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Title: Arenales hotel
Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on January 31, 2016, 12:59.
Pictures taken today January 31st
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Post by: Gordon Davies on January 31, 2016, 13:58.
Thank you Barry it's always good to get updates
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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on January 31, 2016, 14:00.
They are even working on Sunday so suppose they can afford overtime, double bubble
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Post by: Billogs on February 01, 2016, 22:59.
It will be great to see this up and running. It will be a big boost for Arenales and the square behind it
Gary
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Post by: kevinb on February 03, 2016, 18:36.
Would be a lot more fun if they blew it down with explosives.
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Post by: Calsh on February 03, 2016, 20:13.
Like the Santander cash machine????
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Post by: John H on February 04, 2016, 17:37.
Looks like demolition has started

Regards all

John


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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 04, 2016, 18:41.
Do not think they will  demolish it but will  just replace bits here and there where needed.
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Post by: John H on February 04, 2016, 18:53.
Hi Barry, from an article I read ;

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John


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Post by: BeachLife on February 04, 2016, 20:12.
There is a bit of a story about why they aren't fully demolishing it.

I think it's to do with the licence and permission to build there. They would never get planning permission to build it from scratch again - it would break all kind of "leys"

So as implied they will hold onto a small part of the structure and call it a "reform"


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Post by: John H on February 04, 2016, 20:47.
Spot on Rich


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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 04, 2016, 22:36.
Yes it will not be like a lidl, demolish and start again
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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 06, 2016, 12:54.
pictures today Saturday Feb 6
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Post by: Gemstone on February 06, 2016, 19:19.
Anybody know how much they bought it for ?
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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 11, 2016, 12:26.
picture from today 11th February. Workman using sledgehammers to take down the inner walls, would think there was a better way in the 21st century. Picture shows the new going up and the old coming down
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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 11, 2016, 12:36.
picture
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Post by: John H on February 11, 2016, 13:10.
Summer 2017 should see it looking like this



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Post by: gaveteran on February 11, 2016, 16:06.
Is that fenced-off beach at the back of it? It's hard to tell with those small photos. I was under the impression that was illegal, but like I say, it's hard to tell. I suppose it's about as illegal as building anything on a beach, it's obviously a grey area!

Either way, a welcome improvement, and at this point it actually looks likely!
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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 11, 2016, 17:31.
Would not be illegal with the amount of money they are investing, it is a company who already own a hotel in Benidorm
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Post by: bertdove on February 11, 2016, 17:52.
Probably would be illegal for a new-build.  Like the building itself they are relying on the consents given to the old hotel.

Bert
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Post by: gaveteran on February 11, 2016, 20:55.
Money has nothing to do with it. I have heard that Spain simply doesn't allow private beaches (quite right imho), but I can't recall where I heard it.
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Post by: Maricia on February 11, 2016, 21:09.
The company have a chain of successful hotels, including 4 in Benidorm.
BW
Maricia
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Post by: gaveteran on February 12, 2016, 09:22.
http://www.spanishpropertyinsight.com/legal/ley-de-costas-coastal-law/ has a very clear, and fascinating, explanation of the coastal laws. Seems very clear about fencing off sandy areas. Bit no-no.
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Post by: bertdove on February 12, 2016, 09:37.
As you say, the laws are clear.  But this is Spain...

Bert
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Post by: John H on February 18, 2016, 18:34.
There getting well stuck in


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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 25, 2016, 13:36.
Todays picture Feb 25
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Post by: bertdove on February 25, 2016, 15:59.
Looks as if they´re completely demolishing the old hotel behind the screens and building new, utilising the old planning permission.  Very Spanish!

Bert
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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 25, 2016, 16:13.
or may be leaving a small piece of existing somewhere
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Post by: John H on February 25, 2016, 16:25.
From what I read they are leaving a couple of columns standing



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Post by: Barry former GA Advertiser on February 25, 2016, 18:28.
anything to conform to regulations
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Post by: kevinb on February 27, 2016, 06:32.
Can't see how they can use of structure as it suffers from "Concrete Cancer" a defect that came to light years ago and causes crumbling of the concrete which is evident of the old building.
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Post by: Lesue on February 27, 2016, 09:30.
Don`t worry, there will be some highly qualified structural engineers involved with this build so it`s not going to collapse anytime soon.
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Post by: BeachLife on February 27, 2016, 10:17.
Not to mention all the asbestos they have had to shift in a highly specialised contained manner


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Post by: John H on March 06, 2016, 11:39.
Just had a walk down there, not as much demolished as I thought there would be.......only the non structural walls seem to have gone so far.
Lovely clear day.

Regards all

John