“"It is especially serious that the Town Council accepted this documentation without demanding its rectification, because, in this way, neither municipal technicians nor public representatives know the real previous acquisition price of the property, a fundamental piece of information for evaluating the operation."
Mogán Dismisses Appeal Against Unfinished Building Purchase
The Mogán town council has rejected an appeal concerning the acquisition of a property intended for public housing.
By Idaira Santana Dorta
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Stone town hall facade with balcony and iron railings, under warm afternoon sunlight.
The Mogán Town Council has dismissed an appeal filed against the direct acquisition of an unfinished building, which will be allocated for public housing, despite acknowledging previous urban planning irregularities concerning the property.
The municipal corporation of Mogán has rejected the appeal lodged by a businessman against the agreement for the direct purchase of a building that has been abandoned for 25 years. The operation, already formalized before a notary, involves the acquisition of the complex for 1.5 million euros, financed by a subsidy from the Canarian Housing Institute (Icavi), which depends on the Government of the Canary Islands.
Despite the appeal's dismissal, the municipal legal advisory has acknowledged to the appellant the urban planning history of the property, located at Guardia Juan Martín Quesada n.º 4. This building under construction, which includes 52 apartments, 64 parking spaces, and 35 storage rooms, was subject to a work stoppage order in 2001 due to the unlicensed demolition of a protected 18th-century mansion, known as Casa de Florita. Although the developer was ordered to restore the altered physical reality, this action was never carried out.
From the opposition, the NC-BC group has denounced the purchase as a “blind” operation, arguing that the selling company, Hoteles Nuevo Milenio S.L., concealed essential economic data in the deed, such as the total price of the operation and the taxable base of the IGIC. It has been pointed out that, had the purchase been made directly from the entity that sold the property to Nuevo Milenio, the town council could have saved more than one million euros, as some sources suggest the original price was 425,000 euros.
Municipal legal services have defended the direct acquisition, justifying its purpose for public housing and denying violations of subsidy regulations. They have also refuted that the property is located in a public domain or easement zone, and have confirmed that technical tests were carried out to verify the building's condition before signing.



