Tag: penthouses

Aedas Expands into Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) with 100 New Homes

2 July 2018 – Eje Prime

Aedas Homes is extending its tentacles in Madrid and has reached Torrejón de Ardoz with its first residential project. The listed property developer is going to develop 100 homes in that municipality, which will constitute the Lángara urbanisation.

The homes, which include ground floor garden flats and penthouses with two, three and four bedrooms, have already gone on the market with prices starting at €165,000. The promotion will have a garden, a swimming pool, a gym, a children’s play area and a lounge bar in the common areas.

Lángara is designed for both first-time buyers and those looking to reposition themselves on the property ladder, according to Aedas. With more than 1.5 million m2 of buildable land in its portfolio, the property developer still has space to develop around 14,000 homes in Madrid, Cataluña, Sevilla, Costa del Sol, Levante and the Balearic Islands.

The plans of Aedas, in which the US fund Castlelake holds a stake, include reaching a handover rate that exceeds the number of homes under construction by 2022. The company led by David Martínez wants to achieve the break-even point after launching more than 2,000 homes this year: 2,500 in 2019 and peaking with 3,000 homes in 2020 and 2021.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake

Tiuna Invests €50M in the Luxury Residential Segment in Madrid

22 May 2018 – Eje Prime

Tiuna is adding new projects to its prime portfolio. The Spanish property developer, which specialises in luxury residential projects, has just finished the first of two phases of a residential development in Madrid. It is going to invest around €50 million in the project in total, according to sources speaking to Eje Prime.

The real estate company has placed twenty homes on the market located in one of the most exclusive areas of the Spanish capital, Parque Conde de Orgaz. At number 27 Avenida de los Madroños, the architecture studio Bueso-Inchausti & Rein has designed four floors of a building constructed on a plot of land measuring 7,341 m2.

The property developer has created three types of homes inside its latest project: ground floor homes with private gardens and individual swimming pools; homes on the intermediary floors with terraces; and triplex penthouses with gardens and swimming pools connected spatially by huge panes of glass. The private area of each home starts from 250 m2 upwards and they all have four ensuite bedrooms and terraces.

Similarly, the common areas of the urbanisation also comprise the typical garden areas, individual storerooms, between two and four parking spaces per unit, a gym and sauna with changing room.

The involvement of Bueso-Inchausti & Rein in this project is no coincidence. Not in vain, the three founding partners of the studio, Jorge Bueso-Inchausti, Alejandro Bueso-Inchausti and Pablo Rein, have been shareholders of the property developer since 1989, together with Germán Toro, founder of the real estate group in 1964, and his daughter Elisa. During its fifty-year life, the real estate company has built around forty developments.

The second phase of the project begins 

With 95% of the homes in this first phase sold, according to sources at Tiuna, the property developer is now starting work on the second phase of the project: a twin building located at number 29 on the same avenue, and expects to finish the work in 2020 (…).

Moreover, the property developer, encouraged by the strong performance of the residential sector in Spain, is currently holding negotiations to close the acquisition of two plots of land in prime locations in the Spanish capital (…).

Original story: Eje Prime (by Jabier Izquierdo)

Translation: Carmel Drake

ASG to Invest €30M+ in Luxury Residential Project in Salamanca

9 April 2018 – Inmodiario

ASG Homes has started to build Residencial España, an exclusive residential development containing 24 luxury homes located in the heart of Salamanca, in whose construction it is going to invest more than €30 million.

Following the demolition of the iconic Edificio España, ASG Homes is breathing new life into the plot overlooking the central Plaza de España to build what is going to be the most exclusive residential complex in Salamanca. A total of 24 luxury homes, all with a storeroom and 2 parking spaces included, will comprise 2-, 3- or 4-bedrooms with surface areas ranging from 100 m2 to 260 m2 for the largest penthouses, which will also have terraces spanning up to 75m2.

The development, which has been designed by the Architecture Studio owned by Chus Manzanares, will be equipped with the highest quality finishes and the latest home automation technology. Thus, it will offer owners the possibility of controlling their homes from a distance using their smartphones (…).

Homes supplied by 100% renewable energy

Residential España is also going to be the first development in the city to be supplied with 100% renewable energy through vertical geothermal energy, with heat pumps and PEX tubes to supply water and heating, obtaining high energy yields from its energy sources through a new system that uses the heat from the earth to warm homes. The system will use the heat source that is generated below the surface of the Earth and direct it to the building, whereby resolving 100% of the heating and hot water needs.

Similarly, Residential España will be revered for its high-quality common areas, which will include a 150 m2 spa-gym with a heated indoor pool on the ground floor, as well as a sensory shower, sauna and steam room and a fully-equipped gym (…).

Original story: Inmodiario 

Translation: Carmel Drake

Taylor Wimpey & La Cala To Build Largest Golf Complex In Southern Europe

31 July 2017 – Inmodiario

The Spanish subsidiary of the British property developer Taylor Wimpey Plc and the Irish hotel chain FBD Hotels and Resorts have signed a strategic alliance for the development of more than 600 homes over the next ten years, with a planned investment of more than €125,000,000.

The collaboration between Taylor Wimpey España and the hotel chain FBD Hotel and Resorts, which manages La Cala Resort, took its first steps back in 2014. As a result of that joint venture, Taylor Wimpey completed the first batch of residential properties (60 contemporary apartments called Miraval) in 2016. Now, it is promoting the project Horizon Golf comprising 48 apartments and 55 terraced houses, some of which will be completed this year and the rest of which will be handed over to their owners in 2018.

Through this alliance, La Cala Resort is consolidating its position as a unique destination for golf and relaxation in Spain, with three 18-hole golf courses, an exclusive 107-room 4-star hotel and a 1,300 m2 spa, tennis, padel and squash courts, and a football field. It also leads the ranking in terms of international residential tourism, with one of the best and most varied supplies of residential housing in low-density complexes, with panoramic views over golf courses, sea and mountains and all just 30 minutes from Málaga airport.

The complex brings together the best facilities demanded by the European public, not only for lovers of golf, but also for those who want to live in an environment that respects the environment, with perfectly kept roads and gardens and a 24/7 security service, just 5km from the town centre and beaches of Mijas Costa (…).

Project Horizon Golf offers two housing formats from potential buyers to choose from. On the one hand, it has terraced houses measuring more than 300m2, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus 90 m2 of terraces and solarium spread over four floors. Owners have the option of installing a private lift for easy access from the underground private car park to the panoramic solarium.

On the other hand, the complex has large apartments and penthouses with two and three bedrooms, and simple lounges leading onto spacious terraces measuring more than 30 m2. The penthouses are duplex spaces with solariums measuring more than 65 m2 (…).

The terraced houses currently have asking prices starting at €399,000 and the apartments are going for €280,000 (…).

Original story: Inmodiario (by Carmen Durán)

Translation: Carmel Drake

UNIQ Residential Hits The Ground Running

13 May 2017 – Press Release

Two and a half years after the creation of UNIQ Residential, its first project is in the process of being handed over in the heart of Barcelona.

RS257 (www.rs257barcelona.com), a project in the “Mayfair” equivalent of Barcelona located between the prime streets Paseo de Gracia, Diagonal and Rambla Catalunya was always going to be in high demand due to its location, but in addition, the thought that the UNIQ team has put into efficient layouts, flexibility of design and sustainability make this one of the most emblematic residential projects of 2017 in Spain.

The building had a protected facade originally designed by Robert Terradas, a Catalan rationalist architect who developed the original building in 1958, which OAB, the award-winning architectural office of Carlos Ferrater, managed to further enhance by keeping the original spirit, but creating bespoke windows which allow the apartments to have 14m of uninhibited light entering the living spaces.

RS257 is a project with 15 units, including 3 penthouses with unparalleled views of Barcelona overlooking the Tibidabo mountain, and the main streets of the Eixample district. The ground floor unit of RS257 is currently under negotiations to be let to an exciting global retailer and the project has received the first LEED silver certificate for a multi-residential building in Barcelona.

While UNIQ Residential is young as a company, the team has a vast experience in development projects. Its creation was the result of merging an executive team that over 40 years had developed over 100 projects in their prior life, with Urban Input, a boutique real estate asset management firm focused on commercial real estate for institutional investors and Mario Chisholm, a real estate investor who had spent his time in London previously, often focusing on the Spanish market.

“We are extremely excited by the completion of this unique project” says Mario Chisholm, one of the co-founders and board members of UNIQ, “We knew we were buying in a great location, but the success has exceeded expectations as we bought the building before the perception of Spain had changed, in early 2014. Since then, the economy has strengthened, banks are lending again and demand is strong for well-designed and well-delivered products in good locations. We are also thrilled about the progress UNIQ has made since its inception; the integration of the different teams has been incredible and the positivity, energy and drive UNIQ has to deliver future projects sets out an exciting future.”

Other than RS257, UNIQ is developing another 4 prime residential developments in Madrid and Barcelona. Keep an eye out, more to come soon!

About UNIQ Residential

UNIQ Residential is an urban developer founded in 2014 with a strategy and purpose to respond to a more informed flat buyer by focussing on the quality of projects through design. UNIQ’s management team has a breadth of experience in all areas of real estate development, from conception to completion and have been working together for 20 years, building over 100 developments. Currently, UNIQ has 6 live developments in Barcelona and Madrid and is looking to expand further across Spain.

Original story: Press Release

Edited by: Carmel Drake

 

Round Hill Capital Invests €250M In Luxury Homes In Málaga

1 December 2016 – Expansión

Round Hill Capital, one of the leading international real estate investment firms, has launched operations in Spain with an investment of €250 million in the luxury Palo Alto real estate development. The project that will be constructed on a plot of land measuring 50 hectares in Ojén (Málaga) and represents the entity’s first investment in Spain.

The project will be divided into six phases and reflects Ojén’s General Urban Development Plan (PGOU). The licence has already been granted for the first phase and construction will begin as soon as the tender has been awarded.  Six construction companies are currently competing to secure the bid.

Specifically, the first phase, which will be executed between January 2017 and the autumn of 2018, will involve the construction of sixty apartments and fifteen penthouses, which will be sold for between €440,000 and €1 million each.

At an event in Ojén yesterday, the architect and developer of the project, Matías Villarroel, explained that the land on which the housing development will be constructed was acquired from Sareb for €30 million. It represents one of the most important sales by the entity in the area. “The natural location is privileged and unique”, said the property developer.

According to Villarroel, Palo Alto “is going to put Ojén on the map with a development that will be talked about a lot in the future”. The urbanisation, which has panoramic views of the sea and mountains is just five minutes from the La Cañada shopping centre and thirty minutes from the Málaga-Costa del Sol airport.

Meanwhile, the mayor of the municipality, José Antoni Gómez, who also attended the event yesterday, said that a project like Palo Alto “represents a socio-economic boost for Ojén and for the coast as a whole”. Gómez said that this urbanisation will be “a balcony to the Costa del Sol and a door to the nature and mountains of Sierra de las Nieves”.

Original story: Expansión

Translation: Carmel Drake