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Usquare.brussels, first conversion work starts on iconic buildings of former Fritz Toussaint barracks

Usquare.brussels, first conversion work starts on iconic buildings of former Fritz Toussaint barracks

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 — The Brussels Minister-President Rudi Vervoort, the rectors of ULB and VUB, Annemie Schaus and Caroline Pauwels, and the director of the Urban Development Corporation (SAU), Gilles Delforge, have announced the start of the first work on Usquare.brussels, the transformation of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles into an open, mixed and multifunctional district. The work that has started consists of the conversion of seven iconic buildings of the former gendarmerie barracks.

The full press release can be found in the attachment.

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