History

1879

Henri Germain, founder of Crédit Lyonnais, creates Société Foncière Lyonnaise.

1892

SFL owns more than 300 buildings and nearly 2,000 hectares of land in Paris, on the Côte d’Azur, in Belgium and in Italy.

1920

Although profits are affected by the First World War, SFL finds opportunities to gradually dispose of its non-Parisian assets up to 1939.

1979

In its centenary year, SFL has a portfolio of about 185,000 sq.m valued at roughly
1 billion francs split evenly between exclusive commercial and residential premises in prime locations.

2003

SFL maintains its strategic focus on office and retail property, with good results. The Company chooses the new REIT (SIIC) tax status for the benefit of shareholders.

2011

SFL enjoys strategic momentum, driven by its determined focus on the Paris prime commercial property market and its customer-centric corporate culture.

2023

SFL’s portfolio boasts 17 prime properties located in Paris (99%) and the most attractive parts of the city’s Western Crescent (1%). Representing a total surface area of 410,000 sq.m, it consists of office properties (81%) and retail units (18%). The value of the portfolio at 31 December 2023 is estimated at €7.3 billion.

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