After decades of failed bids and one particularly humiliating loss to London in 2012, Paris has officially been named the host of the 2024 Olympics. Though the city plans on making the most out of its existing facilities, some new development will take place. One of such projects is the Dominique Perrault-designed and planned Olympic Village, which helped secure Paris' 2024 bid because the city said they would be unable to freeze the project, which had already begun work, for four years had they accepted hosting duties for 2028 instead.

Along with the majority of new venues being built for the games, the Olympic Village is set in Saint-Denis—the poorest of France's 101 mainland departments—in an effort to rejuvenate the area. The development centers around the Cinema City film studios created in a disused power station by the film-maker Luc Besson which will house that athletes' dining room and several training stadiums. The rooms for 12,000 athletes and their 5,000 accompanying persons will be distributed amongst three real estate programs set up in Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen and Saint-Denis Island. At the end of the 2024 competitions, the village will be transformed into an office and mixed residential district, half of which will be allocated to social housing.