The local paper gives a short roundup of the "big projects". The new tram line from Nice to Cagnes sur Mer? Still planned to open in 2028. The new underground road tunnel that will take traffic from the bypass to the motorway (and anybody that has driven West out of Nice will appreciate this one): slipped from end of the year to Spring next year. The new train station near the airport? Open in 2028 and promises spectacular architecture, one of the most impressive in France, with nature and plants "under the roof". The new conference centre in the Port of Nice, overlooking the sea? Despite claims that 2025 is unrealistic, the mayor says it will be built "quicker than you think" and will be a permanent fixture. Finally the new exhibition centre, one of the largest in Europe at over 40,000sqm, will be completed just north of the airport by 2028. So there you go. In 5 years Nice will be transformed into one of the premiere business destinations in Europe.

The price of property in Nice has been described as an "anomaly". Whilst the prices of property is dropping all over France the past year, around half a percent overall average, the prices of property in Nice has shot up 8% over the same time period. Whilst the top 10 cities in France have dropped over 1% since January, Nice is up over 7% from the start of this year. This brings it up to the second most expensive city in France, overtaking Lyon which has traditionally been 2nd after Paris. The article ascribes this partially to Nice being less dependent on 1st time buyers than other cities so less affected by the increase in interest rates. As a number of the "big projects" are only getting underway, especially the doubling in size of Nice's "Central Park", personally I can only see prices continuing to go one way here.