Heylen Warehouses, la branche immobili\u00e8re de la holding industrielle familiale dirig\u00e9e par l'entrepreneur Wim Heylen, bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Kempen, a acquis l'ancien site d'Audi situ\u00e9 dans la commune bruxelloise de Forrest\/Vorst. Les d\u00e9tails financiers de la transaction n'ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 divulgu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Le site s'\u00e9tend sur environ 55 hectares et est \u00e0 l'abandon depuis un an et demi, depuis que la derni\u00e8re voiture est sortie de la cha\u00eene de montage en f\u00e9vrier 2025.<\/p>\n
Le projet, qui portera le nom de \u201c Ring Park 21 \u201d, est appel\u00e9 \u00e0 devenir un grand parc d'activit\u00e9s \u00e0 vocation mixte accueillant aussi bien des entreprises locales que des acteurs internationaux, rompant ainsi avec son pass\u00e9 li\u00e9 \u00e0 l'industrie automobile.<\/p>\n
On ne sait pas encore quelles entreprises s'implanteront sur le site. Heylen Warehouses, qui a sign\u00e9 un accord avec la R\u00e9gion de Bruxelles-Capitale et la commune, est en pourparlers avec un large \u00e9ventail de parties prenantes.<\/p>\n
L'objectif est de faire de ce site l'un des p\u00f4les \u00e9conomiques les plus dynamiques de Bruxelles, accueillant \u00e0 la fois des entreprises nationales et de grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s internationales, tout en ouvrant partiellement le site au public et en redynamisant la gare de Forrest\/Vorst-Sud afin de desservir le quartier et la R\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n
Ce parc d'activit\u00e9s urbain \u00e0 vocation mixte, destin\u00e9 principalement aux entreprises industrielles et innovantes, devrait cr\u00e9er au moins 3 000 emplois.<\/p>\n
Le club de football de l'Union Saint-Gilloise pr\u00e9voit de construire son nouveau stade de 16 000 places tout pr\u00e8s de l\u00e0, sur le site dit de Bempt, litt\u00e9ralement \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l'ancienne usine Audi \u2013 les deux sites sont distants d'environ 1,7 km \u00e0 vol d'oiseau.<\/p>\n
Le fait que Heylen Warehouses reprenne le site n'est pas tout \u00e0 fait une surprise. Ces derniers mois, des informations confirm\u00e9es avaient d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait \u00e9tat de l'int\u00e9r\u00eat de cette entreprise bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Kempen, avec ou sans la participation \u00e9ventuelle d'AG Real Estate, la branche immobili\u00e8re d'AG Insurance.<\/p>\n
Heylen Warehouses a d\u00e9j\u00e0 men\u00e9 \u00e0 bien un projet similaire avec l'ancienne usine Caterpillar de Gosselies, pr\u00e8s de Charleroi (37,5 hectares, destin\u00e9s \u00e0 \u00eatre transform\u00e9s en zone r\u00e9serv\u00e9e aux PME) ; l'entreprise dispose donc d'une exp\u00e9rience av\u00e9r\u00e9e dans ce type de r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement.<\/p>\n
Selon BRUZZ, le ministre bruxellois du Travail et de l\u2019\u00c9conomie, Laurent Hublet (Les Engag\u00e9s), n\u00e9gocie \u00e9galement actuellement avec le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral au sujet d\u2019un pacte de comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 pour le site. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019une mesure f\u00e9d\u00e9rale qui permet aux r\u00e9gions d\u2019apporter un soutien aux zones touch\u00e9es par des licenciements \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle. Plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, les entreprises qui investissent dans une telle zone d'aide peuvent b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d'une exon\u00e9ration de 25% de la retenue \u00e0 la source.<\/p>\n
L'usine Audi implant\u00e9e sur ce site a ferm\u00e9 ses portes le 28 f\u00e9vrier de l'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re ; c'est notamment le Q8 e-tron qui y sortait de la cha\u00eene de montage. Environ 3 000 salari\u00e9s ont perdu leur emploi, et des centaines d'emplois ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 supprim\u00e9s chez les sous-traitants.<\/p>\n
Depuis, plus de la moiti\u00e9 d'entre eux ont trouv\u00e9 un nouvel emploi. Mais pour des centaines d'anciens salari\u00e9s, le processus s'av\u00e8re bien plus difficile.<\/p>\n
Heylen Warehouses estime qu'il faudra pr\u00e8s de 10 ans pour mener \u00e0 bien l'ensemble du projet. Les emplois promis ne seront donc pas cr\u00e9\u00e9s imm\u00e9diatement.<\/p>\n
Le groupe Heylen, dont le si\u00e8ge social est situ\u00e9 \u00e0 Herentals, emploie environ 3 200 personnes r\u00e9parties dans plus de 40 entreprises actives dans des secteurs tels que l'\u00e9nergie, la technologie, l'agroalimentaire, l'\u00e9v\u00e9nementiel et les cuisines.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Heylen Warehouses, the real estate arm of the family-owned industrial holding company led by the Kempen-based entrepreneur Wim Heylen, has purchased the former Audi site in the Brussels municipality of Forrest\/Vorst. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The site covers approximately 55 hectares and has been vacant for a year and a half since the last car rolled off the assembly line in February 2025. The project will be named “Ring Park 21” and is set to become a large mixed-use business park hosting both local firms and international players, thereby severing its ties to the automotive…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Belgium<\/a>, Industry<\/a>, Mobility<\/a>, Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Luc Joris","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/author\/belga-5\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"\n