For some, this is a grotesque eye. For others, it is a crucial step in turning Benidorm into a Mediterranean Miami.
In any case, after 17 years of setbacks, the huge Intempo skyscraper is finally completed. It is 187 meters high and is the tallest apartment building in the European Union. Its twin towers also have the fastest elevator in Spain, rising at 4.2 meters per second and reaching the top in 52 seconds.
The skyscrapers of Costa Blanca Resort are comparable to those of Manhattan or Hong Kong, with 80 blocks over 25 stories high, but Intempo’s 47 stories keep them all in the shade.
The tops of the towers are connected by a diamond-shaped structure, and the price of a penthouse is approximately 2 million euros (£1.73 million). The rest of the building starts at 257,000 euros.
This timing seems disastrous, because resort towns such as Benidorm have been the first to be affected by the sharp decline in overseas tourists. However, according to the promoter Uniq Residential, 100 of Intempo’s 256 apartments have been pre-sold—about 60% were sold to the Spanish, and the rest were sold to Russians, Scandinavians, and Germans. And the Belgian.
However, Britons, who make up 40% of Benidorm visitors, will not move in.
Michelle Baker of YouTube channel Benidorm Forever said: “I don’t think that Britons with so much money will spend money in Benidorm.” “It’s too uncoordinated.
“Wealthy people don’t go to Benidorm often. Unless you rename it, you will have a hard time attracting high-priced customers. Fast forward 50 years and this may be a different story.”
Benidorm’s raison d’être is tourism, and the epidemic has had a catastrophic impact on its economy. But, as Baker pointed out, Benidorm does have two: one is rich in Poniente beach where Intempo is located, and the other is less affluent in Levante.
Baker said she appreciates the new development and rejected the ugly claim. “Besides Intempo, there are Sunset Beach Building and Delfin Tower,” she said. “The prediction is that the Poniente area will become the Miami of Benidorm… To me, they are outstanding architectural works, absolutely gorgeous.”
Intempo has gone through many hands. Its current owner, the SVPGlobal Fund, paid 60 million euros to acquire the debt of the building from Sareb. Sareb is known as the “bad bank” and aims to clean up tens of thousands of unfinished properties after the Spanish real estate bubble. . It broke out in 2008.
The resort is set in Batman: The World, and the anthology will be published by DC Comics in September. The award-winning Spanish graphic artist Paco Roca said that he chose it because its skyscraper looks like “somewhere between Las Vegas and Gotham.”
