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Urban fiascos in Barcelona: from Eurovegas to the Llobregat Delta plan

Urban fiascos in Barcelona: from Eurovegas to the Llobregat Delta plan

The Generalitat and several mayors of the PSC wished to house on land of the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park the leisure and game project Eurovegas, but the American tycoon Sheldon Adelson opted for Madrid after proposing, without success, to the Catalan authorities the transfer of the El Prat airport and the demolition of the stadium […]

Barcelona’s iconic Tres Chimeneas probing the UN and WHO to be their headquarters in southern Europe

Barcelona’s iconic Tres Chimeneas probing the UN and WHO to be their headquarters in southern Europe

The investment of the EU to go back after the Covid is also longed for to unravel one of the main urban projects in the making in Catalonia: the remodeling of the inoperative power station of the Three Chimneys, between Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona, ​​which aspires to host a headquarters of international relevance […]

The referendum that Junts per Catalunya and Esquerra Republicana do not support

The referendum that Junts per Catalunya and Esquerra Republicana do not support

Neighbors and entities of Olesa de Montserrat they oppose the Municipal Urban Planning Plan (POUM), a large project promoted by the Barcelona town council that establishes the construction of 1,313 new homes. The last step taken by the members of the platform Olesa Neighborhood Movement It has been to reach a consensus on a joint […]

A plan to build 8,000 homes in El Prat generates mistrust among residents

A plan to build 8,000 homes in El Prat generates mistrust among residents

At the same time that the largest urban development project in years in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) has suffered a double judicial setback caused by the neighborhood opposition and several municipal political groups, citizen misgivings have set their sights on the plan of the City Council of El Prat de Llobregat to widen its urban […]

They investigate the works to convert a thermal power plant into a waste incinerator in Catalonia

They investigate the works to convert a thermal power plant into a waste incinerator in Catalonia

The Fiscal investigates works to transform the old Cercs power plant into an incineration plant that produces energy by burning industrial waste such as vehicle material, recycling and paper. The Public Prosecutor for Urban Crimes and the Environment of Barcelona, Antoni Pelegran, has requested information from the City Council about the dismantling of the factory […]

They demand that the tram reaches one of the strategic industrial areas of Catalonia after 20 years

They demand that the tram reaches one of the strategic industrial areas of Catalonia after 20 years

The El Pla industrial estate, located in the municipal areas of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Molins de Rei, offers attractive legal advantages to attract companies to a space located next to the A2 highway, just 15 kilometers from Barcelona, ​​the port and from the airport. However, employers, workers and trade unions miss that the […]

Ada Colau announces a plan to pedestrianize the center of Barcelona

Ada Colau announces a plan to pedestrianize the center of Barcelona

The mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau, has announced that the superblocks will extend to Eixample, with the conversion of 21 streets in the district into green axes, one in three, and with the transformation of 21 intersections into squares, a 10-year plan that will begin to implement this mandate in four streets, with an initial […]

Union rejection of the urban redevelopment of the Gallina Blanca factory in Barcelona

Union rejection of the urban redevelopment of the Gallina Blanca factory in Barcelona

 The historic Gallina Blanca factory in Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona) closed its doors last March so that its land is occupied by Agroalimen, the multinational holding company that moves its headquarters and that of its subsidiaries GBFoods and Affinity Petcare to the municipality. The City Council ensures that the urban reform, endorsed yesterday mostly by […]

The unknown of the underground of the Central Park tracks in the State Budgets

The unknown of the underground of the Central Park tracks in the State Budgets

The draft General Budgets of the State submitted by the central government still contains, more than 24 hours after its presentation, a large unknown that directly affects the city of Valencia. The in-depth analysis of the document has deciphered the incorporation of 420 million to free the Navy from the credit that released its accounts, […]

The coronavirus ‘sinks’ the promotion of new construction after years of recovery of the real estate bubble

The coronavirus ‘sinks’ the promotion of new construction after years of recovery of the real estate bubble

  The bursting of the housing bubble in 2008 shook the foundations of an industry long accustomed to double-digit growth. The crash was of such magnitude that construction was practically paralyzed for years and many companies went bankrupt. It was not until 2015 when the sector began to react and timidly recover an activity that […]