British Developers Unveil 100M-Euro Shopping Centre Plan for Marbella
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FREE COPY MALAGA CF THE NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHERN SPAIN REVEAL NEW Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD KIT WITH AN July 16th to 22nd 2021 www.surinenglish.com OLD TOUCH News . 2 Comment . 20 Lifestyle . 22 The vertical stripes on What to do . 30 Health&Beauty . 34 the first team’s shirts are Food&Drink . 36 reminiscent of their Sport . 37 in English Classified . 43 strips in the nineties P37 British developers unveil 100m-euro shopping centre plan for Marbella The mall project in the A shopping complex scheme be- The New York architecture Plaza de Toros area of the ing developed by Citygrove and studio KPF has been hired to Burlington for the Plaza de Toros create a project concept for the main town could be open (bullring) district of Marbella open-air centre with state-of- by Christmas 2023 if town is expected to involve an the-art materials and respect Police put their find deadlines are met investment of 100 million euros. for the environment at its core. on display this week. The project involves an area SALVADOR SALAS of underutilised land covering 30,000 square metres and in- Biggest drug transporting drone cludes a large car park and im- proved road access. in Spain found in Axarquía village The developers say they hope to have the centre open by Police searching premises in Almáchar came across the Christmas 2023 if all goes ac- aircraft with a wingspan of 4.35 metres that was used to cording to plan. P3 carry marijuana from Morocco to Spain. P4 Costa travel Summer ailments industry hopeful can be avoided as UK ‘Freedom with some easy- Day’ approaches P2 to-follow-tips P34-35 22222222 July 16th to 22nd 2021 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Ryanair and easyJet get ready for Relief as Costa stays on UK amber more British visitors from 19 July list while Balearics go amber again The leading airlines at pany’s schedule for the next win- Malaga Airport have ter season. P. MARTÍNEZ “As the number one airline in announced their future Spain, we are delighted to contrib- MALAGA. There was relief plans amid more optimism ute to the reactivating and growth among the Costa del Sol travel for the rest of the season of tourism in Malaga despite the industry on Wednesday when challenges of the Covid-19 pan- the UK government confirmed PILAR MARTÍNEZ demic,” he said. it was keeping mainland Spain McGuinness said he was “very on its amber list. MALAGA. Two leading airlines at happy with the demand in Malaga” There had been some fears Malaga Airport have announced and believes air traffic will recover that Spain could go onto the what plans they have in place for strongly this summer on the Costa red list, with much tighter flights as international travel del Sol where the airline has eleven quarantine restrictions when gradually returns to normal, es- aircraft based. holidaymakers return home pecially as vaccinated UK tourists Ryanair’s winter programme to Britain, as Spain has seen can visit Spain from Monday, 19 from October will include new a surge in cases, especially July, without quarantining on re- flights to Aarhus in Denmark; among young people, in the turn. Lanzarote; Paris Beauvais; Kau- last couple of weeks. Ryanair, the biggest airline by nas in Lithuania; Stockholm Ar- The Balearic Islands - Me- passenger numbers at Malaga Air- landa; Agadir, Riga and Turin. Takeoff at last for Malaga Airport flight levels?. ÑITO SALAS (FILE PHOTO) norca, Mallorca, Ibiza - move port, has said it will link 77 desti- back to amber again from nations to the Costa del Sol this EasyJet positive too pany has put an 11,916 addi- “We are delighted to see the re- Monday after just two weeks summer, with new routes to Bel- In a statement issued last Friday tional seats on sale to connect sponse to the elimination of [UK] on the green list, throwing fast, Fez, Menorca, Rabat, Pisa and after the UK government an- UK airports with Malaga. Easy- quarantine for fully vaccinated tour operators’ programmes Sofia. nounced the 19 July quarantine- Jet is one of the main operators residents returning from the and people’s holidays into The Irish budget airline believes rule easing, easyJet reported a connecting the British market countries on the amber list.” chaos. that it will fly some five million 400 per cent increase in flight res- with the Costa del Sol and has, In further optimistic news this José Luque of the Costa del passengers to and from Malaga ervations and a 440 per cent in- since June, had an operations week, the Port of Malaga received Sol hoteliers’ association said this year. crease in holiday bookings com- base in the city. its first cruise ship with interna- the important thing was to Jason McGuinness, Ryanair’s pared to the previous week for The general director of easy- tional passengers since March work to stay on the UK’s am- commercial director, was in Malaga countries on the UK’s amber list. Jet for the southern area of last year. Over 1,400 passengers ber list despite the rapidly in- this week to announce the com- To meet this demand, the com- Europe, Javier Gándara , said, came in on the Aida Perla. creasing local case rates. Embassy tells Brits in Spain simpler vaccine travel rules ‘are on the way’ SUR IN ENGLISH MALAGA. The British Embassy responded this week to the many UK expats expressing their unhappiness that their Spain-issued EU vaccination Tourists in Malaga on their way to their accommodation. S. SALAS certificates would not be valid to go to the UK and skip quar- antine this summer. Costa hotels are predicting they Spain is on the UK’s amber list, but only those people vac- will be over 60% full in August cinated in the UK’s NHS health system, effectively only peo- ple living in Britain, can avoid While countries like vised its forecasts upwards. quarantine on coming from German and France are So far, setbacks for the travel Spain. trade this week from some coun- The Embassy said on its Brits getting tougher on travel tries that are now advising in Spain Facebook page, “The to Spain, the UK’s against travel to Spain, such as [UK] government is taking a ‘Freedom Day’ relaxation Germany or France, or putting phased approach to amending is having a positive effect in place more restrictive meas- requirements and is already ures, such as Morocco, are be- exploring plans to remove P. MARTÍNEZ ing offset by the decision by the quarantine for vaccinated non- UK to relax travel rules for dou- UK residents arriving from am- MALAGA. A surge in bookings in ble-vaccinated British tourists ber countries later this sum- the last few weeks has left Costa from Monday. mer, when it is safe to do so.” hoteliers optimistic that they will President of Aehcos, José Lu- The Embassy added that reach 63 per cent occupancy in que, said, “We foresee an im- British expats can opt for the August and almost 60 per cent in provement in reservations and Test and Release scheme July. The analysis comes from an increase in demand for the which allows UK quarantine Aehcos, the local hotel opera- Costa del Sol, which could go up to be reduced from 10 to five tors’ association, which has re- further in the coming days.” days. July 16th to 22nd 2021 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS British developers behind 100-million- euro Marbella shopping complex plan Currently in the ate a project concept with state- development and of-the-art materials and planning phase, it could with “respect for the environ- be open by Christmas ment” as an architectural cornerstone. 2023 if deadlines are met De Ligne said, “It will be a mixture of several concepts: with J. DUEÑAS / N. HESKETH an open-air shopping centre, which would be more of a ‘mall’, MARBELLA. British developers Ci- public areas and car parking.” tygrove and Burlington are be- “In a place like Marbella and hind plans to create a shopping the Costa del Sol you have to complex in the Plaza de Toros make the most of the wonderful (bullring) area of Marbella town climate,” he emphasised. with a total investment of 100 An artist’s impression of how the new futuristic complex may look. SUR million euros. Interest already At the moment they are “im- Some potential business clients mersed in the development and have already expressed their in- The prestigious pends not only on us, but also and close to La Cañada mall. The planning phase that we hope to terest in the project and the de- New York architecture on third parties. I believe that area has been underutilised for be able to conclude this year,” velopment director has con- we must make an effort to meet some time and, among its plans, explained Manuel Gonzalo de firmed, “Some of them do not studio KPF, which holds that deadline because it will the council also wants to add a Ligne, Citygrove’s director of de- yet have a presence in Spain but several international benefit all,” he added. large public car park and im- velopment in Spain. they are interested in Marbella awards, has been hired The Plaza de Toros area in proved road access. The prestigious New York ar- because of its international to create a project concept Marbella - not to be confused Architects KPF are behind chitecture studio KPF, which image.” with the bullring in nearby much of the eyecatching new holds several international “Our goal is to be able to open Puerto Banús - is in a key loca- building in inner London, awards, has been hired to cre- by Christmas 2023 but it de- tion at the gateway to the town including the City’s Heron Tower.