L’émergence d’un marché d’immobilier d’entreprise. L’exemple de la Wallonie

In less than ten years, a business property market has emerged in Wallonia. This market first concerned offices and retail units (a sector not studied in this paper) and, more recently, semi-industrial establishments. Its development is largely related to the creation of new demands in physical units, environment and accessibility, as well as in location choices, at both sub-regional and local scales. It has been favoured by the arrival of new property stakeholders from Belgium and abroad (developers, investors and property agents), as well as by public authorities (the Walloon Region and, more importantly, supra-communal, economic development agencies). The emergence of this market is related to the accentuation of territorial contrasts as property development projects usually reinforce strong area