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Historical Mansion for Showrooms and Events in Paris 8th.

1,400 m²
15070 sq ft
paris
75008
on request
brief-based
pop-up store
3 use cases
city
Paris
area
1400 sqm
day rate
on request
postcode
75008
use cases
pop up store · retail activation · showroom presentation
included
lighting · wc · multiple entrances

about this space

This historical building is located at 16 Rue Alfred de Vigny in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The property offers a total area of 1,400 square meters (approximately 15,070 square feet) distributed across five different floors. It is categorized for use as an event space, gallery, photo studio, or showroom, providing a unique environment for professional requirements. The interior layout includes dedicated lighting systems and water closet facilities. For logistical support, the property features multiple entrances and a stock room. This ground-floor street-level space is situated within the Île-de-France region and is suitable for various commercial and creative functions. All features listed are based on the provided specifications for this Paris-based historical mansion. The facility offers a significant footprint across multiple levels to accommodate professional showroom and event needs in a central urban setting.

what's included

  • lighting
  • wc
  • multiple entrances
  • ground floor street
  • stock room

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 1400 sqm floor plan and amenities for Historical Mansion for Showrooms and Events in Paris 8th, then note the window you want in Paris. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 02

    Send the brief

    Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. Pricing on this space is quoted on request.

  3. 03

    Get availability and a quote

    We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Paris.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 05

    Build and open

    Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Paris.

use cases

pop up storeretail activationshowroom presentationfashion showroomfashion sample saleart exhibitiongallery showingproduct launchbrand activationpress daypress eventinfluencer eventcontent creationphoto shootvideo productionecommerce shoottrunk showshowroom saleexhibition openingpop up exhibition

location

plotting…
paris · 75008·48.8794° · 2.3052°

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • Courcellesmetro62 m · 1 min
  • Monceaumetro272 m · 3 min
  • Ternesmetro463 m · 6 min
  • Malesherbesmetro488 m · 6 min
  • Wagrammetro532 m · 7 min
  • Villiersmetro736 m · 9 min

the neighbourhood

The 17th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as le dix-septième.

  • Statue of Frédéric Chopin (Paris) · 76 m
  • Courcelles station · 79 m
  • Svenska Skolan Paris · 192 m
  • Monceau station · 239 m
  • List of ambassadors of Myanmar to France · 272 m
  • Parc Monceau · 272 m

frequently asked

Yes — Historical Mansion for Showrooms and Events in Paris 8th is a vetted pop-up ready space in Paris, 1400 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This mansion suits established brands and maisons with 40 or more staff, eight figure annual revenue, and a full seasonal calendar of wholesale appointments, press days and events. At 1,400 sqm across five floors you are effectively renting a building, not a room, which means you need enough collections, enough personnel and enough scheduled traffic to justify occupying every level. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a house with multiple product divisions running concurrent programmes, or a distribution and PR agency hosting a multi brand fashion showroom during market. Where we see mismatches is when a brand with a 5 to 20 person team and a single capsule takes a footprint like this and ends up staffing empty floors. Those brands are better served by smaller spaces in Paris in the 100 to 300 sqm range.

Aesthetic Fit

Heritage led luxury works here without any fight against the architecture. A historical hôtel particulier near Parc Monceau reads as tailoring, couture, fine jewellery, leather goods, fragrance, archival exhibition and high end interiors. Period proportions, enfilade rooms and staircases flatter product that benefits from restraint and daylight, and the existing lighting systems let you layer in gallery style focus without stripping the shell. What does not work is loud streetwear, neon graphics, hard techwear or a discount driven flash retail identity. Those aesthetics need raw industrial volume or a bare concrete unit, and in a listed mansion they read as a mismatch rather than a contrast. Brands with a maximalist club aesthetic should also expect build limits: you dress this building, you do not overwrite it.

Best Use Cases

First choice is a Paris Fashion Week showroom rental, because five floors allow you to separate buyer appointment rooms, collection preview areas and back of house using the stock room and multiple entrances. Second is a press day or press event, where sequential rooms let stylists and editors move through categories at their own pace. Third is a brand activation or product launch, since the mansion itself carries the invitation and needs less spend on set. Fourth is an art exhibition or gallery showing, supported by the existing lighting and gallery classification. Fifth is content creation, photo shoot and ecommerce production, with varied backdrops on every level. Sixth is a trunk show or private showroom sale, and seventh a sample sale, which functions well only if you use the separate entrances for queue control and confine selling to the lower levels. Complex layouts like this benefit from planned production and build rather than improvised fit out.

Budget Signal

Expect upper tier pricing for Paris, in line with private mansion venues in the 8th and 16th rather than with standard short term commercial space. Against a prime Faubourg Saint Honoré retail unit you gain roughly five times the usable area and full building exclusivity, though you lose walk in footfall, so this is a destination and appointment venue rather than a passing trade pop up shop. Against a hotel event space you gain identity, privacy and the right to brand the whole environment for the length of your booking. Co working venues and shared pop up formats sit far below this tier and cannot host wholesale appointments, press and production at once. Brands at this stage typically find the per square metre cost reasonable once one booking replaces three separate hires, and modelling that consolidation in the budget calculator is the fastest way to test it.

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set in cormorant.
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stamped
edition
vol. iv · ss27
type
cormorant · plex mono
finish
gold foil 871c