The Urban Planning and Environment Department has approved the release of a license for the demolition of the former Telefónica building in via La Florida 13, where 33 new homes will be built. The project has the technical report of the Licensing and Town Planning Supervision Service of the Consistory and the mandatory report of the Assets Commission.
This building – of which Azul Plaza Sociedad Cooperativa Andaluza appears as the owner – has no level of protection. According to information, the demolition work They will last about three months.. The building was constructed in 1969. The maximum height allowed is six stories.
These 33 homes will add to those already finished in the La Florida block, a space whose recovery has been stalled for more than a decade. In that block he built the Árqura Homes company 101 houses with an investment of 18 million. According to the Management, it provides for the redevelopment and improvement of the environment with more pedestrian spaces, trees and the rearrangement of parking in an area that has been “disconnected and inaccessible” for years.
The Florida apple project started in 2006 and managed to relaunch itself in 2017 with the granting of the work license by Urbanism. During this period, the municipal administration collaborated with the promoter to adapt the project to urban planning criteria, respecting the facade and with a building volume which, in the end, was even lower than that permitted by urban planning. The final license was granted in 2021.
