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Paris-1ER-Arrondissement, France
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2 Quai du Louvre, 75001 Paris-1ER-Arrondissement, France
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N48° 51' 32" E2° 20' 31.5"
(48.858888888889, 2.3420833333333)
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La Samaritaine (French pronunciation: [la samaʁitɛn]) is a large department store in Paris, France, located in the First Arrondissement. The nearest metro station is Pont-Neuf. It is currently owned by LVMH, a luxury-goods maker. The store, which had been operating at a loss since the 1970s, was finally closed in 2005 because the building did not meet safety codes. Plans for redeveloping the building involved lengthy complications, as the representatives of the store's founders argued with new owners LVMH over the building's future as a department store or a mixed-use development. In 2010 it was finally announced that a Japanese firm had been chosen to redesign the building as a combination hotel/apartments/offices, with a small retail component.
