Marbella's Growth in Nagüeles: Over 700 Homes, Green Areas, Roads, and a Luxury Hotel

The Local Government Board of the Marbella City Council green-lighted at its last meeting the recovery of the Partial Plan of Arroyo de la Cruz, a project from the 90s, which along with existing plans for the areas of Marbería and Las Monjas will outline the growth of the city in this area of Nagüeles. The three plans cover a total area of over 570,000 square meters, on which 705 housing units, a commercial area, recreational areas, green zones, public facilities, and roads will be developed.

Marbería: Affordable Housing, Commercial Area, and More

With a total area of 318,351 square meters in the western part of Nagüeles, it is the largest of the three areas and will host the most housing units: 385, of which 166 will be protected. The planning criteria adhere to a low-density residential-touristic development model.

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The urban development initiative, whose sectorization plan was approved by the city council in April 2024, includes 71,000 square meters of general free systems arranged around two river parks coinciding with the existing streams in the area. Additionally, there will be 2,300 square meters for commercial use, over 52,000 for green areas, leisure, and recreation for the residents, and another 12,000 for public facilities.

Arroyo de la Cruz: 232 Housing Units and a Hotel

The Partial Plan rescued by the City Council covers an area of 154,000 square meters located south of the highway and very close to the La Meridiana area. The project is 50 percent through its processing thanks to the step taken by the City Council in rescuing it, as administrative acts have been preserved. The 'trade-off' is that, being governed by the law in force at the time it was initiated, there will be no reservation for affordable housing.

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The 232 contemplated housing units, which will be both multifamily and single-family, will be free-market, and alongside this, there will be a luxury hotel with a few rooms from a major international brand occupying 52,000 square meters.

Additionally, the planning reserves 40,000 square meters for general free space systems in this plan whose execution will involve an investment of 96.2 million euros between the residential and hotel projects (90) and the infrastructure (6.2).

Las Monjas: Vegetation, Roads, and 88 Houses

Of the three urban development projects in the Nagüeles area, the smallest is the Partial Plan of Las Monjas. The General Urban Planning Plan (PGOU) anticipates 141 housing units, but the project opts to increase the buildability and produce fewer units: 88 in total, in two areas of 44 each, all single-family and half of them semidetached. The two residential areas will occupy 61,781 of its 98,118 square meters.

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Up to 20,839 square meters will be free areas and 1,775 will be dedicated to facilities and infrastructure, including educational (1,000) and social cultural (176). The execution of the Partial Plan of Las Monjas will allow the completion of the urban grid in this area, with a primary roadway connecting the knot of the adjacent highway with Arroyo de las Piedras with the rest of the developments up to the northern limit of the sector, which will intersect with the area it borders with a roundabout, as well as the intersection with Calomela street of the Arroyo de las Piedras development.

Furthermore, the execution of this plan will allow for the organization of a unique development and the preservation of vegetation, particularly the mass of pine trees in the southern part of the sector and the double alignment of cypresses in the southeast. The green areas will act as elements of protection from the highway and from the stream and riverbank of the Nagüeles stream, reducing its noise and environmental pollution.