Carré De Soie

Carré de Soie is a regional shopping and leisure complex in Vaulx-en-Velin, in the Rhône, on the eastern axis of the Lyon metropolitan area approximately 7 kilometres from central Lyon. The scheme is part of the urban regeneration of Lyon’s eastern metropolitan corridor, and its name references Lyon’s historic silk industry, which extended across the eastern Lyon plain. Carrefour anchors the grocery component. Pathé operates a cinema.

H&M and C&A cover fashion. JD Sports, Nike, Intersport and Footkorner handle sportswear. Kiko Milano and Marionnaud cover beauty. Boulanger covers electronics. Okaidi and Orchestra cover children’s fashion. Häagen-Dazs holds an F&B position. Project X Paris covers streetwear. Citroën, Peugeot, Leapmotor and Spoticar hold automotive showroom positions, an integration of car retail and enclosed shopping that is more common in retail parks than in enclosed malls.

The centre is served by the Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie multimodal hub, with Metro A, Tramway T3 and bus connections linking the eastern Lyon corridor to the city centre. Road access is via the eastern Lyon ring road and the A43 motorway corridor toward Chambéry. The scheme draws from Vaulx-en-Velin’s dense residential population, from the eastern Lyon communes of Bron and Chassieu, and from traffic on the A43 corridor toward the Alps.

The automotive showroom integrations — including Leapmotor, the Chinese EV brand distributed by Stellantis in Europe — give Carré de Soie a commercial format that extends beyond a standard regional mall. Häagen-Dazs and Pathé add a leisure and food dimension that supports longer visit durations relative to a standard convenience mall.