Saturday January 8, 2022, Yoann CHOIN-JOUBERT, CEO of the regional development group REALITES, received on his site of La Tisserie, in Amiens, Jean CASTEX, Prime Minister, Barbara POMPILI, Minister of Ecological Transition, Emmanuelle WARGON, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Ecological Transition, in charge of Housing and Muriel NGUYEN, Prefect of the Somme.
The opportunity for the Group, very committed to serving the regions and driven by the general interest, to present in situ its emblematic project “La Tisserie”, located on the Cosserat site, no less historic for the city of Amiens.
From 1794, this emblematic Amiens site housed an internationally renowned velvet factory, a French industrial flagship, praised by Jules Verne, employing at its peak 1,100 employees on 800 looms. Faced with the crisis in the sector, the plant was bought in 2004, and closed definitively in March 2012.
After acquiring the site in 2019, REALITES has worked to preserve its history, certain buildings and facades being listed as Historical Monuments …