Contemporary Showroom Apartment in Le Marais, Paris.
tl;dr
- Space
- A 130 sqm (1,399 sq ft) ground-floor showroom apartment for rent at 3 Cité Dupetit Thouars in Le Marais, Paris 3rd arrondissement, with a bright industrial interior, street-level entry and 140 standing capacity. It reads as a working fashion showroom and brand activation space rather than a blank event hall.
- Best For
- Strongest fit is a private fashion showroom hosting wholesale appointments and buyer previews across a full market week. Also available for press days and collection previews, ecommerce and lookbook shoots on the daylight floor, cocktail receptions and influencer events for up to 140 standing, and corporate off-sites or creative workshops booked by the day.
- Standout Features
- Multiple separate street entrances let buyers and press circulate on parallel routes without meeting, and crew and stock enter independently. Further points vetted by Fashion Week Venues: ground-floor street-level access with no lift dependency for rails and crates, daylight across the main floor paired with integrated artificial lighting for content studio use, a complete kitchen a caterer can plate from on site, air conditioning and heating for March and September conditions, plus a separate bathroom, WC and high-speed wifi throughout.
- Location
- Métro Temple is 2 minutes on foot, République 3 minutes, and Arts et Métiers and Filles du Calvaire both 5 minutes, postcode 75003. The address is a quiet semi-pedestrianised cut beside Carreau du Temple, so crews unload without traffic pressure and guests arrive composed through a dense café, boutique and agency cluster, making it a practical fashion week venue for international visitors.
- Availability
- Day rate is on request and brief-based, costed against duration, build scope and staffing, with minimum hire of one day and weekly rates for showroom runs. Book 6 to 8 weeks ahead for standard dates; Marais spaces at this scale typically commit 3 to 4 months out for Paris Fashion Week and market weeks in late February, March, late September and October.
- How to Book
- Send dates, format and headcount to request availability and we reply within 24h with a provisional hold and a costed proposal, with no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, on-site staffing and fit-out coordination are handled by our team on your behalf, so enquire now to lock your Paris dates.
about this space
This 130-square-meter apartment space is located at 3 Cité Dupetit Thouars in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Designed for showroom and event use, the property features a ground-floor street-level position with multiple entrances. The interior maintains a bright atmosphere and includes industrial elements. The venue is equipped with a comprehensive range of functional amenities to support professional operations. Climate control is provided through air conditioning and heating systems, and high-speed wifi is available throughout the premises. The layout includes a complete kitchen, a bathroom, and a water closet. Integrated lighting is installed to complement the natural daylight that enters the space. With a total area of 1,399 square feet, this versatile commercial property is suitable for private showrooms, corporate off-sites, and small events. All features described are based on the provided specifications for this Paris-based location.
the fwv take
Book this Le Marais apartment as an appointment led wholesale showroom and press day venue for Paris market week, because 130 square metres arranged as connected rooms at street level, with more than one entrance, allows a buyer diary to run to the minute while press, crew and stock circulate on a completely separate path.
The physical detail that does the real work here is the pairing of daylight across the principal rooms with integrated ceiling lighting, so a rail of samples holds accurate colour at an early buyer slot and the same install still photographs cleanly for lookbook or ecommerce content later in the day, and the existing industrial detailing carries freestanding rails and plinths from our furniture rental stock without any structural intervention.
Our honest read is that this fits independent and contemporary labels of roughly three to eight seasons across ready to wear, knitwear, footwear, leather goods, jewellery and fragrance, brands whose art direction already runs clean and lightly industrial, and it is a poor match for heritage maisons wanting ceiling height, formal entrance sequence and spectacle scale.
In our experience the late September and March womenswear windows in the 3rd arrondissement commit twelve to sixteen weeks ahead and disappear first, and because Cité Dupetit Thouars is semi pedestrianised every crate has to be trolleyed in from Rue du Temple on a timed slot, so confirm that logistic before you shortlist this against other spaces in Paris.
what's included
- daylight
- industrial
- lighting
- wc
- multiple entrances
- air conditioning
- bathroom
- complete kitchen
- heating
- wifi
- ground floor street
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 130 sqm floor plan and amenities for Contemporary Showroom Apartment in Le Marais, Paris, then note the window you want in Paris. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
- 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.
activation ideas
SS/AW Seasonal Showroom
This is the format we would put first at this address, because the 130 sqm divides into connected apartment rooms rather than one open hall, giving you arrival, rails and a closed corner for negotiation without building a single wall. Brands running a seasonal fashion showroom here typically hold five to seven consecutive days and use the complete kitchen for catering between appointments. Buyers already work this pocket of the 3rd, which is why it converts better than comparable spaces in Paris priced on address prestige alone.
Buyer Appointments and Collection Preview
Appointment-led wholesale runs cleanly here for one reason: multiple street-level entrances let you keep a timed buyer diary moving while crew, stock and catering circulate on a separate route entirely. In practice one front-of-house host on the guest door plus two people working the rails covers a full day of back-to-back wholesale appointments at this footprint. Daylight across the main floor means a knitwear or tailoring palette reads accurately at a 9am slot without corrective lighting.
Press Day and Media Preview
A credible press day venue, mainly because Temple métro sits two minutes on foot and République three, so Paris editors reach the door without crossing tourist congestion. For a drop-in window plan 30 to 50 people circulating at any one time rather than the 140 standing ceiling, which is a reception figure not a comfortable preview number. The complete kitchen and separate WC mean service happens on site, which matters on a pedestrianised street with no vehicle access at the door.
Sample Sale and Showroom Sale
This works for an invite-led sample sale rather than a public queue-led one, since Cité Dupetit Thouars is a quiet semi-pedestrianised cut with no spontaneous passing trade. What makes it operationally sound is the ground-floor street-level entry: crates and rails go straight in with no lift bottleneck, and a second entrance becomes your exit and payment flow. Most brands here dress the industrial shell with freestanding rails, a cash desk and fitting screens from our furniture rental stock.
Product Launch
Well suited to a launch for accessories, footwear, fragrance, eyewear or a capsule drop, because the bright industrial interior carries plinths and product display without a heavy build. Realistic numbers are 80 to 140 standing across the room sequence, with the kitchen working as a bar and prep point so you are not importing a service unit. One honest constraint: there is no blackout, so projection-led or screen-immersive launch concepts belong in a different type of short-term commercial space.
Influencer Event and Cocktail Reception
Strong for an evening influencer event because the apartment layout naturally creates content corners rather than one flat room everyone photographs identically. Air conditioning and heating cover both the September heat and the March cold, which are the two windows brands book this address for, and the kitchen supports a proper drinks service. Guest list building, seeding and creator briefing sit with our influencer marketing team, and amplified sound needs prior consent given the residential neighbours.
E-commerce Shoot
This functions as a working content studio for volume product and on-model e-commerce shoots, because reliable daylight is paired with integrated artificial lighting so the day does not collapse when the light shifts. At 130 sqm you can hold two or three set areas plus a styling and steaming station simultaneously, with the kitchen as crew base and high-speed wifi for tethered capture and live upload. Ground-floor access removes the lift problem for rails and equipment cases.
Brand Shoot or Content Day
A single-day brand shoot gets good value here because the room sequence delivers several distinct backdrops in one booking, so an editorial shoot, social cutdowns and lookbook frames can all come off the same install. Crews of six to twelve work comfortably at this footprint with the kitchen absorbing hair, make-up and catering. The industrial detailing gives neutral texture for ready-to-wear, leather goods and beauty, and daylight-dependent scheduling is the one thing to build into your call sheet.
Workshop or Masterclass
Adequate to good for a seated workshop or masterclass, with the clear caveat that seated headcount runs far below the 140 standing figure. Plan 20 to 30 people seated across the main rooms, or 12 to 16 around tables for a hands-on creative workshop where participants need bench space. Wifi, climate control, a bathroom and a separate WC support a full working day on site, and the kitchen handles refreshments without an external supplier managing access on a pedestrianised street.
use cases
location
what's around
5 stores within 600 m, incl. GiFi, Marionnaud, Orange
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 3
- beauty
- 2
- culture
- 5
- hotels
- 3
- cafés
- 10
- restaurants & bars
- 21
- other retail
- 16
- Monbleu le Comptoir40 m
- Cafe janine60 m
- Season Marais90 m
- Le Carreau90 m
- GiFi100 m
- Thiercelin100 m
the neighbourhood
Sales agencies, independent labels and small showroom operators are the working population of the blocks around Carreau du Temple, and they are the people you will pass on the way into this building. École Duperré sits fifty metres away on rue Dupetit-Thouars, which keeps a constant flow of fashion and applied arts students through the street. Multi brand agents run seasonal appointments out of first floor apartments on rue de Turbigo and rue du Vertbois, while the permanent designer boutiques concentrate a few minutes south on rue Charlot, rue de Poitou and rue de Bretagne. Carreau du Temple itself programmes salons, trade presentations and cultural events, so production crews, riggers and catering vans are ordinary traffic here rather than a disruption neighbours complain about. Photographers and ecommerce teams book apartments in this pocket year round for lookbook and product work because the light is reliable and the logistics are simple. Across the spaces in Paris we scout, the Haut Marais consistently holds the highest density of genuine fashion infrastructure per square metre, and this stretch north of Square du Temple sits at the centre of it rather than on its edge.
Buyers and press will actually walk here without being routed through tourist congestion, and that is the primary reason brands pick this pocket over rue Saint-Honoré or the Golden Triangle. A 130 square metre ground floor here costs a fraction of what Avenue Montaigne or Place Vendôme charge for the same footprint, and the money you save goes into build and staffing instead of address prestige. Against the lower Marais around rue des Francs Bourgeois and rue Vieille du Temple, which now functions as a weekend tourist retail corridor, this address stays quiet enough to run back to back buyer appointments without shouting over street noise. Saint-Germain signals heritage and gallery, Palais-Royal signals luxury retail, and the Haut Marais signals working fashion district, which is the correct read for contemporary, emerging and directional labels. Transport genuinely holds up for international visitors: Temple is two minutes on foot, République three, with Arts et Métiers and Filles du Calvaire both at five, plus press and buyer hotels clustered around République including the Crowne Plaza. What this area does not deliver is the institutional weight a heritage maison may require, and if that is your brief our venue sourcing team will point you west instead of pretending otherwise.
Arriving at Cité Dupetit Thouars feels closer to a private studio visit than a retail appointment, which is exactly why this address performs for press days, trunk shows and invite-led showroom rental. It is a quiet semi-pedestrianised cut off the main artery, so guests peel away from the heavier flow near Square du Temple and reach the door composed rather than harried. Mornings are residential and slow, with deliveries, café traffic at Café Janine and Monbleu, and student movement around Duperré. Afternoons lift as Carreau du Temple programming and République footfall spill through the surrounding streets. The ground floor position and multiple entrances let you split guest arrival from crew and stock access, and what we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that this single detail protects the appointment schedule during market week. We normally pair a shell like this with our production and build team, since the industrial detailing takes set dressing cleanly. Honest limitation: this is not a walk-in retail street. Do not book it expecting spontaneous passing trade or maximum street visibility. It works for appointments, press and shoots, not volume pop-up retail.
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- Templemetro122 m · 2 min
- Républiquemetro215 m · 3 min
- Arts et Métiersmetro427 m · 5 min
- Filles du Calvairemetro437 m · 5 min
- Oberkampfmetro577 m · 7 min
- Jacques Bonsergentmetro604 m · 8 min
street activity
high footfall.
23 places within 200 m · 21 stores · 31 cafés and restaurants · pedestrianised street
- within 200 m
- 23
- within 400 m
- 60
- within 600 m
- 60
the neighbourhood
The Square du Temple – Elie-Wiesel is a garden square in Paris, France, in the 3rd arrondissement, established in 1857. It is one of 24 city squares planned and created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann and Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand. The square occupies the site of a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Enclos du Temple, which was built by the Knights Templar. Parts of the fortress were later used as a prison during the French Revolution and then demolished by the mid-19th century.
- École Duperré · 52 m
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Paris · 105 m
- Temple station (Paris Metro) · 128 m
- Carreau du Temple · 180 m
- Théâtre Déjazet · 188 m
frequently asked
Yes, this 130 sqm ground-floor apartment at 3 Cité Dupetit Thouars is available for pop-up shops, with the honest caveat that it performs best as an invite-led or appointment-based temporary retail format rather than a high-volume walk-in store. Cité Dupetit Thouars is a quiet semi-pedestrianised cut off Rue du Temple, so you will not get spontaneous passing trade the way you would on Rue de Bretagne or Rue Charlot. What you do get is street-level entry, multiple entrances, 140 standing capacity and a bright industrial shell that takes set dressing cleanly for a showroom sale, trunk show or collection launch. In our experience handling bookings in the Haut Marais, brands who drive their own traffic through press, wholesale contacts and paid social convert far better here than brands relying on footfall.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This 130 sqm ground floor apartment suits independent and contemporary labels running a 5 to 30 person team, three to eight seasons of trading history, and either an active wholesale book or a direct business opening European accounts. The operational logic is simple: 130 sqm split across apartment rooms gives you an arrival zone, a rail and merchandising zone, and a closed corner for a buyer conversation, all without a structural build. The complete kitchen, bathroom and separate WC mean a small team can occupy the space for a full market week rather than decamping to a café between appointments, and the multiple street entrances allow a buyer schedule and a press flow to run on the same day without collision. Where we see mismatches is at both ends: a heritage house needing 400 plus sqm of ceiling height for a seasonal spectacle will feel constrained, and a one person label with four stockists will struggle to justify a full week. Brands at that earlier stage typically find a shared showroom or a three day hold works better, and comparing other spaces in Paris first is time well spent.
Aesthetic Fit
Brands built on clean contemporary or lightly industrial art direction will need almost no set dressing here. Daylight across the main floor, industrial detailing and integrated lighting flatter ready to wear, tailoring, knitwear, denim, footwear, leather goods, eyewear, jewellery, fragrance and skincare, particularly labels whose lookbooks already lean on natural light and neutral surfaces. Minimal, Japanese influenced, workwear adjacent and Marais gallery aesthetics read correctly against the existing shell. What does not work: maximalist decorative identities, gilded couture staging, or any concept that requires full blackout for projection and screen led immersion, since the daylight is the primary asset and blocking it is an expensive fight. High gloss luxury houses expecting marble floors, boutique joinery and a formal entrance sequence will read the apartment character as too domestic unless they commit properly to branded store design and reset the interior from the walls in.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a wholesale fashion showroom during Paris market week, because the room sequence separates arrival, rail review and private negotiation naturally, and the kitchen supports catering across back to back buyer appointments. Second is a press day or collection preview, with 140 standing capacity and Temple two minutes away making drop in scheduling realistic for Paris editors. Third is a content studio, ecommerce or lookbook shoot, where consistent daylight plus integrated lighting delivers two usable looks in a single booking. Fourth is a trunk show or showroom sale, since ground floor street level access handles guest volume without a lift bottleneck. Fifth is a brand activation or invite led pop-up concept, using the multiple entrances to split public flow from stock and crew. Sixth is a cocktail reception or influencer event, given the full kitchen, air conditioning and heating. Seventh is a corporate off-site, workshop or masterclass, where wifi and climate control cover a full working day. Note the honest limit: this is an appointment street, not a walk-in retail corridor, so high volume temporary retail belongs elsewhere.
Budget Signal
Expect mid to upper band pricing for short-term commercial space in the 3rd arrondissement, well under a Rue Saint-Honoré or Golden Triangle retail unit and above a peripheral loft or a co-working event room. What the tier buys is showroom credibility in the Haut Marais, which remains the default district for Paris buying appointments, alongside genuinely turnkey infrastructure: heating, air conditioning, wifi, integrated lighting, a complete kitchen and separate bathroom and WC. Against a hotel event space you avoid catering minimums and gain an interior with real character. Against a shared pop-up format you gain exclusivity and full control of the appointment diary. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space books five to seven consecutive days and runs two or three formats from one footprint, which is where the rate starts paying for itself. Model build, staffing and catering alongside hire using our budget calculator before you enquire.
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