La Cité Fertile, in Pantin just outside Paris, hires out its spaces for company events by day or evening. The venue occupies one hectare of a former SNCF goods station and operates as an eco-responsible third place devoted to the sustainable city. For smaller private groups, a space in the restaurant or outdoors can be booked for 50 people.
Seminars and company events
The official privatization page says the site has several spaces available to companies, during the day or in the evening. All spaces can be hired and adapted to the request, according to the operator. The offer is aimed at companies, associations and professionals involved in projects about the sustainable city, so the venue suits events with an environmental or social theme better than a purely formal convention.
Past events listed on the site give an idea of the formats: an innovation prize evening for a foundation together with the national council of third places, a private sale evening, a digital forum organised for the job agency and a training event for a social entrepreneurship programme. The operator, a team with 25 years of experience in creating venues and events, adds programming, content creation, scenography and logistics on request.
Rooms and capacities
The only capacity stated online is 50 people, for a birthday or afterwork in a space in the restaurant or outdoors. The detailed features of each privatizable space, such as area, seating plans and equipment, are in a privatization file that the venue sends on request. Ask for it first, because the site itself does not list the rooms by name.
Catering
The privatization file includes activities and caterer offers. The restaurant of the venue is open to the public, and groups can book a space inside or outside. Whether an outside caterer is accepted is not stated on the website.
Eco-charter
Every event must follow the venue's event eco-charter. Plan this into the brief: sourcing, waste, sound and decoration choices may be framed by it. The charter is available from the team.
History and setting
The site stands on a former rail freight yard along the avenue Edouard Vaillant. It is set up for seven years to bring together, inspire and mobilize the public around sustainable city issues. Besides private events, it runs a public agenda of activities, a restaurant and bar, and spaces for biodiversity. An event here takes place in a working place, with other activities around it, not in a closed hall.
Getting there
The address is 14 avenue Edouard Vaillant, 93500 Pantin, close to Paris. The nearest stations are in Pantin and on the east side of Paris. For private requests, write to the privatization address given on the site.
