loft: (noun) Warehouse, Local Commercial, processed in place of dwelling, artist studio, etc..
occupation of former commercial or industrial premises appeared in the late 1970s in the United States. A marginal fringe of artists invested factories and warehouses where they were abandoned at a lower cost, space and volume needed for their creations.
Located initially in brownfield unattractive, this habitat has quickly attracted galleries, restaurants and bars "connected", connected to the artistic underground. The process of real estate speculation then took over, bringing a wealthy clientele. These districts saw happen then the yuppies (young urban professional) and Dink (Double Income No Kids) fans of these renovated spaces and nonconformist.
The phenomenon of lofts has spread to France, with a smaller scale, in the 1980s and culminating with the real estate crisis of 1990. The lofts are concentrated in large cities, where there was a customer and an artistic life.
artisanal or industrial neighborhoods were first invested, the 17th, 18th, 19th arrondissement of Paris (small industries), La Bastille (craft wood), the Sentier district. Peripheral cities followed suit with several years lag, mainly east of the capital: Ivry-sur-Seine, Montreuil, Bagnolet, Pantin.
The phenomenon was however limited by the cost of real estate and technical and regulatory constraints imposed by the administration.
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