Benidorm Moves Forward With Demolition Preparations For Gemelos 28 Towers

The Valencian location authorities has launched nan method process to cipher compensation payments related to nan early demolition of nan Gemelos 28 towers successful Benidorm. The Conselleria for Environment, Infrastructure and Territory has opened a tender for outer consultancy to measure nan financial effect and negociate nan basal documentation. Final results are expected by 2026, though delays until 2027 are possible.

The arguable complex, consisting of 2 21-storey towers, is group for demolition pursuing a 2012 Spanish Supreme Court ruling. The tribunal declared nan building permit—issued by nan erstwhile Directorate General of Ports and Coasts nether Rafael Blasco—unlawful, stating nan towers encroach connected protected coastal land. In 2017, nan Valencian High Court upheld that demolition was nan only viable measurement to enforce nan ruling. Future building connected nan tract would only beryllium permitted astir six metres inland from nan existent location.

The caller tender intends to place each spot holders successful nan complex, including owners of flats, garages, retention units and commercialized spaces, arsenic good arsenic immoderate leaseholders aliases holders of different ineligible rights. It besides includes nan accumulation of individual valuation reports for each property, excluding immoderate mortgages aliases outstanding charges.

168 flats

According to nan method specifications, Gemelos 28 contains 327 registered units: 168 flats, 157 garages and retention spaces, positive a gym and a commercialized unit. Earlier estimates placed imaginable compensation costs astatine astir €100 million. The Valencian High Court has now group October 2029 arsenic nan day to statesman demolition. The location authorities must truthful find compensation figures to meet its ineligible obligations.

Property valuation

Due to nan complexity of nan task, a master outer patient will transportation retired nan valuations. The tender archive highlights nan request for a multidisciplinary squad pinch expertise successful spot valuation, thing nan location Ports and Coasts section does not possess.

The deadline for bids is 3 September 2025. The statement is initially group for 12 months, pinch an optional six-month extension. The fund stands astatine €136,197.60 (VAT included), pinch €45,399.20 allocated for 2025 and €90,798.40 for 2026. If nan hold is granted, nan full fund could emergence to €204,296.40.

Updating compensation

Within nan first 3 months of nan contract, nan winning patient must place each spot stakeholders. In nan pursuing 9 months, they must nutrient valuation reports and propose a look for updating compensation amounts based connected nan 2026 Competitiveness Guarantee Index. All valuations must mention backmost to nan worth of each portion arsenic of 23 July 2012, the day of nan Supreme Court ruling.

Site visits will screen astatine slightest 26% of affected homes, garages, and retention units, and some ground-floor commercialized spaces must besides beryllium inspected.