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Where Are All the Cranes?
One of Europe's largest building efforts leaves surprisingly little trace on the street.
23 hrs ago
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Ciarán Breen
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How Savings Fund French Housing
Inside France's unique financial architecture that turns retail deposits into counter-cyclical housing finance.
Jun 14
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Ciarán Breen
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Why Vinci Thrives While France Slows Building
Record results at one of France's largest builders, a slump in homebuilding, and the trend that explains the contradiction.
Jun 10
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Ciarán Breen
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France's Data Centre Push
How a 'major national interest' tag eases the permitting process, while communities would rather say no.
Jun 7
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Ciarán Breen
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Five Ways to Acquire Land for Major Infrastructure
What the Grand Paris Express reveals about France's land assembly toolkit
Jun 1
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Ciarán Breen
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May 2026
Inside the ZAC
How French cities assemble land, fund infrastructure, and deliver new neighbourhoods.
May 31
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Ciarán Breen
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France's 2026 Real Estate Forecast, 5 Months In
Tariffs, Middle East conflict and a late budget reshaped the picture.
May 28
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Ciarán Breen
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The Sector That Outbuilds Airbus
French construction generates over three times the revenue of the aerospace industry. What the numbers show.
May 27
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Ciarán Breen
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Six cities, 50 million people: what drives development outside Île-de-France
The regional economies shaping French construction and development
May 26
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Ciarán Breen
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