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Interactive Plan: City-Port |
The Port of Málaga’s Special Plan is an attempt to respond to the increasing demands of Málaga’s residents and port community, as it tries to satisfy, among other things, the following objectives:
Quay 1: Muelle Uno Sea Shopping
In 2005, the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Málaga granted the Administrative Concession for the construction and exploitation of a leisure centre on Quay 1 of the Port of Málaga to the company Unión de Iniciativas Marina de la Farola, based in Málaga.
The project has been created following the approved Special Plan, both from the architectural and commercial-use points of view.
On Quay 1,170 linear metres have been dedicated to a Marina for large recreational vessels up to 30 metres long.
Muelle Uno Sea Shopping has 14,000 sqm for high-level recreational and commercial use, in which restaurants are mixed with small-scale businesses and leisure. The picture is completed by a 4,000 sqm building for cultural use.
The project includes an underground car parking for approximately 900 vehicles between Quays 1 & 2, and 150 more spaces near ‘La Farola’ (the lighthouse).
The ceilings of the premises in Quay 1 will form a new and spectacular pedestrian area on top of them, in the ‘Paseo de la Farola’, transforming the area into a magnificent promenade just 30 metres from the sea.
As a result, the project not only respects its surrounding area, but also focuses on a ‘blending in’ effect with the coastline.
The total foreseen investment amounts to some 36,700,000 euros, with the official opening planned for Summer 2010. The complex will be opened to the public under the name “Muelle Uno Sea Shopping”.
More information can be found at www.muelleuno.com.
Quay 2: The Palm Grove of Surprises
The project for Quay 2 is the result of an International Architecture Competition, whose winners were the renowned architects Jerónimo Junquera and Liliana Obal, with their project titled "The Palm Grove of Surprises".
It consists of an area intending to make its visitors feel like home, looking on the Mediterranean, with two main elements: the palm trees and a pergola located along the quay.
The planned investment amounts to 18,030,363 €, coming entirely from the Andalusian Regional Government’s Committee of Public Works and Transport, via EPSA (Andalusian Public Land Company).
The opening will take place in 2010.
Heredia Quay
As part of the City-Port operation, a new urban facade is to be built in Muelle de Heredia, which will house a business centre in the heart of the city of Málaga.
This entails:
- Demolition of existing buildings.
- New road access.
- Construction of new buildings for offices with a gross floor area of 26,500 square metres.
- 500 parking spaces under the aforementioned buildings.
- Promenades, gardens and public squares between all the buildings.
San Andrés Platform
Also in the context of the City-Port operation, this quay, with 100,000 sqm, will be entirely transformed. Four main areas are projected:
- Marina: the new Marina will offer more than 600 mooring points for up to 15 metres long vessels, with which the Port of Málaga intends, at least partially, to satisfy the huge demand of mooring points for these vessels in the area.
- Málaga Auditorium: the Port of Málaga has provided the land necessary for this ambitious project. It will reinforce the role of the city in its trajectory towards becoming the European capital in 2016 as well as fulfilling an urgent necessity for this type of equipment for the city and its hinterland.
- Space for cultural, research and leisure use.
- Redesigning of the port facilities in the area, that will include the construction of the new headquarters for the Oceanographic Institute.