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Paris’s Tour Montparnasse Closes for €750 Million Overhaul Through 2030

The overhaul aims to soften the tower’s image by recasting the visitor experience.

Overview

  • The 210-meter tower has shut to the public to start a full renovation, with the famed roof terrace now closed.
  • Works are expected to run at least until the end of 2030 at an estimated cost of about €750 million, according to the operator and press reports.
  • Magnicity says visitors should still get panoramic views after reopening, with plans to replace the open-air terrace with a rooftop greenhouse and to rebuild the dining space below.
  • The plan outlines two to three hotel floors while keeping most levels as offices, plus a wider base, a brighter glass exterior, and a Renzo Piano redesign of the attached mall.
  • The closure halts visits to a site that drew roughly 30 million people and caps decades of debate over the tower’s stark look, which helped prompt Paris’s 37-meter height limit for new central buildings.