11th house : La Forestière

Constellations in collaboration with La Forestière association / Fundraising 2021-2022

This day center welcomes 64 people. The current buildings were acquired by the Asbl as its activities developed and the center capacity increased.

They were, at the time of their construction, not built to accommodate disabled people or people with reduced mobility. Moreover, the energy efficiency of these buildings is very poor.

The Asbl has received the agreement in principle of the Cocof https://phare.irisnet.be/ for its project

which should allow the construction of a new space. The total budget was estimated at €4.500.000.

We have received a very large amount from an important foundation. A significant help from Cap 48 is already acquired and we have already found all of our important contribution.

The preliminary project file has been approved by the administration of Cocof and by the Minister-President,
Cocof's administration, and the application for planning permission, amended at the request of the commune of Ixelles has also been approved.

The total cost of the project had risen to €5,521,000 due to the increase in construction costs.We had already increased our support to reflect inflation.

And as there is no increase in the number of places, the current government should be able to give final approval to the project before the summer, which would then allow us to launch the calls for tender.

The building permit has been granted. The tender specifications have been submitted to the authorities Final government approval for the project has just been obtained, and the tender offer has been issued and received. This showed offers exceeding our estimate of €1,000,000 in the best case scenario. We have obtained approval to start a negotiated procedure, which should take place in February 2026. The project will be saved thanks to the mobilisation of La Forestière's own resources and a significant reduction in construction costs, which we hope to achieve through the negotiated procedure.