Will Toulouse have its skyscraper?
There is one last step to take for the Tour d'Occitanie.
That of the opponents who challenged this Friday before the administrative court the building permit for this 150-meter-high project, carried by a private developer very close to the Matabiau station and supported by the town hall.
“The tower today cannot be built, we don't know its energy consumption, we don't know its real impact on the environment.
What do we do with a project that is not completed?
How can the people of Toulouse understand that a building permit has been granted”, is surprised Alice Terrasse, the plaintiffs' lawyer.
The latter are local residents, the Right to Housing (DAL) collective and France Nature Environnement (FNE).
The public rapporteur of the administrative court, often followed by the court, rejected the arguments of the opponents.
This project by American architect Daniel Libeskind is a 40-storey building, vegetated from top to bottom, with spiral glass facades.
The tower should house 11,000 m2 of offices, shops, just over a hundred apartments, a panoramic restaurant-bar and a hotel.
The decision should be known before the summer and will be subject to appeal before the Council of State.
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