In August 2025, the developer of Sector 20 La Hoya in Torrevieja, one of the largest residential complexes under development in Spain, comprising 1.8 million square meters with 7,400 residences and an additional 100,000 square meters of commercial space, finished the first of four stages of this macroproject. Last October, about 45% of this territory, or 825,000 square metres, was officially given up. Since then, the second phase, which includes municipal plots, may have started. The City Council is in charge of building more than 775 public housing units as part of the Generalitat’s Plan Vive initiative.
But work has not yet begun on building roads and providing basic facilities like lighting, sanitation, green spaces, drainage, signage, or water supply to make these lands urban plots.
The Urban Planning Department, led by Mayor Eduardo Dolón (PP), has officially asked the joint venture (UTE), which is mostly made up of Corpic (Urmosa) and Grupo TM, together with a third partner who owns about 15% of the interest, to follow the law. The joint venture has replied, and the city must now deal with this reaction, as sources within the governing team have have said.
The clock is ticking. In July 2025, the regional administration and the Torrevieja City Council said that giving out the Vive Plan in Torrevieja had gone well. This plan, which has the most dwellings in the area, is part of one of Spain’s biggest urban development plans, which includes the transfer of land for this purpose. The dwellings will be built utilising a land-for-construction concept. Companies would “pay” for the public land they will utilise by giving the City Council ownership of some of the homes. The bidding procedure was settled very swiftly, given how complicated it was from an administrative point of view. Also, a change to the partial plan is being finalised, which will make it lawful for the publicly funded buildings to have an extra story.
There is a legal requirement that the construction of the residential structures cannot commence until the second phase, which will cover an extra 641,981 square metres, is already underway. By April, the contracting businesses Abala (Hozono Global Group) and Livanto from the Basque Country should have gotten the permits they need. They are already working on getting them.
Green spaces
The joint venture won’t start construction since the City Council hasn’t taken care of the green areas in the first phase, even though Torrevieja has had a new parks and gardens department since 2025. However, sources that this newspaper spoke to said that the joint venture partners can’t agree on how to move forward with the second phase because of several differences. The joint venture is legally required to create this new phase, as well as the smaller third and fourth phases that will come after it.
But construction on the residential structures can’t legally commence until the second phase of the project, which will cover an extra 641,981 square metres, also starts. By April, the contracting businesses Abala (Hozono Global Group) and Livanto from the Basque Country should have gotten the permits they need. They are already working on getting them.
Recreating one of the apartment buildings shown in the Livanto project
The developer spent more than €30 million (including VAT) on the first phase, which is now finished. Many plots of land for business and residential purposes have been sold from this phase. Corpic is the only company selling the 100,000 square metres of commercial space close to the CV-905 freeway, as well as residential properties. The City Council has already given out several permits, including those that land buyers like Bauhaus and Consum have asked for. TM, on the other hand, has built its own land and is working on many phases of its projects, which will include about 300 residences. It has also built its headquarters and a commercial area.
It is thought that the second phase will cost about 12 million euros (including VAT).
Not only is the Vive en Torrevieja Plan’s development at risk, but previous Valencian president Carlos Mazón sold it twice. The second phase of the project must turn three plots of land, which are now set aside for two primary schools and a secondary school (which are currently housed in prefabricated classrooms), into public spaces. Also at stake is a flood control basin that will connect to the one along the CV-905, which is draining due to seepage.
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