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Luxury giants covet strategic Avenue Montaigne side streets

LVMH, Kering and a host of luxury-minded Paris developers are jostling for position at the corner of the Avenue Montaigne and the Rue François-1er, the future epicentre of French luxury. [...]

Published on 26.10.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Owner of a dozen buildings in Paris's most exclusive locations, the Libyan-born British developer Adrien Labi is gradually selling them off to luxury giants. He is, however, under investigation by French tax authorities, and the source of his fortune remains a mystery.

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Place Vendôme Gucci woes: skirmish for the top floor, skeletons in the cellar

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France Negotiations underway as Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers eyes new acquisition

Spotlight | France Karl Lagerfeld's former mansion is up for sale

Front Row | United Kingdom, United States Online retail acrobat José Neves walks merger tightrope

Front Row | France John Nollet, the hairstylist rubbing shoulders with luxury sector big wigs

Front Row | France Adrien Labi, luxury's indispensable developer with a mysterious past

France Place Vendôme Gucci woes: skirmish for the top floor, skeletons in the cellar

Spotlight | France Paris City Council at loggerheads over luxury on eve of Fashion Week

France Developer Ely-Michel Ruimy turns tidy profit in sale of Paris properties to Kering

France Dior caught up in bitter neighbourhood battle on Avenue Montaigne

General Oligui to put Ali Bongo's Parisian mansion up for sale

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France
Luxury giants covet strategic Avenue Montaigne side streets

Spotlight | France
The case of the giant Vuitton trunk on the Champs-Élysées

France
Negotiations underway as Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers eyes new acquisition

Spotlight | France
Karl Lagerfeld's former mansion is up for sale

Front Row | United Kingdom, United States
Online retail acrobat José Neves walks merger tightrope

Front Row | France
John Nollet, the hairstylist rubbing shoulders with luxury sector big wigs

Front Row | France
Adrien Labi, luxury's indispensable developer with a mysterious past

France
Place Vendôme Gucci woes: skirmish for the top floor, skeletons in the cellar

Spotlight | France
Paris City Council at loggerheads over luxury on eve of Fashion Week

France
Developer Ely-Michel Ruimy turns tidy profit in sale of Paris properties to Kering

France
Dior caught up in bitter neighbourhood battle on Avenue Montaigne