The start-up Sharies invests 4.5 million euros in a coliving residence in Nancy – Le Journal des Entreprises

Classified as a historic monument, located a few dozen meters from Nancy Cathedral and Place Stanislas, the private mansion chosen by the Parisian start-up Sharies to set up its first coliving residence in the region, outside the Ile- de-France, plays the “heritage” asset to the full.

“Making these places accessible to the public is a chance”, assures Julien Morville, co-founder of Sharies with Augustin Midon, revealing the facilities of the Nancy residence: on 1,600 m²mingle 46 rooms, 53 coworking workstations but also a fitness area, a cinema room, as well as a catering offer.

The delivery of the whole is scheduled for mid-March and will have required a total investment of 4.5 million euros excluding land.

The year of the change of scale

“It is a building that we visited for the first time in 2017”, reveals Julien Morville. “The project took time, but we asked ourselves a lot of questions about the potential of the place, how to understand it, how to work on a program, but also how to find investors.”

In addition to the opening of the Manège residence in Nancy, Sharies will experience a key year in 2023 for its development. The start-up, which employs 30 people and currently operates just over 150 rooms, spread between Paris, Île-de-France and Brussels, will deliver 400 rooms in 2023, to reach “2,600 rooms by 2025” , specifies Julien Morville. With one objective: “To fully mesh the national territory”.

The start-up, which has the capital of the Audacia investment fund, created by Charles Beigbeder, and a family office, raised a total of “5 million euros in two rounds, which represents a good investment capacity. superior”, specifies Julien Morville. Originally targeting young workers, the start-up reaches a “very wide spectrum of customers, from foreign students to seniors, including families in transition”.