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Despite the rise in material prices and the rise in interest rates which affect investments in construction, corporate real estate seems to be resisting the pressure quite well, according to Inovista, which presented its annual analysis of the Reunion market at the end of April. Real estate developers, however, are seeking to offset higher construction costs with higher prices..

Cyrille Melchior, president of the Department, and Serge Hoareau, president of Saphir, signed an agreement on May 10 as part of the “1 million trees” plan supported by the community. The Sapphire, manager of departmental irrigated areas, will make available around a hundred of its sites on which endemic and native species of the island will be planted. The Sapphire...

Valérie Verdier, CEO of the Development Research Institute (IRD), signed a framework agreement with Huguette Bello on May 2 in Saint-Denis, president of the region. First agreement of this type between the IRD and an overseas community, it concerns the adaptation of islands to global changes, on the ecological transformations of island systems and the strengthening of....

The general states of mobility were launched at the beginning of May by the prefect of Reunion, the president of the Region and representatives of the Department and intermunicipalities. A citizen consultation began on May 9 with the aim of “taking stock of uses and expectations, identify key projects, dégager des priorités pour...

A sea serpent will finally emerge from the earth, or rather from the Indian Ocean, at the level of the Holy Land : the southern Réunion hospital center announces the start of work on its SWAC for early 2023 (sea water air conditioning). The project, in the making for over ten years, consists of drawing sea water at 5 degrees, at...

The first major survey on physical and sporting practices in Reunion was carried out by the university and Ipsos at the end of 2021 among 2,000 people aged 15 and over. Its results, recently presented, demonstrate a wide diffusion of physical and sporting activities. 81% of those questioned said they had practiced an activity (hors éducation...

Real estate prices continued to increase in 2022, but a decline in the volume of transactions began from the end of the third quarter, according to the annual study of the chamber of notaries. The trend then accelerated to reach -3% year-on-year in December. Notaries estimate the annual price increase at 7,7...

Last April 25, Medef Réunion presented its “energy sobriety kit”, mis à disposition de toutes les entreprises de l’île pour contribuer à l'atteinte des objectifs de sobriété fixés en octobre dernier par le gouvernement (10% reduction in the country's energy consumption by 2024, compared to 2019). Ce guide gratuit propose des...

The France-Madagascar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFM) et le Club export Réunion ont signé le 11 mai à l'ambassade de France de Tananarive, an agreement renewing their partnership. “We are strengthening our ties with this convention, following the previous one signed with the CCIFM, to identify new development avenues between the two islands, and in the....

The municipality of La Possession joined the intramural platform at the end of April. This application allows residents to consult events in real time, news and points of interest in their municipality, but also those surrounding. Everyone can subscribe freely to receive information and alerts from one or more communities.. Intramuros notably facilitates access to services..