Arauz (Telde) Takes Off: Green Light for 31 Homes After Years of Blockade
The Local Government Board approves the first major construction permit in the area, marking the start of its urban development.
By Jonay Mesa Rodríguez
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Image of the Arauz development in Telde, showing buildings under construction and machinery.
The Arauz development in Telde begins its progress with the approval of a permit to build 31 homes, commercial spaces, and garages, ending a long period of administrative paralysis.
The Arauz sector in Telde is consolidating its urban revival with the granting of a major construction permit. The Local Government Board has authorized the construction of a building that will include 31 homes, two commercial premises, 22 garage spaces, and 32 storage rooms on José Benítez Calixto street, corner of Gunther Kunkel street. This is one of the first residential developments to receive approval in the area after years of administrative and urbanistic blockade.
The permit, promoted by the entity Gratec SA, represents a significant step in the recovery of one of Telde's key expansion areas. The City Council is currently completing the works that will allow the definitive urbanization of the sector, which had been paralyzed for over two decades.
The Urban Planning Department, led by Desirée Hernández, processed the authorization after obtaining favorable technical and legal reports. The project includes a building with a semi-basement and five floors, covering a built area of over 3,600 square meters, and is compatible with the current state of the sector's infrastructure.
This approval demonstrates Arauz's growing attractiveness for residential investment and confirms that the de-blocking measures promoted by the City Council are already generating concrete actions. It is expected that, as the urbanization works progress, more applications will arrive to develop plots that had remained inactive.
In parallel, the Roads and Works Department, coordinated by Iván Sánchez, is in the final phase of infrastructure works. These include improvements to the road network, sidewalks, sanitation, water supply, drainage, telecommunications, and public spaces, essential for definitively completing the urbanization and the planned residential development.
Municipal reports indicate that the urbanization works are in a very advanced stage, with final reception expected in the coming months. This has allowed the simultaneous execution of urbanization and construction to be authorized, although the homes cannot be occupied until the urbanization is fully received and operational.
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"Arauz is one of the best examples of the roadmap we set at the beginning of our term: solving historical problems, unblocking entrenched files, and generating opportunities for the city's development. For years, people talked about Arauz, but no effective steps were taken. Today, we see how the works are progressing, how the first permits are arriving, and how the future of this sector is beginning to materialize."
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"The granting of this permit is magnificent news because it shows that confidence has returned to Arauz. When a development progresses, when administrations fulfill their commitments, and when there is legal certainty, investment responds. This project is a clear sign that the work done is yielding results."
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"The completion of Arauz will mean a very important transformation for Telde. We are talking about a strategic area for the city's orderly growth, capable of generating new residential supply and responding to a housing demand that exists in our municipality today."
Mayor Juan Antonio Peña also acknowledged the efforts of the involved departments, highlighting the work of the Roads and Works Department in completing long-awaited infrastructure and that of the Urban Planning Department in expediting files with all technical and legal guarantees.
The approved permit marks one of the first visible results of Arauz's recovery process, a sector that was conditioned by the lack of urbanization for over two decades. With works in their final phase and the first developments receiving municipal authorization, the area is positioning itself as a major residential growth space for Telde in the coming years.
