The Favara - Cullera ring road, a 10 km stretch is paralyzed. The construction has been paralyzed since 2010.
In Tempo, the tower in Benidorm that cost 92 million to the now defunct Caixa Galicia, remains unfinished. A 47-floor building with 269 apartments has gone from being the symbol of modern Benidorm to a symbol of badly managed construction.
A large part of Condado de Alhama, in Murcia, built by Polaris World, remains empty. Polaris World has 57 subsidiares that can benefit from the real-estate industry: Insurance, health facilities, furniture, interior decorating, gardening, schools, restaauration, telecommunication, even charity projects.
La Tercia Real, La Tercia, Murcia. This rural village had 332 inhabitants at the end of the 90's. It has since witnessed a massive concentration of construction of housing developments (Sierra Golf, La Tercia Real, La Nueva Tercia, United Golf Resort, La Valle del Sol, Tres Molinos, Los Granados). Today, many of these developments are empty or abandoned.
Francisco Hernando housing development in Seseña, Spain. Francisco Hernando, known as El Pocero, planned to build the biggest housing development in Spain with 13,508 homes. However, only 5,096 houses have building permits, and only 750 people have been registered so far.
A paralyzed residential development in Finistrat, Benidorm. The project has been paralyzed since 2008.
Francisco Hernando housing development in Seseña, Spain. Francisco Hernando, known as El Pocero, planned to build the biggest housing development in Spain with 13,508 homes. However, only 5,096 houses have building permits, and only 750 people have been registered so far.
The statue of the parents of Francisco el Pocero, leading developer of the Francisco Hernando housing development in Seseña, Spain. El Pocero planned to build the biggest housing development in Spain with 13,508 homes. However, only 5,096 houses have building permits, and only 750 people have been registered so far in Seseña.
A tire cementery in Seseña next to the Francisco Hernando housing development.
Ciudad Real airport. 1.234 hectares. It’s the first international private airport in Spain. It’s been closed since October 2011 due to its low profitability.
New higway access to the new airport in Corvera, Murcia. Costing 266,000 euros, construction began in 2007.
Housing estate “Cortijo Grande” in Los Barrios, in the province of Cadiz. The building was originally scheduled to house 700. While in 2007 the number of building permits in Spain amounted to nearly 146,000, there are only 30,000 according the latest available data.
Abandoned housing development Valle de Calpe, Calpe, province of Alicante.
Housing development “Monte Alto”, in Pioz. Located in the province of Guadalajara, this small town of just over 3,500 inhabitants is the most indebted village in Spain. It is estimated that it will take more than 7,000 years to pay the remaining 16 million euros. The construction of new buildings represented a major source of revenue for municipalities.
Housing development in Villamayor de Calatrava, Castilla La Mancha.
Initially designed to attract foreigners looking for sun and golf, the 170-acre Majestic Hills complex near Manilva, Malaga, is now mostly empty. To encourage the purchase of property by foreigners, the Spanish government has recently proposed to grant residency to those who buy a property worth more than 160,000 euros.
A swimming pool at the empty urbanizacion la Duquesa housing development in Casares, Malaga. Only a guard-dog lives here.
“Dona Julia Golf Resort” in Manilva, Casares, Malaga. A real estate project of three golf courses, two luxury hotels with a 5-star Park Hyatt, as well as 7,000 homes. Only one golf course has been built and remains open for business.
The unfinished Mar Menor Golf Resort in Torre Pachuco, Murcia Province. There are 97 holiday homes on nearly 70 empty acres. Part 2 of the project couldn’t be financed, the initial plan was to double the surface area.
Abandoned holiday city’s project “Don Quixote”, near Ciudad Real. Nine thousand units, three golf courses and a casino were to be built. Only a golf course has been opened to date.
Street lamps at Ciudad Jardin housing development in Soto Real, Cádiz. 312 empty houses and 1169 houses not even built.
Costa Miño Golf has all the ingredients of the Spanish realestate “sin”. A building projects for thousands of new homes in a small town with land exproprations, complaints filed against the town council and the developer, the developer claiming bankruptcy, unsold homes, houses half-finished, plummeting prices and even a golf course.
A round-a-bout in the Ciudad de Luz, in Alicante. A Film Studio complex, with 11,000 m. of inside studio space, 15,000 m. Of workshop space, 16 hectare of ourdoor shooting space. The Studios, that ceased to function a year ago, have been put on the market by Consell as they try to repay up to 265 million euros of debt in loans from the EU.
The Ciudad Jardin housing development in Soto Real, Cádiz. 312 empty houses and 1169 houses not even built.
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