Espace Commercial Rénové de 120 m² à Paris.
tl;dr
- Space
- A renovated 120 sqm (1,292 sq ft) commercial and showroom space for rent in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the Carré Rive Gauche gallery run between Rue du Bac and Rue de Lille. A glazed verrière roof pulls daylight down across the main lower level floor, which is finished in pale concrete and neutral plaster with capacity for roughly 130 guests.
- Best For
- Showroom presentations with wholesale appointments and buyer previews, pop-up shop and temporary retail runs of one week or longer, press days and collection previews for Paris Fashion Week, content studio and brand shoot days under the verrière, and seated private launches or influencer dinners for up to 130 people.
- Standout Features
- Full glazed verrière roof delivering daylight across the entire main floor, a built in poured concrete reception desk, and a closable kitchen suitable for catering prep without exposing service to guests. Fitted retail infrastructure is already in place and vetted by Fashion Week Venues, including fitting rooms, display counters, garment rails, adjustable lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, a separate stock room for backstock and packing, plus elevator and parking access for load in.
- Location
- Rue du Bac (Line 12) is about a 5 minute walk, Solférino (Line 12) about 6 minutes, and Musée d'Orsay (RER C) about 8 minutes, in Paris 75007. The immediate streets hold 17 galleries and 11 retailers within 600 m, including Hästens, Silvera and Bonpoint, so arrivals feel like a quiet gallery district rather than a high traffic shopping street, with calm kerbside access for crew vehicles.
- Availability
- Day rate is 3,600 EUR with a one day minimum, so brands can book by the day or by the week for longer temporary retail runs. Rive Gauche addresses of this size typically book 8 to 12 weeks ahead, and the late February, early March, late September and early October Fashion Week windows are usually committed 4 to 6 months in advance.
- How to Book
- Send your dates, format and guest numbers and we confirm availability within 24 hours, with no charge until the booking is confirmed. Permit paperwork, on site staffing and fit out coordination are handled by our team on the brand's behalf, so request availability for this Paris 7e space now.
about this space
Situé dans le 7ᵉ arrondissement, cet espace commercial récemment rénové offre une surface de 120 mètres carrés. Sa belle verrière permet une excellente lumière naturelle. L'intérieur est équipé d'un bureau d'accueil en béton et d'une cuisine qui peut être fermée. Les commodités comprennent Internet, climatisation, un système de sécurité, une salle de stockage, des comptoirs, des cabines d'essayage, un porte-vêtements, un éclairage, du mobilier, ainsi qu'un équipement audio-visuel. L'espace bénéficie également d'électricité, de chauffage, d'un ascenseur et d'un accès à un parking.
what's included
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Security System
- Stock Room
- Counters
- Fitting Rooms
- Garment Rack
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Sound & Video Equipment
- Electricity
- Heating
- Parking
- Elevator
- Kitchen
- Wifi
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 120 sqm floor plan and amenities for Espace Commercial Rénové de 120 m² à 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. The listed rate is a starting point at €3600 per day.
- 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 works as a seasonal showroom because the retail infrastructure is already fitted, meaning garment rails, counters and fitting rooms are in place before a single crate arrives. At 120 sqm brands running a showroom rental here typically zone the floor into three rail runs plus a seated appointment corner, holding two buyer teams at once without overlap. The separate stock room takes backstock and steaming so the presentation floor stays clean, and the verrière daylight means buyers assess colour accurately across a full day of spaces in Paris appointments.
Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Previews
Strong for back to back wholesale appointments because the concrete reception desk gives you a natural check in point and the closable kitchen keeps coffee service out of the sales conversation. In practice a 120 sqm floor of this shape absorbs 30 minute slots for four to six accounts per day comfortably, with one linesheet table and a rail wall per category. Elevator and parking access matters here more than brands expect, since sample trunks arrive and leave mid day without disrupting a live buyer preview.
Press Day and Collection Preview
A credible press day venue for Paris Fashion Week, primarily because the Carré Rive Gauche address reads as gallery district rather than commercial strip, which sets the right tone for editors arriving from Rue de Lille. What makes this work for press days specifically is the daylight under the verrière, letting journalists shoot usable phone images of product without additional lighting. We would plan for 40 to 60 across a rolling four hour window rather than a single seated moment, using the kitchen for catering prep and the stock room for press kit stacking.
Pop-Up Shop and Temporary Retail
Genuinely retail ready, which is the main argument for choosing this over a raw white box: counters, fitting rooms, garment racks, lighting and a security system are all installed, so a temporary retail run needs merchandising rather than construction. The one day minimum allows short activations, though 7e footfall is quiet and gallery led, so this performs better as a destination pop-up concept driven by owned audience and press than as a passing trade play. Add point of sale and payments and the space trades from day one.
Sample Sale
Works well for a controlled sample sale because fitting rooms, counters and a dedicated stock room are already on site, which is what usually breaks a sample sale space rather than square metres. Plan 120 sqm as roughly 40 to 50 shoppers inside at a time with a managed queue outside on the street, and use the stock room for replenishment so the floor never looks picked over. Basement level and elevator access mean pallet delivery via the parking is straightforward, and air conditioning holds up when the room is full.
Product Launch
A launch reads well here because the space already has sound and video equipment installed, so a product film or looping campaign edit runs without hiring an AV package. Occupancy sits around 130 for a standing reception, though the room feels considered at 70 to 90 with a product plinth run down the centre and the concrete desk repurposed as a bar. The closable kitchen is the operational detail worth noting, since caterers can plate out of sight, which is rarely possible in a single volume retail unit of this size.
Influencer and Creator Event
Suited to influencer events because the verrière gives daylight content in the afternoon and the installed lighting rig carries the room after dark, so creators get two distinct looks in one booking. We would cap invited guests at 60 to 70 for an evening format to keep the fitting rooms usable for try on content and the floor navigable for filming. Pairing the guest list with influencer marketing support tends to lift output per attendee more than increasing the headcount does.
Content and E-commerce Shoot Day
This functions as a working content studio because the glazed roof delivers broad top light across the main floor, and the neutral concrete and plaster finishes photograph as a set rather than a location. For an e-commerce shoot a crew of six to ten works comfortably in 120 sqm, with the stock room as wardrobe and steaming, fitting rooms for changes, and the kitchen for crew catering. Note the basement level: daylight is good under the verrière but falls off away from it, so budget supplementary lighting for editorial shoot work at the perimeter.
Video Production
Adequate to good for video, with the deciding factor being that the space sits below street level, so ambient traffic noise is low compared with a ground floor Paris unit. Sound and video equipment, controllable lighting, power and heating are all in place, and parking plus elevator access handles grip and camera load in without a street permit. Realistic crew size is eight to twelve; anything larger and you will want to strike the retail furniture into the stock room to free up floor.
Art Exhibition or Gallery Showing
This is arguably the most natural fit given the address, with 17 galleries inside 600 m including Septieme Gallery and Thibault Hölscher, so a showing here inherits an audience already walking the Carré Rive Gauche. The verrière provides even overhead light for hanging work, and 120 sqm supports roughly 25 to 35 pieces at gallery spacing or a smaller sculptural installation. A security system, climate control and a lockable stock room cover the practical conditions most lenders and artists ask about before confirming.
Workshop or Masterclass
A workable workshop venue because the kitchen and the closable service area let you run hands on sessions with materials and refreshments without cross contaminating the presentation floor. Seated at tables the space takes 30 to 40 participants, or 20 with generous working room for a craft or customisation format, using the installed AV for demonstration screens. Sessions of two hours with a break tend to run best here, and the stock room absorbs materials and finished pieces between groups.
Private Dinner or Networking Event
Effective for intimate hosted formats because the closable kitchen supports real catering prep and the surrounding 7e restaurant density gives overflow options after the event. Seated dinner works at 40 to 60 across long tables under the verrière; standing networking scales toward 100 before circulation gets tight. Heating, air conditioning and controllable lighting mean the room holds a comfortable atmosphere across a three hour evening, and the parking access simplifies late night caterer strike.
use cases
location
what's around
11 stores within 600 m, incl. Hästens, George & Georges, Silvera
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 4
- design & interiors
- 7
- galleries
- 17
- hotels
- 3
- cafés
- 3
- restaurants & bars
- 15
- other retail
- 11
- Hästens20 m
- Thibault Hölscher40 m
- Cinq Mars40 m
- Septieme Gallery40 m
- Cascade50 m
- Ravi50 m
the neighbourhood
Antiquaires, contemporary galleries, interior design houses and quiet luxury labels make up the working population of these streets, and they set the tone for every brand that arrives here. Within a two minute walk of the door you have Septième Gallery, Thibault Hölscher, Blin and the dense gallery run of the Carré Rive Gauche spreading east along Rue de Lille and Rue des Saints-Pères, plus Silvera and Karakter handling design showroom traffic toward Rue du Bac. Fashion sits alongside rather than dominating: Bonpoint, Kujten, George & Georges and a cluster of small independents that trade on appointment and repeat clientele rather than window volume. Publishing houses, architecture practices and PR offices occupy the upper floors on Rue de Verneuil and Rue de l'Université, which is why weekday lunch service at Cinq Mars, Café des Lettres and Gloria Osteria fills with the exact people brands want at a press day. When we shortlist spaces in Paris for heritage, homeware, jewellery and quiet luxury fashion clients, this pocket of the 7e is consistently on the first list.
Brands choose this address over the Haut Marais or Rue Saint-Honoré because the audience arriving here is qualified before they walk in, and the surrounding environment does not compete for attention. Rue de Poitou and Rue Charlot deliver volume and a younger walk-in crowd, but during Paris Fashion Week every second storefront is a takeover and press fatigue is real by day three. Palais Royal and Place Vendôme carry prestige at a rate per sqm that rarely makes sense for a one week run, and Avenue Montaigne is effectively closed to anyone outside the maison tier. Here the tradeoff is straightforward: you accept lower spontaneous footfall in exchange for proximity to the Hôtel Montalembert and Pont Royal buyer and press hotel cluster, Musée d'Orsay on RER C for international arrivals, Rue du Bac and Solférino on Line 12, calm kerbside for crew vehicles, and a room where a buyer appointment can run forty minutes without noise. Our venue sourcing team places invite-only formats here far more often than open retail, and that is the honest use case.
Arriving here feels closer to a gallery visit than a shopping trip, and that shapes how your activation reads. Mornings on this block are residential and slow, with deliveries, school runs and gallery staff opening shutters around ten. The rhythm shifts between noon and two thirty when the restaurant trade brings agency, publishing and museum professionals onto the pavement, then settles again into a steady afternoon flow of collectors, design clients and local residents until galleries close. Evenings are quiet and safe, which suits seated dinners and press previews for up to 130 guests, and the verrière makes late afternoon light genuinely usable for a brand shoot without heavy rigging. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate on this stretch is that guest quality is high and drop-off is low, because nobody arrives here by accident. That is also the limitation: this is not a location for high volume tourist retail, discount sample sales or brands whose model depends on street visibility and spontaneous walk-in traffic. If your KPI is units sold to passers-by, look at Marais or Saint-Germain instead, and let our activation service handle the driven-traffic formats elsewhere.
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- Solférinometro299 m · 4 min
- Rue du Bacmetro348 m · 4 min
- Assemblée Nationalemetro502 m · 6 min
- Tuileriesmetro727 m · 9 min
- Saint-Germain-des-Présmetro746 m · 9 min
- Sèvres-Babylonemetro774 m · 10 min
street activity
high footfall.
47 places within 200 m · 22 stores · 18 cafés and restaurants
- within 200 m
- 47
- within 400 m
- 60
- within 600 m
- 60
the neighbourhood
The Rue de Lille is a street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, in the upscale Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin and Invalides quarters.
- Caisse des dépôts et consignations · 143 m
- Deyrolle · 190 m
- Musée d'Orsay · 199 m
- Palais d'Orsay · 204 m
- Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, Paris · 205 m
frequently asked
Yes, this 120 sqm renovated commercial space in the 7th arrondissement of Paris is available for pop-up shops and temporary retail runs from a single day upwards. The retail infrastructure is already in place, with display counters, fitting rooms, garment rails, adjustable lighting and a separate stock room for backstock and packing, so you are not building a shop from an empty shell. Brands running temporary retail on this stretch of the Rive Gauche usually book by the week or longer, because the surrounding gallery and design audience takes a few days to circulate. We can also pair the space with retail staffing
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