This summer, SBB and the municipalities of Prilly and Renens launched the Central Malley project in the south area of Prilly-Malley station. The construction work will continue until 2024. Office spaces in the buildings of the future district are now available for rent.
At the beginning of the summer, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) held the groundbreaking ceremony of their Central Malley project. The project, the first phase of the redevelopment of the Malley brownfield site, extends over the municipalities of Prilly and Renens in the immediate vicinity of the Malley ice rink and the Malley Lumières shopping centre. On the south of the new Prilly-Malley suburban train station, Central Malley connects the m1 metro line, the future t1 tram line and the future improved bus lines. A high-performance public transport network promotes soft mobility. The future Central Malley eco-district will offer around 200 housings, office spaces and shops, all in line with a sustainable environmental approach. SBB is developing a project here to make the buildings self-sufficient in terms of energy. Central Malley is also the first development project in French-speaking Switzerland certified as a ‘2000-Watt Site’.
Leasing of office and retail space
The project’s website provides all the necessary information on this SBB Real Estate project, in particular on the commercialization of the office spaces and soon also the shops. The five buildings that make up the future district will offer 3,800m2 of retail space and 23,700m2 of office space, which will be available in 2024, and for which commercialization has already begun. The apartments will be rented out at a later date.
Timeline
Two architectural competitions were made in 2018 for this project, one of which was won by the firm Aeby Perneger & Associés SA in Carouge and one by Pont 12 Architectes SA in Lausanne. Construction work began in spring 2022. The first buildings will be completed in 2024. SBB is investing around CHF 250 million in the development of this new district.
Not simply a gateway to western Lausanne, Central Malley will become a new destination on its own.
