New Build Properties in
St Laurent du Var

Discover a rare and exceptional opportunity to own new build property in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, the French Riviera commune that sits immediately to the west of Nice on the shores of the Baie des Anges. Bordered to the east by the River Var, the natural gateway between Nice and the wider Côte d’Azur and to the south by a long Mediterranean waterfront of sand beaches and marina, Saint-Laurent-du-Var occupies a position of extraordinary strategic and scenic value: a town where the amenities, employment, and international connectivity of Nice are minutes away, where Cap 3000, one of the largest shopping destinations in southern France, is on the doorstep, and where Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport is literally four minutes by car.

Saint-Laurent-du-Var is a town in confident transition. A major urban renewal programme is reshaping its marina, its waterfront promenade, and its town centre, with a new tramway link connecting the commune directly to Nice’s key employment hubs at the Arénas business district, CADAM, and the airport zone. The result is a property market that combines the genuine coastal lifestyle of the Riviera beaches, marina, sea views, Mediterranean climate with the professional and rental demand of one of Europe’s busiest business and tourism corridors. For international buyers seeking new build property on the French Riviera with strong fundamentals, accessible entry pricing, and a clear trajectory of value growth, Saint-Laurent-du-Var is among the most compelling addresses on the entire Côte d’Azur.

AREA GUIDE & LIFESTYLE

Saint-Laurent-du-Var: The French Riviera’s Most Connected Coastal Address

“A Riviera commune at the gateway of Nice, where Mediterranean beaches, one of France’s greatest shopping destinations, four-minute airport access, and a major urban renewal programme combine to create a new build market of genuine and growing strength.”

Saint-Laurent-du-Var occupies a position on the French Riviera that few communes can match for sheer connectivity. Sitting at the western edge of Nice, immediately across the River Var from the Arénas international business district and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, the commune of some 29,000 inhabitants has long served as a natural residential overflow for Nice’s professional community, close enough to benefit from every amenity and employment opportunity the Riviera capital provides, yet distinctly its own town, with its own beaches, its own marina, its own high street and market, and a Mediterranean lifestyle that is unhurried and genuinely coastal.

The town’s southern boundary runs along the Baie des Anges, one of the great bays of the French Riviera, whose arc of coast sweeps from the Var estuary eastward past Nice towards the Cap d’Antibes and whose waters, with their characteristic azure clarity, give the bay its name. The beaches of Saint-Laurent-du-Var sandy, accessible and lined with beach clubs, restaurants, and promenade are among the most easily reachable on the Riviera, a ten-minute walk from the town centre and immediately below many of the most sought-after new build addresses. It is this combination of coastal immediacy, professional accessibility, and commercial completeness that defines the town’s appeal to both owner-occupiers and investors.

A Town Shaped by Infrastructure and Urban Ambition

Saint-Laurent-du-Var is a town actively investing in its own future. A significant urban renewal programme is under way, centred on the transformation of the marina, one of the largest on the French Riviera into a 21st-century leisure and hospitality destination: pedestrianised, landscaped, with distinct dining and nightlife zones, and connected to a requalified coastal promenade, the ‘Flots Bleus’ seafront, extending all the way to Cap 3000. The CCI is set to become the port’s management concessionaire from 2026, with a clear brief to upgrade the offer, improve the quality of the environment, and establish a marina worthy of the Riviera’s international reputation.

The tramway extension connecting Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Nice’s western employment corridor linking the town directly to the Arénas business centre, CADAM, the airport zone, and the Parc d’Activités represents a step change in the town’s accessibility and desirability. For professional tenants and owner-occupiers who work across the Nice Metropolis business corridor, this is transformative: a direct, congestion-free connection between home, workplace, and airport, in a town where property prices remain materially below comparable addresses on the Nice side of the Var.

Saint-Laurent-du-Var at a Glance

The Saint-Laurent-du-Var Lifestyle

Life in Saint-Laurent-du-Var moves at the pace of the Mediterranean coast. Mornings begin at the beach, the Baie des Anges stretching away towards the curve of Nice’s Promenade des Anges, the water catching the early light or at the morning market, the cafés along the Boulevard du Rouret, and the streets of a town that has the confidence and infrastructure of its size. Cap 3000, with its 300 stores, restaurants, cinema, and services, is not merely a shopping centre but a daily convenience of the first order for residents: the kind of integrated commercial offer that, in most French Riviera communes, requires a drive to Nice. Here it is on the doorstep.

For families, the area offers strong local schooling and easy access to the international schools of the Nice Metropolis. The town’s safety, its parks and open spaces, its beaches and the family-friendly format of Cap 3000 make it a practical and genuinely liveable choice for buyers at every stage of life. The internationally mobile professional community drawn by the airport, the Arénas business zone, and the Sophia Antipolis technology corridor gives it a cosmopolitan, outward-looking character that resonates with UK and international buyers looking for a Riviera base that works in every season.

Why New Build Properties in Saint-Laurent-du-Var Are So Sought-After

New build development in Saint-Laurent-du-Var is tightly constrained by the town’s coastal geography, its dense existing urban fabric, and the finite supply of available land between the River Var, the Baie des Anges, and the hillside to the north. When new developments appear particularly those with sea views, rooftop amenities, or genuine proximity to the waterfront, they attract immediate and sustained interest from investors and buyers who recognise that the combination of airport adjacency, Riviera lifestyle, and below-Nice pricing represents a rare window of relative value in one of the world’s most consistently desirable property markets.

Our exclusive off-plan and newly completed residences in Saint-Laurent-du-Var range from contemporary studios and one-bedroom apartments with south-facing terraces and sea views to spacious family apartments and penthouses overlooking the Baie des Anges. Each is built to the highest modern standards, combining contemporary Côte d’Azur architecture with the full suite of VEFA purchasing advantages: reduced notaire fees, staged payment plans, 10-year structural guarantee, and the freedom to personalise your home before completion. Whether you are seeking a highly rentable investment in one of the French Riviera’s most professionally active catchments, a quality Riviera pied-à-terre close to the airport, or a permanent address that places the best of the Côte d’Azur literally on your doorstep, Saint-Laurent-du-Var is the address.

For a full guide to buying new build property in France as an international buyer including the legal process, tax considerations, mortgage options, and step-by-step VEFA purchasing guide, visit our dedicated buyer’s guide: French New Build Buying Process

INVESTMENT CASE

The Investment Case for Saint-Laurent-du-Var Property

“A French Riviera commune at the gateway of Nice with four-minute airport access, structural rental demand driven by one of Europe’s busiest business corridors, below-Nice entry pricing, and an urban renewal programme that is actively enhancing the town’s capital and rental prospects.”

The Saint-Laurent-du-Var property market is defined by a set of structural fundamentals that are, in the French Riviera context, unusually well balanced. The commune sits at the intersection of two powerful demand drivers: the lifestyle appeal of a coastal Mediterranean address with beaches, marina, and year-round outdoor living, and the professional and corporate demand generated by the airport, the Arénas business district, and the Sophia Antipolis technology corridor,  the largest technology park in Europe, employing some 40,000 people within twenty minutes. The result is a rental market supported by both short-let tourism and long-let professional demand, and a purchase market where, uniquely on the French Riviera, entry prices remain materially below those of the adjacent Nice market while the underlying drivers of value are as strong as anywhere on the Côte d’Azur.

Market Fundamentals: Why Saint-Laurent-du-Var Endures

• Airport adjacency - Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, France’s second busiest, is four minutes by car; the Arénas international business district, home to major multinationals and professional services firms, is directly adjacent

• Structural professional rental demand - thousands of professionals working at the airport, Arénas, CADAM, and along the Nice Metropolis business corridor seek quality furnished accommodation in Saint-Laurent-du-Var within short commuting distance of their workplace

• Below-Nice pricing - resale apartments average approximately €5,400/m² compared to Nice West averages of €5,500-6,500/m²; new build delivers a quality premium over resale at a significant discount to equivalent addresses on the Nice side of the Var

• Urban renewal uplift - marina redevelopment, waterfront requalification, and the incoming tramway extension represent a medium-term capital catalyst that many comparable Riviera communes lack

  
  

• Sophia Antipolis catchment - Europe’s largest technology park, 18 minutes away, sustains year-round professional rental demand from internationally mobile tech and business professionals who prefer coastal living in Saint-Laurent-du-Var to inland alternatives

  
  

• Tourism and short-let demand - proximity to Nice airport, the Baie des Anges beaches, and Cap 3000 creates a strong and diverse short-let market for quality furnished apartments

Investment Performance at a Glance

Rental Income Potential

Saint-Laurent-du-Var generates rental demand from two distinct and mutually reinforcing sources. Year-round, the professional and corporate community working across the Nice Metropolis at the airport, the Arénas business district, CADAM, and along the A8 and A57 corridor towards Sophia Antipolis creates constant demand for quality furnished apartments from executives, consultants, and internationally mobile professionals who value four-minute access to Nice airport above all other location criteria. This is not seasonal demand; it is structural, driven by the permanent employment base of one of France’s most active international business hubs.

During the summer season and throughout the year’s peak tourism periods, the Baie des Anges beaches, the marina, and the proximity of Nice’s cultural and leisure offer drive strong short-let demand from visitors, with quality furnished apartments near the waterfront and Cap 3000 commanding significant seasonal premiums. The combination of a captive professional long-let market and a well supported tourism short-let market creates a lettings calendar of genuine diversity and resilience, one that compares favourably with more single-season destinations elsewhere on the Riviera.

Investors operating under the LMNP furnished rental tax regime benefit from the ability to offset property depreciation against rental income, materially enhancing net yields. With strong demand, accessible entry pricing relative to the adjacent Nice market, and the medium-term capital catalyst of the urban renewal programme, Saint-Laurent-du-Var offers a risk adjusted rental investment proposition that is among the most balanced on the entire French Riviera.

Saint-Laurent-du-Var vs the Wider Riviera Market

Saint-Laurent-du-Var occupies a genuinely distinct position in the French Riviera property landscape. It is the only Riviera city that combines direct Mediterranean beach frontage with four-minute access to France’s second busiest international airport, immediate adjacency to a major European business district, and property prices that remain demonstrably below those of the adjacent Nice market. While comparable seafront apartments in Nice’s western districts already command €6,000–8,000/m² and beyond, Saint-Laurent-du-Var offers equivalent coastal lifestyle, superior airport connectivity, and an active urban renewal programme at entry pricing that provides a clear margin of relative value.

The incoming tramway, the marina transformation, and the progressive gentrification of the town centre represent a medium-term capital growth catalyst with few equivalents elsewhere on the Côte d’Azur. For international investors who want the French Riviera’s proven market fundamentals limited supply, strong demand, Mediterranean lifestyle, and enduring international appeal without paying the full Nice premium, Saint-Laurent-du-Var is, at this moment, the most rational choice on the western Côte d’Azur.

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