Most visitors walk past it without a second glance. The former tax office, a utilitarian 1980s block sitting at the heart of the village, was supposed to become something more useful: housing for the people who actually live and work here year-round.
The commune acquired the building, constructed in 1981, with a clear aim: convert it into municipal housing for local workers. The structure spans roughly 3,450 square metres across four floors, on a plot of just over 2,500 m². The CAUE Var architectural advisory body had already drawn up feasibility scenarios for the town hall back in 2021.
But the building site has been idle for several months now, according to Nice-Matin. The precise reasons for the standstill have not been confirmed by available sources. Projects of this scale, in a listed village centre, can run into any number of obstacles: technical constraints, planning complications, public procurement delays. Not unusual for public construction. Not reassuring, either, for those who were counting on the result.
Off-season, finding a flat in the village at a rent that doesn't require a second salary is genuinely difficult. Tropéziens who tend the boats, run the kitchens, and keep the place going through winter deserve better than a stalled site. When work does resume, this conversion will offer a partial but real answer to one of the village's most stubborn problems.
