000 daily occupants or users – in private offices, the leisure facilities, the university quarter and the public-culture facilities.

Since start of development and construction works in 2004, over 540,000 m² have been completed or are still under construction. About 4,600 people are working at Belval, and more than 180 companies (service industry, research, restaurants or retail) have been created. About 1.400 residents have already chosen an apartment or house at Belval. More than 180,000 m² are in the pipeline to be constructed until 2019 / 2020.

Innovation Campus Belval: Hot spot of research and innovation

The heart of the Cité des Sciences has now been filled with life. The University of Luxemburg officially commenced teaching activities in Belval in September. Now that the LCSB, the university’s first research institute, has been developing successfully in Belval for five years, the vice-chancellor’s office, the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Natural Sciences have also made the move to Belval. In this first stage of the relocation, between 2000 and 2500 students have become a firm fixture in the cityscape.

The first building stage for the “Belval Innovation Campus“, as it was called by a number of speakers at the “Business meets Research” conference, comprises a large number of buildings that facilitate teaching and research activities on the very highest level. In addition to the Maison de Savoir, which houses the central administration department and the lecture halls, other facilities of note are the Maison des Sciences Humaines and the Restaurant universitaire. Also of note to Belval as a scientific location is the Maison de l’innovation, which is home to the LIST research centre, the national research-funding centre FNR and the Luxinnovation agency. There are now more than 1000 people working for the university in Belval.

In the next building stage, the Maison de Nombre, Maison des Arts et des Etudiants and the university library are to be completed. The laboratories and facilities for the engineering sciences are to be completed in the further stages of the development.

Working at the innovation campus

Belval is not only the reference location for research and innovation in Luxembourg, but also a varied and interesting place to work. Major companies from the world of finance such as RBC Investor Service are based here, along with architectural offices and engineering companies.