Spla-in Aix Marseille Provence

What Spla-in Aix Marseille Provence does

SPLA-IN Aix Marseille Provence is a publicly owned Société Publique Locale d'Aménagement d'Intérêt National established in February 2021 with initial share capital of €14.29 million, structured as a French public limited company (Société Anonyme) under the Projet Partenarial d'Aménagement framework. The company is owned by three public shareholders: Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence (59%), the French State represented by EPA Euroméditerranée (35%), and Ville de Marseille (6%). Its mandate is to treat degraded private housing in Marseille's center city through three core service lines: the OPAH-RU housing improvement program providing free administrative and technical assistance to private property owners and co-ownership syndicates; building recycling (acquisition, securing, temporary relocation, rehabilitation and resale of degraded properties, with 70% of recycled units destined for social rental housing); and master contracting for local public space development on priority îlots.

Operations are organized across five priority intervention areas — Îlot Hoche-Versailles, Îlot Noailles-Delacroix, Îlot Noailles-Ventre, Îlot Cœur Belle de Mai, and a multisites îlot — covering approximately 500 buildings and 2,500 housing units, with a specific target of recycling 182 degraded buildings. The organization's revenue model relies on public funding: ANRU has committed €109 million for housing recycling operations (averaging a 60% subsidy rate), supplemented by Anah financing for OPAH-RU animation and shareholder contributions. The organization employs approximately 40 collaborators led by General Director Franck CARO, organized across directorates for strategy/sustainability, aménagement, and general secretariat, with governance exercised by a Board of Directors currently chaired by Audrey GATIAN (since June 2026).

Name

Spla-in Aix Marseille Provence

Legal name

Société Publique Locale d'Aménagement d'Intérêt National Aix Marseille Provence

Website

https://splain-amp.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SPLA-IN Aix Marseille Provence is a publicly owned urban development company that rehabilitates degraded private housing in central Marseille through owner support, building recycling, and public space works across five priority districts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Housing Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) (236116), Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (53111)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Infrastructure, Housing & Community Development (BPAGABAL), Master-Planned Community & POA Management (BPAJAHAD)

Keywords

• Public housing rehabilitation
• Urban renewal services
• Property recycling programs
• Public space development
• Housing improvement operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Marseille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government subsidies and public financing: The organization operates primarily through public funding from ANRU (up to 70% of operation costs for half of degraded housing recycling operations, 50% for the other half, averaging 60%), Anah funding for the OPAH-RU program, and contributions from shareholders (State, Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, and Ville de Marseille). Initial capital of €14.29M was provided at founding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Spla-in Aix Marseille Provence is a public local development company (Société Publique Locale d'Aménagement d'Intérêt National) that rehabilitates degraded private housing in Marseille. It supports individual property owners and co-ownership syndicates, recycles dilapidated buildings (often transferring them to social housing partners), and develops surrounding public spaces through OPAH-RU programs financed primarily by ANRU, Anah, and shareholder contributions.

Product overview

SPLA-IN Aix Marseille Provence operates as a public urban planning company with a multi-service offering centered on treating degraded private housing in the Marseille city center. The core portfolio consists of the OPAH-RU housing improvement program providing free technical and financial support to property owners, building recycling/rehabilitation services for degraded properties (acquisition, securing, relocation, and resale for social housing), and public space development on priority ilots. Operations are geographically organized across five priority intervention areas: Hoche-Versailles, Noailles-Delacroix, Noailles-Ventre, Belle de Mai, and a multisites zone. All interventions are conducted within the framework of the Projet Partenarial d'Aménagement (PPA) and are primarily funded by ANRU and Anah.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• OPAH-RU Housing Improvement Program
• Recyclage de l'habitat ancien dégradé
• Aménagement des espaces publics de proximité

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, major and core.

• Passagers des VillessupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 June 2023Consulting group selected in June 2023 to provide operational advice on urban planning, landscape, environmental strategy, and public space design for the priority districts.
• Social housing providers (bailleurs sociaux) - AMI 1 laureatesmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 April 2023Social housing providers selected through the first Appel à Manifestation d'Intérêt (AMI 1) in April 2023 to acquire recycled buildings. Conventions signed in July 2023. These providers will operate 70% of recycled housing as social rental (60% PLAI, 40% PLUS).
• Métropole Aix-Marseille-ProvencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 January 2023Primary metropolitan authority and majority shareholder (59%). Concluded amenagement concessions for Noailles/Cœur Belle de Mai îlots and the multisites îlot on January 23, 2023. Also provides mandate for OPAH-RU animation.
• EPA Euroméditerranée (Établissement Public d'Aménagement)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 July 2022Public Development Authority for the Euroméditerranée urban project. Concluded an amenagement concession for the Hoche-Versailles îlot with SPLA-IN, with the concession signed on September 30, 2022. Also represents the State as shareholder (35%).
• Ville de MarseillecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2019City of Marseille as shareholder (6%) and partner in the Projet Partenarial d'Aménagement (PPA). Co-signatory to the 2019 PPA alongside State, Métropole, and various public operators.
• EPF PACA (Établissement Public Foncier Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic land agency contributing to the PPA framework alongside other public operators (Anah, ANRU, EPA, Banque des Territoires, ARHLM) for coordinated action on degraded housing.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Anah (Agence Nationale de l'Habitat): National Housing Agency funding the OPAH-RU program operated by SPLA-IN. Comparable as a public funding/regulatory counterpart for private-housing rehabilitation, but operating at national policy level rather than as a local operational vehicle.
• Action Logement: National financier of ANRU projects receiving 25% of land counterparties from SPLA-IN's recycled buildings. Comparable as a capital partner in French social-housing production, but not an operational urban-renewal vehicle.
• ANRU (Agence Nationale pour la Rénovation Urbaine): National Urban Renewal Agency providing principal funding (€109M) to SPLA-IN. Not a peer in competitive terms but the upstream program architect whose national policy choices and funding rules govern SPLA-IN's operating envelope.
• Banque des Territoires (Caisse des Dépôts): Public financial institution participating in the PPA framework as a financier of degraded-housing programs. Comparable as a recurring public funding partner in French urban-renewal vehicles but operating as investor/lender, not operator.

Direct peers

• EPA Euroméditerranée: Public Development Authority (EPA) operating the Euroméditerranée urban renewal concession in Marseille. Directly comparable as a French public urban-renewal vehicle with overlapping shareholder (State) and overlapping îlot (Hoche-Versailles concession signed with SPLA-IN).
• SPLA Paris Batignolles-Aménagement: Local public development company (SPLA) delivering the Paris Batignolles urban renewal concession. Structurally identical to SPLA-IN AMP as a French SPL/SPLA vehicle focused on degraded-site rehabilitation, public space creation, and housing production in a major city.
• SPL Lyon Part-Dieu: Société Publique Locale dedicated to the Lyon Part-Dieu district renewal. Mirrors SPLA-IN AMP as a SPL-structured urban-renewal operator handling housing, public space, and concession-based redevelopment in a major French metropolitan core.

Broad incumbents

• EPA Nice Ecovallée: Public Development Authority for the Nice Ecovallée OIN. Comparable as a French EPA executing large-scale urban renewal, housing diversification, and public-space delivery under a State-backed concession.
• EPA Bordeaux Euratlantique: Public Development Authority for the Bordeaux Euratlantique OIN project. Comparable as a large French EPA executing urban renewal, housing production, and public-space development under a multi-decade concession backed by the State.

Emerging players

• EPF PACA: Public Land Agency for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Already a partner in SPLA-IN's PPA framework and comparable in mission (acquiring and recycling degraded land/buildings for public-interest redevelopment), though focused on land banking rather than full urban renewal.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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