Tag: Majadahonda

Ores Acquires Millenium Retail Park in Madrid for €31M

20 July 2018 – Eje Prime

Ores is still on its shopping spree in Spain. The Socimi owned by Bankinter and Sonae Sierra has acquired the Millenium retail park in Madrid from the property developer Procinco for €31 million. The investment reinforces the new asset purchase plan that is being developed by the company, the most active of the entities listed on the Alternative Investment Market (MAB) so far this year.

Millenium is a commercial complex located in El Carralero, within the municipality of Majadahonda, which was inaugurated in 2002. It has a gross leasable area of 11,353 m2 and its tenants include Media Markt, Aldi and Toys’r’us. Savills Aguirre Newman and JLL have advised Procinco on the sale.

“This operation demonstrates the high degree of interest from institutional investors in retail parks in Spain”, says Salvador González, National Director of Capital Markets at Savills Aguirre Newman.

In June, Ores purchased a package of four retail premises from Inditex for €12.5 million. With these latest operations, the Socimi is continuing with its new growth phase, which is going to be financed with a €140 million loan. With that financial injection, the group is going to undertake new real estate acquisitions in Spain and Portugal.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake

Barings Acquires 2 Logistics Assets in Madrid for €17.6M

11 December 2017 – Eje Prime

Barings Real Estate is closing its ambitious expansion plan for Spain in 2017. Just weeks after it purchased a 29,000 m2 logistics centre in Zaragoza, the international manager has acquired two assets in Majadahonda (Madrid) for €17.6 million; the same amount it spent on the operation in the Aragonese capital.

The fund has acquired a warehouse and a gas station, which span a combined land area of 10,900 m2. The company has also announced that it will lease the centre to the multinational furniture retailer Conforama under a ten-year contract.

With this new acquisition, Barings has accumulated a portfolio of non-residential assets in Spain worth almost €100 million during 2017. In April, the manager purchased a logistics space in Madrid measuring 56,000 m2 for €35 million and in July it bought an asset measuring 1,600 m2 for €21.6 million. In addition to the two centres it acquired in the last month, the company has now spent €90 million in Spain.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake

Pozuelo & Matadepera: The Richest Towns In Spain

21 July 2016 – Expansión

Inhabitants of the towns of Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Matadepera (Barcelona), Boadilla del Monte, Majadahonda and Las Rozas (Madrid) declared the highest income figures, according to data from 2013 made public yesterday by the Tax Authorities (AEAT), which included Statistics about Income Tax filers in towns of more than 1,000 inhabitants for the first time. In Pozuelo de Alarcón, the average gross income amounted to €59,279 per year, whilst the average available income decreased to €42,579. In the town, 84,360 inhabitants recorded a total of 41,187 tax returns in 2013.

Second in the ranking came Matadepera, with an average gross income of €48,804 and an available income of €36,232.

Boadilla del Monte was ranked in third place, with an average gross income of €48,537 and an average available income of €353,85. Las Rozas was ranked fourth, with an average gross income of €47,148, just above Majadahona, with €46,173.

The average gross income of the more than 19 million income tax contributors amounted to €24,376 p.a. and the gross available income stood at €19,933 p.a.. Madrid and Barcelona accounted for 23 of the 25 towns with the highest incomes. Rocafort (Valencia) and Simancas (Valladolid) were the only towns to break the hegemony. Zafarraya (Granada) and Zahínos (Badajoz) were the towns with the lowest average gross income, recording €10,293 and €10,301, respectively.

The statistics contain data about gross income, income before tax, excluding tax credits and including exempt income, as well as about available income, which is gross income after tax, including social security contributions. It is worth noting that the information declared in the personal tax returns relates to all income received during the year, in other words, it includes retentions.

By autonomous region, Madrid took the lead with the highest average gross income (€31,766), ahead of Cataluña, which reported €27,540. Ranked between the two, however, were Ceuta and Melilla, with €31,152 and €29,209, respectively. This may be attributed in part to the fact that the percentage of tax contributors in Ceuta and Melilla is much lower, specifically, 32% and 31%, compared with the average of 46%. Asturias, with average gross income of €24,60, was the other autonomous region that was ranked above average (€24,602). Close behind it, although below the average, were Aragón (€24,561), the Balearic Islands (€24,241) and Cantabria (€24,159). The lowest average gross income figures were reported in Castilla-La Mancha (€21,028), Andalucía (€20,824) and Extremadura (€19,034).

Original story: Expansión (by Mercedes Serraller)

Translation: Carmel Drake

Boadilla del Monte Sees A Flurry Of House Construction & Price Rises

13 June 2016 – El Confidencial

It’s been just over six months since, in October 2015, the Community of Madrid approved the General Urban Plan for Boadilla del Monte. The decision by Cristina Cifuentes released all of the construction permits that had been pending approval and gave the green light, once again, to the sale of land in one of the richest municipalities in Spain. It also marked the end of the development plans designed by the former mayor of Boadilla, Arturo González Panero, “the Albondiguilla”, imputed for the Gürtel case and against whom the prosecutor has just ordered 40 years in prison.

Since that Wednesday in October (28 October 2015), Boadilla del Monte has been a genuine real estate hotbed. Land sales have multiplied and the cranes have arrived in abundance. Buyers’ appetites have been so great that off-plan sales are practically covered and the first price rises have started to be seen – in some cases, close to double digits – for the new projects that are coming onto the market.

“The stars have aligned positively in Boadilla del Monte. Land there had been consolidated and developed and the only outstanding item was the approval of the General Plan, which was delayed due to the General Election. Once that had been ratified and blessed by the Community of Madrid, the new developments had the legal security to start without any problems”, explained Luis Corral, CEO of Foro Consultores.

The expert also thinks that the appeal of Boadilla has benefitted from the paralysis that, by contrast, its neighbour Pozuelo de Alarcón is experiencing. There, the new areas of development are currently awaiting the approval of a series of municipal infrastructures, such as the famous rain water collector, which is essential to meet the needs of the new neighbours. The infrastructure requires an investment of almost €60 million – double the amount predicted in 2007 –the cooperative owners that bought the land have to cover around €30 million and the other owners of the land and the Town Hall have to cover the remaining €25 million.

“The suspension of the largest development in Pozuelo has meant that much of the demand with medium-high purchasing power is moving to neighbouring towns such as Majadahonda and Boadilla del Monte”, said Samuel Población, the National Director of Residential and Land at the consultancy CBRE.

Price rises

(…). According to Luis Corral…”a family home or chalet in Boadilla costs around €450,000, on average, compared with between €700,000 and €1,000,000 in Pozuelo…”.

Although the supply of land is greater, the pressure from buyers due to the natural demand in Boadilla del Monte and the unmet demand in Pozuelo, will start to have an impact on prices. According to data from Foro Consultores, less than a year ago, in July 2015, the average price for chalets under cooperative regimes amounted to around €1,400 /sqm, whereas now the price has increased by around 7% to €1,500/sqm.

The same has happened with direct promotions. In July 2015, the price per sqm amounted to around €1,500 and now, it has increased to €1,600/sqm. In other words, prices have risen by 6%. At first sight, these prices do not seem at all exorbitant, however the homes are all very large and so the final price is not suitable for all budgets.

Four hot spots in Boadilla

In this Madrilenian municipality, one of the richest in Spain, there are four hot spots where all of the real estate activity is happening: El Pastel, Las Cárcavas, Cortijo Sur and Cortijo Norte. (…).

“El Pastel has been completely urbanised, it is full of cranes and families are already living there. Las Cárcavas is slightly behind, but the first homes are already being handed over and there are also a few people living there, whilst Cortijo Sur is also urbanised and under construction and the first homes will be handed over within the next few weeks. Cortijo Norte is the most delayed, it has not been urbanised yet, although work has begun on the urbanisation project. Family homes are being constructed in every area”, explained Luis Corral. (…).

Original story: El Confidencial (by Elena Sanz)

Translation: Carmel Drake

RTVE Seeks RE Agent To Help It Sell 32 Buildings For €85M

7 June 2016 – Voz Pópuli

Spain’s national broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), wants to sell 32 plots of land and properties, distributed across Spain, for which it hopes to obtain proceeds of €85.6 million. The corporation has launched a competition, with a budget of €3.1 million, which aims to find an estate agent in the market of these buildings, which in several cases are empty or offer services that could be carried out in another one of its work centres. The so-called “idle assets”.

The jewel in the crown of this package of public goods is the plot of land measuring 245,000 sqm that RTVE owns in the Madrilenian suburb of Las Rozas, which is valued at €49.3 million and which is currently used as the broadcasting centre for Radio 1 and Radio 5 MW. The corporation plans to move these facilities (including the antennae, which are approximately 200 metres tall) to a cheaper, less densely populated area, which would allow it to generate profits from this real estate operation.

The real estate portfolio that will go up for sale also includes the headquarters of Radio Nacional de España, located in Calle de Roc Boronat in Barcelona, and inaugurated in 2007, when Luis Fernández was President (of RTVE) and the PSOE was in Government in Moncloa. The idea is to transfer this media centre to TVE’s studios in Sant Cugat del Vallès – which will cost €3.5 million – and sell off the headquarters.

The Directors of the corporation want the estate agent who ends up being awarded the contract to take care of the necessary legal procedures to change the urban classification of this estate to obtain higher revenues from the operation, according to details specified in the competition tender document.

Buildings all over Spain

The list of properties that RTVE wants to get rid off also includes a 26,000 sqm plot of land in the Madrilenian suburb of Majadahonda (€5.3 million), a building on Calle de Colón in Valencia (€4.57 million), another on Calle de la Albareda in Zaragoza (€3.4 million) and another on Avenida Ranillas, also in the Aragonese capital, which has been valued at €4.57 million.

The following assets in the portfolio also have prices that exceed the one million euro threshold: the RNE headquarters in Valladolid (€1.02 million), the corporation’s facilities at the Edificio Venus in Murcia (€1.47 million) and the office in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (€1.46 million). The portfolio due to be sold also includes buildings and plots of land in Alicante, Mérida (Badajoz), Cádiz, Gerona, Granada, Jaén, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lérida, Monforte de Lemos (Lugo), Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Pontevedra (Vigo), Santander, Tarragona, Teruel and Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). (…).

Original story: Voz Pópuli (by Rubén Arranz)

Translation: Carmel Drake

Pozuelo Consolidates Its Position As The Richest City In Spain

2 March 2016 – Expansión

Families living in Pozuelo have the highest incomes in Spain (€70,298) and Parla has the highest active population rate, at 70.5%. The cities with the highest average incomes in Spain are the Madrilenian suburbs of Pozuelo and Majadahonda – €56,164 – and Sant Cugat del Vallès, in Barcelona – €52,881 – which quintuple the average income in Torreviaje (Alicante) – €13,977 – the lowest.

The figures relate to 2013 and have been extracted from the Urban Indicators study published yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) for the European Urban Audit project, which compiles information about the living conditions in European cities and in the case of Spain, includes information about the 109 largest towns, on the basis of population density and the size of the urban centre.

After Torrevieja, the lowest average incomes are found in Sanlúcar de Barrameda and La Línea de la Concepción, both in Cádiz, with averages of just over €17,000.

The four cities with the highest active population rate in Spain are located in Madrid. Behind Parla, the ranking includes Fuenlabrada (69.4%), Torrejón de Ardoz (67.7%) and San Sebastián de los Reyes (67%). By contrast, the towns with the lowest active population rates are located in the North of the country. The lowest rate is in León (50.6%), followed by Ferrol (51.4%), Gijón (51.5%) and Avilés (52.1%).

The study also shows that the richest city in Spain, i.e. Pozuelo, is the one where unemployment is lowest, at 9%, followed by Las Rozas (10.2%), San Cugat de Vallès (10.4%) and Majadahonda (10.7%). These figures come in stark contrast to the rates of 42.3%, 40.1% and 39.4% registered in the towns with the most unemployment, namely Sanlúcar de Barrameda, La Línea de la Concepción and Jerez de la Frontera, all in Cádiz. (…).

If we consider employment by sector, then Elda (Alicante), Rubí (Barcelona) and Torrejón de Ardoz are the towns with the highest proportion of jobs in the industrial sector, whilst Pozuelo de Alarcón, Benidorm (Alicante) and Girona are the employment leaders in the services sector.

Barcelona is the city with the highest number of overnight tourists, with more than 18 million, followed by Madrid, with just over 17.5 million, Benidorm with 13 million and Palma de Mallorca with 8 million. Finally, the cities with the largest average household size were Pozuelo, Melilla and Ceuta, and those with the lowest were Huelva, Salamanca and Torrevieja.

Original story: Expansión (Mercedes Serraller).

Translation: Carmel Drake