«Revitalizing, consciously, spaces conducive to the emergence of a chosen logistics» is, in short, Virtuo’s raison d’être.

More than just a company, we are a voluntary collective willing to support and encourage change. Together, we want to transform spaces and bring new life to them: biodiversity, economic activity, human presence.

We want to do all this “consciously”,

• by contributing to the territories (economy),
• by preserving and improving the state of biodiversity (environment),
• by moving towards zero carbon in building (society).

And above all, with sincerity, by recognizing the potentially negative impacts of our short-term activity (soil artificialization) and long-term (nuisances related to logistics exploitation) and by developing a strict and demanding land strategy.

We want to be chosen by our stakeholders for the difference we make in their daily lives.

Our performance will always remain a joint work.

Come and Meet our teams on stand K025 Pavilion1 – (AFILOG area),
We will share a friendly moment of exchange.

Make an appointment: evenements@virtuo-property.com

Compans is and will remain a project like no other. This V.Park, more than any other, has marked the step in the development of Virtuo. Launched in 2020, it concerns the construction of a future parcel sorting and distribution building with a surface area of 15,273 m² (including 960 m² of offices) on a plot of 49,105 m² and located at the gates of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport. But far beyond a logistics real estate project, the V.Park Compans finally becomes the company’s laboratories of innovations and commitments, leading the teams to question, reflect and finally stop on an idea that makes consensus: Compans must be an example of a new vision of logistics real estate more responsible, carried by all Virtuo employees. The project then becomes an illustration of an intense commitment to sustainable development and the mark of a strong ambition: the carbon neutrality of the logistics buildings
developed by the company.

An ecosystem of sustainable partners

To live up to this ambition, Virtuo cannot act alone. The company surrounds itself with key partners. Internally, we first embark and federate all our employees to create the V. Lab, a laboratory of innovations dedicated to sustainable development. This place of experiments aims to innovate on multiple topics: bio-sourced materials, geothermal, storage of renewable energies, audit of all the projects carried out previously, estimation of the carbon footprint of all the buildings of Virtuo… The V.
Lab can then measure the long way that remains to be travelled in order to reach the goal of carbon neutrality. Externally, Virtuo relies on the trust it has placed in the architecture firm Aeco for many years, as well as on the real estate consulting firm Elan, which specializes in environmental and low-carbon aspects. Energy, carbon, biodiversity, support in BREEAM certification or obtaining the Biodivercity label, Elan works with Virtuo to build and implement an environmental strategy. The firm supports Compans’ lowcarbon strategy, following several steps: a first phase of measurement from the design of the project; a reduction phase via a set of recommendations adapted to a messaging platform and finally a final restoration phase, to lead the project in a 0 net emission approach on the scope of “Construction Products”.

Elan has identified virtuous reforestation projects around Compans, allowing Virtuo to
contribute to the increase of French carbon sinks and to act in addition to the
reduction efforts made.

Tangible results

In addition to the design and structure of the building, work is also being done on the landscaping of the V.Park. Transformed into a cool island thanks to the densification of the vegetation, the site also presents a water system based on valleys and landscaped basins in order to promote the redevelopment of a local biodiversity in conjunction with neighbouring plots. In the end, as many levers as possible will have been put in place to reduce the carbon impact of the project and its construction.
Efforts today rewarded since the project obtained the Grand Prix SIMI Immobilier Logistique in 2022, is about to be certified BREEAM Excellent and to obtain the Biodivercity label but above all, it is the first project of a long series of buildings designed with the ambition of zero carbon.

Grégory Blouin, president of Virtuo Industrial Property, reviews the Compans project.

How do you view the progress made since the launch of the V.Park Compans project?
We set ourselves an ambitious goal without knowing whether we would achieve it. Today, two years later, we are rather proud because we have arrived at a project that has a net-zero carbon footprint. In parallel, the V.Park Compans received the 2022 Simi Grand Prix in the logistics real estate category. But above all, this project has allowed us to see things in a bigger way since we have already launched a second project on the same basis.

We are now confident that we will be able to do only projects that have a net-zero carbon footprint well before 2050.

Finally, this project has been the cause of a fundamental change at Virtuo?
Indeed, it committed us to a comprehensive and virtuous approach that we will duplicate on all of our projects. At the same time, we decided to introduce a number of certifications over the next two years within the company itself. Finally, it also allowed us to realize that if a lot of communication was done around carbon neutrality, not all actors are necessarily fully engaged. We are going to try to do everything we can. In addition to the benefits related to the sustainable development of your buildings, what have been the benefits of this project for your employees?

This allowed us to involve the entire team in the project, but also beyond, in a collaborative approach with all our partners to set our overall objectives for the coming years. Carbon neutrality is not aimed at the level of a project or a society but rather at the level of a territory, a continent. So we’re part of that neutrality, but we’re not going to do it alone. We’re part of the chain.

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Virtuo Industrial Property opens a new office in the City of Lyon, in the La Part-Dieu district.
Our teams will be as close as possible to their clientele in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region for optimal support.

The sales team is already available on site:

Karene VERDEAU : karene.verdeau@virtuo-property.com

Vincent GUITTON : vincent.guitton@virtuo-property.com

VIRTUO plants the first tree in its V.PARK CHÂTEAUDUN (28).
Construction of a 24,000 m² turnkey facility for ALLTRICKS.

On Wednesday, November 23, 2022, Grégory BLOUIN, President of Virtuo Industrial Property and his teams; Mr. Hervé DEMAI, Deputy Prefect of Châteaudun and delegate of the Prefecture of Eure et Loire, Mr. Fabien VERDIER, in his capacity as President of the Community of Communes of Grand Châteaudun and Mayor of Châteaudun; Mr. Gary ANSSENS, CEO of ALLTRICKS; as well as co investor AXA IM Alts, met to officially lay the first tree of the new V. Park Châteaudun.

This next-generation logistics platform, with a total surface area of 24,000 m², on which work began last summer, is located in the Parc d’Activités de la Bruyère, in the town of Châteaudun, in the Centre Val de Loire region, 50 km from Orléans. For this new project Virtuo targets a BREEAM Very Good certification as well as a Biodivercity® label. This project was developed to meet the needs of the company ALLTRICKS, which sells cycling products, as well as running gear and outdoor gear. The site is scheduled to be operational in the summer of 2023.

“We are very proud of this collaboration with Alltricks, which illustrates Virtuo’s ability to offer turnkey solutions, even when times are tough,” said Grégory Blouin, President of Virtuo.

“This building will give us the opportunity to carry out our expansion plans in France and abroad, focusing on our top performing categories—Bicycle, Running and Outdoor—and develop new activities such as second-hand products”, explains Gary Anssens, President of Alltricks. “I am proud to be part of this ambitious project which addresses the site’s environmental responsibility and will enhance the quality of our teams’ work. With a tool like this one, we are reinforcing our promise to deliver more than 2.5 million parcels a year in less than 24 hours,” adds Cyril Desloge, Alltricks’ Logistics Director.

Virtuo’s partners in this new V.Park includes AECO architect, Project Manager CLC engineering, AMO environmental ELAN, AXA IM Alts fund manager, Oudot & Associés Notary Office, BG2V Law Firm along with local companies for the construction.

“On top of developing a successful logistics real estate operation, this project marks a significant collaboration between two groups that share the same values and ambitions. Alltricks and Virtuo are united by their creativity, business acumen, ethics and transparency. We are thrilled to have been a part of their plans for growth”, says Grégory Loesel, Director of Development and Partner at Virtuo.

VIRTUO symbolically lays the first tree of its negative artificialization V.PARK in Arles.

Arles, September 22, 2022: the symbolic tree laying ceremony took place with Mrs. Catherine BALGUERIERAULET, Deputy Mayor of Arles, Head of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and Natural Spaces, Urban Works and Development, Territorial Planning and also Community Councillor, together with the co investor AXA IM Alts and Gregory BLOUIN, President of VIRTUO as promoter and co-investor.

To celebrate the launch of the V.PARK ARLES construction site, VIRTUO has planted the first tree on the future logistics platform, a state-of-the-art 30,000 m² facility built in partnership with the fund manager AXA IM Alts. Virtuo will be developing two buildings totaling approximately 45,000 m2 on a 10-hectare plot of land formerly owned by DHL.

Virtuo leads several sustainable development initiatives in Arles 1, including BREEAM VERY GOOD certification, and uses the roof to produce renewable energy that will be partly used by the building. This project is an example of land conservation in the era of Zero Net Artificialization, as it generates a positive balance. After completion of the work, we will be giving back 1.3 hectares of natural areas and biodiversity to nature.

Grégory Blouin, President of Virtuo Industrial Property: “We are proud to be giving new life to this site whilst participating in a virtuous circle of land de-artificialization. »

Virtuo Industrial Property is working alongside HTC as main contractor on this project. The delivery is expected for the end of 2022.

This is the most substantial investment in the economic zone known as La Promenade, in Chavagnes-en-Paillers. Virtuo is setting up a 19-hectare site there.