Castel Riviera stands at 31 rue Fontaine de la Ville, between the port and place Riquier, on the site of the former municipal car pound. Delivered in March 2013 by Nexity to plans by Jean Marta, it is one of the very few recent residences in the area: 296 lots, including 149 flats and 147 parking spaces, in two buildings — and one of the most traded addresses in eastern Nice.
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Castel Riviera in brief
The address
Rue Fontaine de la Ville links the port to Riquier, behind boulevard Stalingrad. At number 31 you are five minutes’ walk from the Lympia basin, as far again from place Riquier and its market, and a few minutes from Nice-Riquier station and the tram at the port. It is a district of main homes and buy-to-let investment, transformed over the past ten years.
A 2013 residence, with a parking space per flat
The permit was issued in 2008 and amended in 2010; the residence, six storeys above ground level, was delivered in March 2013 with 150 flats in two buildings, on a project initially mixed-use and later reduced to housing alone. The national register of co-ownerships lists 296 lots, 149 of them residential and 147 parking lots, with co-ownership regulations dated September 2010: roughly one parking space per apartment, which exists nowhere else in the older housing stock of Riquier.
What you are buying here
A recent apartment, built to current standards, with parking, in an old district where the equivalent supply is almost non-existent. Castel Riviera attracts investors first — rental demand is strong in Riquier — and first-time buyers who want the port without the works. Resale liquidity is excellent: it is the most traded building in our pages for the area.
What sort of apartment will you find at Castel Riviera?
The building is made up of small units: sales published since 2022 range from a 21 m² studio to a 68 m² three-room flat, and two-room flats of 37 to 49 m² account for most of the transfers. People buy here to let, or as a first home, rarely for a large family apartment.
What sets the price: the floor and the aspect — onto the street or the inside of the residence —, the terrace, whether the parking space is included in the sale — most published transfers come with one ancillary lot — and condition, more homogeneous than in older buildings twelve years after delivery.
The most recent published sales at Castel Riviera
Here are the three most recent sales published for this address in the official property transaction database.
- December 2025 — €269,000, 39.87 m², 2 main rooms, 1 ancillary lot sold with it, i.e. €6,747/m².
- December 2025 — €220,000, 37 m², 2 main rooms, no ancillary lot, i.e. €5,946/m².
- September 2025 — €240,000, 39.73 m², 2 main rooms, 1 ancillary lot sold with it, i.e. €6,041/m².
These figures come from the French public property transaction database (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the tax authority), which is fed by notarial deeds and released several months in arrears. The amount shown is the price stated in the deed, before notary fees and transfer duties: depending on whether the agency’s commission was payable by the seller or the buyer, it may or may not be included.
They tell you nothing about the floor, the aspect, the view, the condition of the property or the quality of any renovation. The price also covers the whole transaction: where a garage, a cellar or a maid’s room was sold with the apartment, the price per square metre shown is mechanically inflated — which is why we state the number of ancillary lots. We exclude transactions whose price per square metre falls plainly outside the market (dismemberment of ownership, sales between related parties).
Two apartments of identical size in the same building can change hands at very different prices. These sales give an order of magnitude; they are not a valuation. To find out what a specific property is worth, ask us for a valuation.
What sets the price of an apartment at Castel Riviera
Castel Riviera trades within a narrow band: across the thirty-five sales published since 2022, prices per square metre run from around €4,500 to €7,300, with most sales between €5,500 and €6,700/m². It is the sign of a readable market, where apartments are similar enough for comparables to speak, and where the near-systematic presence of a parking space evens out prices.
For a seller, the challenge is not to argue the residence’s price, which is known; it is to make the most of the floor, the terrace or the aspect in front of buyers who have very recent points of comparison. For an investor, it is an address where the yield can be calculated on real data.
Our properties for sale nearby
We sell apartments at Castel Riviera and across the port and Riquier. Properties at this address are not always advertised: some sales are handled confidentially.
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Your contact for this address
Sandrine Scemama
Senior consultant
Sandrine covers the port and Riquier, from quai des Docks to place Riquier. For a valuation, to be told when lots come up, or to prepare a sale: direct line +33 6 09 31 76 71, or the agency on +33 4 89 15 85 83.
Frequently asked questions about Castel Riviera
Is noise an issue at 31 rue Fontaine de la Ville?
The street is busy but less so than neighbouring boulevard Stalingrad; apartments facing the inside of the residence are quiet, and the recent windows insulate well. We tell you before the viewing.
Is parking included?
Almost always: the residence has 147 parking lots for 149 flats, and most published sales include one ancillary lot. Each sale, however, covers specific lots; we check the title and state clearly what is included in the price.
Are the service charges high?
A recent residence with lifts, an underground car park and maintained common areas has higher charges than a small older building, but it does not have its works: no heavy façade renovation or upgrading to expect in the short term. We give you the last three financial years before any decision.
What is my apartment at Castel Riviera worth?
This is one of the addresses in Nice with the most numerous and most recent comparables. We carry out a free and confidential valuation, on site, based on the sales actually recorded in the residence.
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Further reading
- Property in Riquier
- Property at the port of Nice
- Le Neptune, quai des Docks
- Le Florian, port of Nice
- Fine residences in Nice — published sales by building
- Property valuation in Nice: what really sets the price
- Selling your property with terrazzo.immo