EDDEA joins the ‘Sevilla City One’ initiative in support of sustainable and efficient urban growth in the city

EDDEA has joined ‘Sevilla City One, Metrópolis del Sur’ as a partner. This strategic alliance of Spain’s leading property developers, working with Seville City Council and the Andalusian Government (Junta de Andalucía), aims to make the city and its metropolitan area a benchmark for sustainable urban growth, with a commitment to achieving climate neutrality before 2030.

José María de Cárdenas, partner and co-founder of EDDEA, recalls that “through Citythinking, our firm took part from very early on in shaping Sevilla City One, contributing our grain of sand to the first brainstorming sessions, convinced that our city would welcome this initiative to showcase our social, cultural, business, natural and historic heritage”.

In his view, Seville is positioned “within the competition between mid-sized cities in Europe that are trying to win the battle to improve their citizens’ quality of life, focusing on development, employment, the sustainable construction of the urban habitat and greater competitiveness”.

“Today, with the Sevilla City One initiative now mature and running at cruising speed, we believe our experience in other cities in Europe, Asia and Africa can help inspire new strategies, action plans and content to achieve the ambitious goal that unites us all in this project: making the capital a benchmark as a major city of southern Europe,” he adds.

Urban transformation

According to the organisation’s figures, one of the indicators of the current transformation of Seville and its metropolitan area is property development, which together with construction accounts for 15% of the province’s GDP. The city is immersed in major urban developments, and the south currently concentrates around 50% of new projects, mainly in Palmas Altas, Villanueva del Pítamo and Entrenúcleos.

This transformation, Sevilla City One points out, will respond to demand from the metropolitan population, which has grown by 90,000 inhabitants – growth that largely explains the movement of residents to the first ring of surrounding towns, given the lack of supply in Seville itself.

In the short term, there is a pool of fast-maturing land for 20,000 homes, plus a further 14,500 units under some form of subsidised scheme. Land for almost 6,000 homes is currently at the residential development stage.