Docks 76

Docks 76, developed and managed by Unibail-Rodamco, Europe’s leading listed commercial property company, is a new concept of leisure and shopping pleasure open 7 days a week, inaugurated on 23 April 2009 in Rouen. It comprises some 80 boutiques, including several medium-sized units and restaurants, and a 14-screen multiplex cinema. It forms part of the urban rebirth of the suburbs west of the city center. Docks 76 was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, who renovated the old shipping docks in the heart of an area designated for substantial residential and tertiary projects, such as the Rouen sports stadium (Palais des Sports) (6,000 seats).

Location and accessibility

The shopping center benefits from its exceptional position and right bank accessibility to the docks area, the Seine, the city center, and the new Gustave Flaubert bridge.

Shopper Traffic/Catchment Area

Catchment area: 600,000 people from the surrounding areas.
Shopper traffic: 4.0 visitors annually.

Entertainment zone

Acro Sport, PATHE cinema, TOYS R US, and WOUPI (playground).

Features mall architecture

Designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, associated with the design agency Saguez & Partners, the three buildings, including former disused docks and warehouses that have been renovated, adopted a “citizen” approach that is more and more in vogue in commercial real estate.

Planning

Docks 76 is the first shopping center in Europe to receive the BREEAM International Retail (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certification, awarded by a British environmental rating agency, and is subject to the assessment, “good” for the environmental performance of its buildings.