Ancien siège syndical de la CGT

The origin of this building can be traced back to an electoral promise made by the future mayor of Cannes, Bernard Cornut-Gentille. In exchange for the support of left-wing voters in the Cannes La Bocca area, he committed during his campaign to constructing a new labor exchange to replace the temporary premises used by the CGT union at the time. After being elected, Cornut-Gentille directly appointed architects Michel Brante and Gérard Vollenweider to design and realize the new labor exchange, following their notable performance in a previous public competition for a fire station in Cannes, where their project placed second.