logo redirect pin user minus plus fax mobile-phone office-phone data envelope globe outlook retail close line-arrow-down solid-triangle-down facebook globe2 google hamburger line-arrow-left solid-triangle-left linkedin wechat play-btn line-arrow-right arrow-right solid-triangle-right search twitter line-arrow-up solid-triangle-up calendar globe-americas globe-apac globe-emea external-link music picture paper pictures play gallery download rss-feed vcard account-loading collection external-link2 internal-link share-link icon-close2
United States
  • Global
  • United States
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahrain
  • Baltics
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Latin America
  • Luxembourg
  • Mainland China
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • South Eastern Europe
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
Log In
  • Global Intranet
  • myCBRE
  • Services
    • Business Segments

      Advisory Services

      Global Workplace Solutions

      Real Estate Investments

      • Advisory & Transaction Services
      • Capital Markets
      • Project Management
      • Property Management
      • Valuation & Advisory Services
      • Advisory & Transaction Services | Occupier
      • Client Strategy and Consulting
      • Facilities Management
      • Project Management
      • Development Services (Trammell Crow Company)
      • Flexible Space Solutions (Hana)
      • Investment Management (CBRE Global Investors)
    • Services for Investors
      • Appraisal Management
      • Debt and Loan Valuation
      • Federal Government Leases
      • Host
      • Investment Banking
      • Loan Servicing
      • Property Sales
      • Valuations for Financial & Tax Reporting
      • Corporate Capital Markets
      • Debt & Structured Finance
      • Forecasting & Analytics
      • Leasing & Advisory
      • Litigation Support
      • Net Lease Properties
      • Small Balance Lending
      • Construction Risk Management
      • Energy & Sustainability
      • Going Concern Valuation
      • Investment Accounting & Reporting Solutions
      • Loan Portfolio Sales
      • Property Management
      • Telecom Advisory
    • Services for Occupiers
      • Business Transition & Move Management
      • Energy & Sustainability
      • Host
      • Location Analytics
      • Portfolio Services
      • Space Enablement
      • Client Strategy and Consulting
      • Expense Management Solutions
      • Labor Analytics
      • Location Incentives
      • Project Management
      • Workplace
      • Corporate Capital Markets
      • Facilities Management
      • Leasing & Advisory
      • Network Advisory
      • Real Estate Accounting
    • Asset Types & Specialties
      • Office
      • Aerospace and Defense
      • Data Centers
      • Golf & Resorts
      • Multifamily
      • Parking
      • Industrial & Logistics
      • Affordable Housing
      • Hotels
      • Land
      • Nonprofit
      • Self-Storage
      • Retail
      • Aviation Properties
      • Gaming
      • Manufactured Housing
      • Omnichannel
      • Senior Housing
    • Industry Sectors
      • Industrial & Logistics
      • Energy, Oil & Gas
      • Law Firms
      • Technology, Media & Telecom
      • Retail
      • Financial Services
      • Life Sciences
      • Data Centers
      • Healthcare
      • Student Housing & Education
  • Properties
  • Research & Insight
    • Latest National Research & Reports
      The Way Forward
      Weekly Insights
      Reopening the World's Workplaces
      COVID Resource Center
  • People & Offices
  • About CBRE
    • Careers
      Case Studies
      Corporate Information
      Corporate Responsibility
      Executive Leadership - Global
      Investor Relations
      Media Center
      Suppliers

Previous

Case Study
Cobalt Capital Partners

Next

Case Study
Standard Chartered Bank
  • About CBRE
  • Case Studies
  • Thales Group
Thales Group
Working through complex regulations to find a new facility for Thales to call home | 2014
  • Email
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Share

Thales Image

Key Information

Featured
Related

Client

Thales Group                             
Featured
Related

Location

Bordeaux, France                        
Featured
Related

Topline

600,000 square feet of office space

The Challenge



Thales, a European electronic system provider to the aerospace industry, sought to centralize 2,300 employees in three locations to one headquarters site in Bordeaux, France, to drive both operational and cost efficiencies. Thales needed to find a site of approximately 40 acres suited for an industrial-grade building while navigating complex regulatory and environmental issues.



The Solution



CBRE brought its deep knowledge of local governments, regulatory and environmental issues to identify every suitable site in Bordeaux, including some that local governments had overlooked. In just 14 months, CBRE found and negotiated the purchase of the land that would eventually house Thales’ new offices and secured key government permits to build the facility. Thales is on track to relocate to its new 600,000 square-foot office space in Merignac, near Bordeaux, by the end of 2016.




Thales Image

Testimonials

Alexandre Cieux Testimonial Headshot

“The success of this transaction demonstrates our ability to bring together customer knowledge and market expertise to produce an exceptional outcome.”

Alexandre Cieux, Regional Director, France
CBRE


Contact Us

Alexandre Cieux
Alexandre Cieux
Regional Director, France
05 56 90 52 32
  • Corporate Information
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Case Studies
  • Media Center
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • People and Offices
  • Global Leadership
  • Investor Relations
  • Contact Us
  • Global Web Privacy and Cookie Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Terms of Use
  • United States Privacy Policy
  • Our Response to SCHREMS II
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn