Barcelona Economic Triangle claims major development milestones

The three flagship projects that make up the Barcelona Economic Triangle have achieved important development milestones, Spanish officials announced at the Mipim real estate fair in Cannes on Wednesday. The three projects are the massive 22@Barcelona regeneration project, the Deltabcn project near Barcelona's El Prat international airport and the science and technology park Parc de L'Alba.

The government of Catelonia and Barcelona City Council said in a joint statement that 22@Barcelona, which covers the equivalent of 115 city blocks, has attracted four major occupiers who will move in this year. Spanish telecoms regulator (CMT) and telecoms provider Telefonica are to move into new buildings totalling 12,000 m² and 30,000 m² respectively. The Catalan audiovisual regulator CAC and RBA, the Spanish publisher of National Geographic are to move into buildings totalling 3,00 m² and 21,000 m².

Construction work is underway on all four buildings. International advertising agency Ogilvy will also move into a new 16,000 m² property in 2011.

Meanwhile, construction work has begun on the 4000,000 m² Deltabcn project which is anchored by a wind tunnel research facility. The government agencies said the first phase at Parc de L'Alba will be handed over to the scientific community in 2011.