The Navarrese company Abaigar Promotion and Construction has requested the Pamplona City Hall building permit an aparthotel with 22 apartments in the centre of the Navarrese capital.
This aparthotel will be located on Sancho el Mayor Street, very close to the central Paseo of Sarasate, in the former headquarters of Alcazar Cinema, which closed its doors in the 70s, and next to the El Corte Inglés building.
In Abaigar, it is believed that this initiative “will contribute to the revitalization of this neighborhood of the second Ensanche”. The promoter assures that this is a “unique” action for the company, since most of its activity is oriented towards residential development.
In total, it will have a useful interior area of 1,860 square meters (2,150 square meters of built area). The execution of the works has an expected period of 14 months from its beginning, once the license is granted, and The forecast budget amounts to 1,691,588 euros, Abaigar states on his website.
The apartments will be located on the first and second floors. Each will have seven accommodations with double rooms, three in studio format and one with two double rooms.
On the upper floor there will be an outdoor space, while The commercial premises will be located on the ground floor, as well as the reception of the apart-hotel. The basement will include a storage area, an installation room and other services.
The construction site will respect the façade overlooking Sancho el Mayor Street. For the one on Tudela Street, the design “will be in continuity with the language and materials used in the façade of Sancho el Mayor,” according to Abaigar’s development director.
The intervention is due to the possibilities currently offered by the regulations in force for this property, by which Private houses cannot be built. Commercial exploitation, authorized a few years ago, made it possible to realize this project.
The building housed the former Alcázar cinema. As stated in the report submitted for the license, “Since its closure as a cinema in the 70s of the last century, the property has remained inactivewhich has had a very negative impact on its conservation and on the urban image of the Ensanche II zone,” they say from Abaigar.
