How to evaluate a Paris venue shortlist
A shortlist is useful only when each option answers the same brief. Eliminate failures first, compare functional quality second, normalise total project cost third, and keep evidence confidence visible. A weighted score should clarify judgement—not disguise missing facts.
Four outputs from the shortlist
The table should make the decision reversible and auditable.
Use a gate before a score.
A high aesthetic score cannot compensate for a failed essential constraint.
| Evaluation layer | Question | Method | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-negotiables | Can the venue legally, commercially and operationally host the full occupation? | Pass/fail exact dates, use, capacity, access, entity, budget ceiling and essential services | Eligible or removed with reason |
| Functional fit | How well does the plan support audience, product, programme and team? | Score defined criteria such as arrival, usable display, meetings, privacy, reserve and deliveries | Comparable fit score with notes |
| Location value | Does the address improve audience behaviour or brand outcome enough to justify trade-offs? | Score audience route, address signal, accessibility and logistics—not postcode prestige | Location contribution and compromise |
| Total project cost | What does the same finished scenario cost in each option? | Normalise full occupation, property services, transferred production, operation, tax and exit | Expected cost, cash flow and uncertainty |
| Evidence confidence | Which claims are confirmed, provisional, inferred or unknown? | Attach source, date, owner and confidence to every critical fact | Verification queue and confidence score |
| Decision risk | What can still move schedule, cost, permission or quality? | List consequence, probability, mitigation, owner and deadline | Risk-adjusted recommendation |
Weight criteria from the brief—not after seeing the favourite.
Changing weights to protect an attractive venue corrupts the decision.
Pass/fail constraints
Exact occupation, use, capacity, access, contracting, insurance and absolute budget constraints should not become soft points.
Commercial and functional value
Buyer route, visibility, architecture, privacy, reserve, production readiness and location can be weighted according to the actual objective.
Evidence quality
A beautiful option with unresolved access or use should rank below a slightly weaker venue whose critical conditions are confirmed.
Visit to falsify the shortlist, not to admire it.
The visit should attack the assumptions that could reverse the choice: street arrival, usable area, sound, light, product handling, deliveries, services, neighbours, works and handover. Photograph evidence in the same order for every property.
Minimum shortlist evidence pack.
A link collection is not a qualified shortlist.
A SCORE IS NOT OBJECTIVE MERELY BECAUSE IT IS NUMERIC. DEFINE CRITERIA BEFORE REVIEWING OPTIONS, RECORD EVIDENCE AND KEEP THE FINAL COMMERCIAL JUDGEMENT EXPLICIT.
Public formats to practise a function-led comparison.
These public pages illustrate format and location. They are not availability statements or AMONT's complete inventory.
Store 62 Charlot
A white-box corner format with extensive street glazing for compact public activations, press days and showroom crossover.
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Showroom Louvre
A central gallery format with long frontage, raw stone structure and a controlled setting for presentations and press-facing projects.
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Gallery 23 Sentier
A characterful duplex gallery with a full skylight roof, suited to showrooms, press days and destination pop-ups.
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Showroom République
Large-scale industrial architecture with skylights, high ceilings and the production logic required by ambitious installations.
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Only verified live AMONT resources are linked before publication.
SOURCE NOTE · VERIFIED 24 AUGUST 2026. AMONT venue sourcing guide · AMONT venue formats guide · AMONT cost planning guide · AMONT public venue specifications. EXTERNAL FACTS ARE SEPARATED FROM AMONT FIELD JUDGEMENT. VERIFY DATE-SENSITIVE OR REGULATORY POINTS AGAIN BEFORE PUBLICATION.
Ask for a recommendation, not a longer list.
AMONT can qualify public and relevant private options against one brief, expose trade-offs and give a clear next action without pretending uncertain facts are resolved.