Renovation of the Tour Montparnasse: "deconstruction will take place in mid-2026".

The Montparnasse district is about to turn over a new leaf... After years of stalemate, a crucial memorandum of understanding has just been adopted by the Paris City Council, on Wednesday July 2, 2025, to relaunch the renovation of the shopping center at the foot of the famous Montparnasse tower, according to Ouest France. A derelict area that is finally set to be transformed.

This protocol, signed between the city and the co-owners of the Ensemble Immobilier Tour Maine-Montparnasse (EITMM), marks a turning point for this urban enclave straddling the 14th, 15th and 6th arrondissements. While the station and Ateliers Gaîté were renovated in 2021 and 2022, the rest of the site - including the 210 m Montparnasse Tower, the 52 m CIT Tower, an office building and the shopping center - was struggling to keep up.

The transformation project, designed by Nouvelle AOM and presented in 2023, will now be able to enter the operational phase. This step forward has been welcomed by a number of elected representatives, including Claire de Clermont-Tonnerre, LR councillor for the 15th arrondissement, who points to the end of a stalemate that lasted several years, between regulatory and financial constraints and internal tensions within the municipal majority.

There's a major urban planning operation that we've just unblocked at the last Paris Council meeting: a 9-hectare redevelopment project between rue de Rennes and avenue du Maine. The Montparnasse Tower will be completely demolished and rebuilt. Work will begin on the interior this year, and the tower will be deconstructed in the middle of next year. The aim is to turn it into a tower with a green house at the top to produce fruit and vegetables," Philippe Goujon told us in an interview.

The major renovation phase of the tower - almost 100,000 m2 of office space and a rooftop greenhouse - is scheduled for mid-2026. But it's impossible to rethink the iconic skyscraper without upgrading the floor space, which is now largely deserted.

In addition, we plan to demineralize the Gare Montparnasse forecourt and plant between 1,000 and 2,000 trees," he adds.

A breath of fresh air hovers over Montparnasse, with the promise - at last credible - of a district worthy of its centrality.