ING Real Estate Development has signed an agreement to purchase 60,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of land in Docks Vauban in the harbour area of the French city of Le Havre for the development of a new retail and leisure centre. UNESCO added the famous port city to its world heritage list in 1995. The Docks Vauban project involves refurbishment of an existing building previously used as a storage facility for cotton, cocoa, coffee, spices and tobacco to create a strong new identity for the area.