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1,500 homes approved for Garrucha (plus Lidl and another shopping centre)

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The Mayor of Garrucha is going out in style after he signed yesterday a license for the construction of 1,500 homes and a shopping centre in the sector 2 zone (the flat bit of land between Garrucha and the main bypass) which is to be built by a company called Hispavima. Hispavima will be building on 292,000 square metres of land, and plans to construct 1.100 homes to be sold on the open market, plus Continue reading 1,500 homes approved for Garrucha (plus Lidl and another shopping centre)→

Andalucia planning to build 285,000 new council houses

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Under the Junta de Andalucia’s “let’s build our way out of la crisis” plan (known officially as the Programa de Impulso a la Construcción Sostenible, “the program for the impulse of sustainable construction”) towns across Andalucia have put aside sufficient land to build a whopping 285,000 new VPO’s in the short term, and well over a million long term. VPO’S are the Spanish version of the council home, price regulated homes that are built and Continue reading Andalucia planning to build 285,000 new council houses→

Garrucha commercial centre gets back on track

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The project commercial centre in Garrucha – which has the necessary permits from the Junta – has got back on track after Sevillana – Endesa, the electrical company, backed down on demands for an upfront paymet of 16 million euros. It seems that Endesa refused to carry out the necessary work to supply the area with electrical power unless an upfront payment of around 16M € was paid by the promoters, as Endesa felt that Continue reading Garrucha commercial centre gets back on track→

Construction of 600 VPO suspended in Turre

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The construction of 600 homes (including 400 council houses, or VPOs as they’re known in Turre) that were going next to the cementery (next to Fuentemora, or Rickys Bar as you might know it) has been suspended “pending the fixing of a few small problems with the plan” according to the Junta. Rumour (from a chap I know who works in the town hall) has it that they’re trying to sell the last few luxury Continue reading Construction of 600 VPO suspended in Turre→