“It is magnificent news for everyone in Benalmádena,” said a jubilant Enrique Moya, Mayor of Benalmádena, on announcing work on the Pueblosol project in Arroyo de la Miel will resume within a month. The venture, which has suffered from paralysis for a decade, is to include an underground car park for 868 vehicles, a shopping area and an “elegant town boulevard.”
Since its launch in 2000, the private initiative has not progressed due to continuous changes in the plans and even changes in ownership. The delay left the skeleton of a building and a huge fenced off plot near the train station in the heart of Arroyo de la Miel. That was until last summer when the plot of land started to be used as a much-needed public car park. However, following this latest announcement, the project is about to be re-ignited.
“After great efforts and many meetings, in which the Town Hall acted as mediator; we can now say that there is an agreement for the completion of the works at the Pueblosol site,” said Moya, who acted as master of ceremonies for the signing of the contract between the property company, Grupo Tremon, and the construction company, Comsa. It is thought the project will take between five and eight months to complete and will cost 1.2 million euros.
At a press conference alongside Hilario Rodríguez, the Director General of Grupo Tremon, and the Regional Director of Comsa, Andrés Gilabert, the Deputy Mayor, Jesús Fortes said, “Pueblosol is key to the development of Arroyo de la Miel and for the good of everyone we couldn’t waste anymore time.” Town Hall officials say, “The idea is to continue to use the provisional car park that was created on the plot several months ago until the underground one is completed, then work on the boulevard area will commence.”
A mess
The news has been received warmly by businesses and residents in the immediate vicinity. “It has been a mess for such a long time, it’s about time it all got moving again,” says Ruth Collins who has lived in an apartment overlooking the Pueblosol development for more than 13 years. “It’s been stagnant for years and has affected property prices too. A friend of mine was forced to sell her flat at a lower price than its true value thanks to this, and I don’t think she has been the only one, and this on top of the credit crunch, so it has got to be good news,” she added.
Forgotten
Local business owner, José Luis Torres, has also seen the affect of the development’s inactivity. “Lots of different types of firms have closed down around Pueblosol – bars, clothes shops, salons… The ten year wait has been hard to stomach, knowing the project could be finished in a relatively short amount of time,” he commented. “We were seeing other parts of Arroyo de la Miel being redeveloped and we wondered if this had just been forgotten about.”
Enrique Moya acknowledged that the wait has been arduous. ªI’ve been conscious of the amount of time that everyone has waited for this, so I have achieved a great deal of personal satisfaction from this, especially as other municipal leaders haven’t been able to resolve this,” he said. Now the town Hall urges the completion of Pueblosol “without delay.”
Source: Benalmdean property news
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