Macron said the towers would cater to bankers, academics and researchers who might be forced to decamp from London to the Paris business district following the UK's exit from the European Union.

La Défense district in Paris has been announced to house seven new skyscrapers, designed by a number of renowned architecture firms like Foster + Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, and Christian de Portzamparc.

Parisian business district La Défense is to build seven new skyscrapers over the next five years to accommodate an expected influx of demand from banks fleeing post-Brexit Britain.