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Baptiste Barillé et Yoann Nerdeux en visite sur le chantier de leur futur espace de coworking dans la gare de La Baule (Loire-Atlantique)

La Paul: A joint office will be opened at the station

Baptiste Barillé and Yoann Nerdeux visit the site of their future workspace at La Baule (Loire-Atlantique) station

Even before the Covid-19 health crisis generalized, telecommuting had imposed itself in some companies that had opened up to this more flexible way of working.

After a year of the pandemic and three periods of confinement, employee habits have changed and remote work is likely to continue.

But for those who have to stay home all the time, it can be overwhelming. Need a change of air, no desk to isolate yourself at home …

350 m2 From offices

Left empty since the 1970s, former SNCF employee apartments were in La Paul (Loire Atlantic) It will be rehabilitated and transformed.

Yoann Nerdeux and Baptiste Barillé, originally from Pouliguen, would create a co-working space on the top two floors of the building, which was established in 1927.

The entrepreneur, one who runs a graphic design agency in Nantes, and the second has created small nurseries that he has since sold, wants to create a real place for contacts and exchanges, by welcoming freelancers, CEOs or even small structures that settle on a peninsula.

People with good ideas are not only found in Paris or Nantes. So we were looking for a place on the coast to bring together Presqu’île Meadows, but couldn’t find it. In 2019, we learned of SNCF’s call for applications as part of the 1001 Stations project.

Ideally located in the heart of La Baule, in an area revitalized with the opening of the Bar Restaurant Louisa BumpA and Admiralty Hotel, So the station seemed perfect for them to create a center of creativity and synergy.

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Company managers and remote workers

Originally, these spaces brought together tech enthusiasts who wanted to discuss the topic in a more open setting.

But people from all walks of life seem to like the environment and the atmosphere.

“Among the first contracts signed in advance booking and entrepreneurs interested in the project, we have multiple profiles: a website builder, a communications agency, an e-commerce site, a training coach, and a communications manager from a large Parisian group who has resided at Le Pouliguen. So we have business leaders and workers. Remote Interlocutor Yuan explains, some actually live here, but some are planning to come and settle down soon.

Contacts are also underway with an architect and real estate agent.

The buildings can accommodate a maximum of 50 people.

Private offices, co-working space of 24 seats, meeting rooms, common areas, toilets … everything is designed to work in comfortable, functional and modern conditions.

“Our goal is for this to be a place to live. We want people to exchange ideas and everyone to develop together,” Baptiste Barrelli hopes.

The station manager will accompany the residents on a daily basis with a concierge service and will also move the venues through workshops on various topics.

To rethink this place they want bright and decorated in the symbols of the peninsula, childhood friends worked with Baulois IDA architecture.

On site, local craftsmen work to finish everything in September. Official opening on October 1 #teletravailleraupaysdesvacances!

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