On November 26th, a new shopping area has opened in the Flon area in downtown Lausanne. The new complex includes a supermarket (Migros) and some smaller shops, and is located close to Lausanne-Flon subway station (lines M1, M2 and LEB), making it a perfect example of Transit-Oriented-Development.
With the opening of the new complex, Flon area turns into a major commercial-entertaining-business center at the scale of the entire Lausanne-Morges metro area.
(source: 24heures)
Cool! I’m hoping to go check this out on Saturday.
Marco, what’s the story with the Flon’s history and current state? (I heard it used to be a pretty seedy part of town.) Do you have insight into the development of the Flon in recent years?
The Flon has a quite intresting story: A deep valley, covered in 1873 with the land excavated during the first construction of the M2 (la Ficelle), hosted the first two swiss skyscrapers (maison Mercier and Tour Bel-Air), then it became an industrial area in the very center of Lausanne, and now a shopping-entertainment area…
In the next days I’ll publish an article covering its history.