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The consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield has published its forecast figures for the real estate sector, according to its data, investment in the sector stands at 10,500 million euros in Spain.

Barcelona has been placed at the top of national investment, with a total of 2,974 million euros this year, surpassing Madrid, which closed the year with a total investment of 2,063 million euros.

According to the consultancy’s data, the investment market in Barcelona owes its success to the office segment, mainly in the 22@ district, which has generated an investment of €1,995 million, representing an increase of 164.2% compared to 2020 and 13.4% compared to 2019. The highest figure in the city since 2007.

In terms of investor profile, foreign buyers continue to dominate investment, accounting for more than 70% of the volume of transactions, although domestic investors have become more important than last year.

This is the first multilevel logistics project in Spain, which will be located in Molins de Rei and will culminate with another similar centre in Castellbisbal.

The real estate company Goodman has inaugurated its new logistics centre in Molins de Rei (Barcelona), a 32,000 m2 multi-storey building, the first in Spain, which will become the most technologically advanced facility of the multinational DSV.

Goodman responds to the new logistics challenges and the Goodman Country Manager assures that “the future is to grow vertically”, as the uniqueness of the project comes from the environment itself, a land with a steep slope and surrounded by mountains. Growing vertically, with this type of development, means a saving of more than 30% of the land consumed.

This first multi-plant logistics warehouse will be fully automated with AutoStore technology and the company is already building a second multi-plant centre in Castellbisbal, scheduled to open in March 2022.

Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport has recovered 52% of its pre-pandemic long-haul routes.

Barcelona airport has recovered 39 of the 74 intercontinental air routes it had before the pandemic. Africa is currently the continent with the most intercontinental flights from Barcelona, with a total of 23 routes. In the Middle East, five destinations have been restored, in Latin America two, in Asia one and in the United States up to seven destinations.

El Prat records encouraging figures after the pandemic, passengers have increased by 212% in September compared to 2020 figures, with mobility restrictions due to the pandemic.

The pre-pandemic figures have not yet been recovered, as passenger traffic at the airport was down 48.4% compared to September 2019.

The City Council and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, together with the companies Cervasa and Neinor, have created the public-private affordable housing operator HMB.

Habitatge Metròpolis Barcelona is the new project presented by Ada Colau, mayor of Barcelona and president of the AMB, a public-private operator that plans to build 4,500 affordable homes throughout the metropolis within eight years.

The total investment is 600 million euros, with the public sector participating 50% (25% AMB and 25% the City Council) and the private sector participating 50% through the company NICRent Residencial, created by the companies Cervasa and Neinor.

This large project will be developed in four phases, the first phase foresees to start building the first 640 homes in 3033-2023, with a rent of between 400 and 750 euros/month in Barcelona, Sant Boi, Montgat and Sant Adrià del Besòs.

Ada Colau boasted of “innovation in public policies to meet the needs of the population, with a public-private partnership to expand the rental stock and guarantee that it will be protected forever”.

Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Activa have teamed up with several Catalan universities to promote a programme of 840,000 euros to promote a programme for the creation of start-ups.

Jaume Collboni, the first deputy mayor of Barcelona, presented last November the Barcelona Deep Tech Node programme to promote the creation of scientific-technological start-ups, with the alliance of some of the main Catalan universities.

This alliance involves the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). 

The aim of the Barcelona Deep Tech Node will be to accelerate access to the market and promote the creation of start-ups with a scientific and technological base. The programme will have a budget of 840,000 euros, of which 470,000 euros will come from the City Council, 300,000 from the universities and 70,000 from different promoters.

During the presentation of the project, Collboni stressed that “With this initiative we are continuing our commitment to an economy and start-ups that are more oriented towards knowledge and science, generating value-added economic activity, attracting talent and boosting the arrival of new investment in Barcelona”.

The four pillars on which this initiative will work are the main challenges facing deep tech startups: funding, market fit, talent attraction and international promotion.

This hub located in Cornellà de Llobregat will incorporate 400 people who will be in charge of the creation and development of the main digitalisation programmes.

PepsiCo announced last quarter the creation of a global hub in Cornellà de Llobregat, scheduled to be fully operational in 2024. The launch of this technology centre will generate around 400 jobs in the Catalan capital and a major boost for innovation.

Athina Kanioura, EVP, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer PepsiCo Global, highlights that “The digital hub will enable Pepsico to drive its digitalisation agenda, capture new opportunities, introduce changes in the way it works and address common organizational challenges such as reducing operational costs, improving time to market, accelerating innovation, developing the customer experience and increasing organisational efficiency”.

The creation of this hub in the metropolitan area of Barcelona is a great attraction for international talent, as they have already started the recruitment process and have incorporated more than 45 people, from 15 different nationalities, with profiles such as Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers, Service Designers and Product Managers.

The Mobile World Congress, which has been held in Barcelona since 2006 and gathers around 2,500 companies and more than 100,000 visitors from all over the world, will continue in Barcelona, at least, until 2024. This is the commitment signed between the Fundación Barcelona Mobile World Capital and the GSMA. The impact that the congress has on the city’s economy is estimated at around 500 million euros.
https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/gracia/ca/noticia/ratificat-lacord-per-celebrar-el-mobile-world-congress-a-barcelona-fins-al-2024_969607

The e-commerce giant Amazon has announced the opening of a new logistics center in the Can Roses area of ​​Rubí. The new facilities will occupy 25,540 square meters and add to the rest of those that Amazon already has in Catalonia: the logistics and distribution centers of Prat de Llobregat, Martorelles, Castellbisbal and Barberà del Vallès, the urban center of Barcelona, the service center SMEs and the artificial intelligence research space located at 22@ in Barcelona.
https://www.ara.cat/economia/Amazon-obrira-estacio-logistica-Rubi_0_2478952167.html

Foreign investment captured by the Generalitat de Cataluña in 2019 reached 365.2 million euros, a figure that represents 13% more than in the previous year, and which has led to the creation of more than 5,700 jobs (+ 5.5%) and the maintenance of an additional 1,350 (+ 6.3%). 80% of the volume of foreign investment attracted has gone to the industry, mainly to the sectors of the pharmaceutical, automotive, chemical and plastics industries.
https://www.accio.gencat.cat/ca/accio/premsa-comunicacio/cercador-premsa-actualitat/article/2020-08-07-Inversio-estrangera-captada-generalitat-2019

Seat recently announced an investment of € 5 billion through 2025, which will go mainly to boost the electric car business. The figure made public exceeds by 52% the 3,300 million that the car company invested in the period 2015-2020. The objective is to be able to start manufacturing electric cars in Catalonia in five years’ time, according to sources from the company itself.

https://www.ara.cat/economia/Seat-anuncia-inversio-Martorell-cotxes-electrics_0_2486151467.html

According to official data made public by AENA, Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat closed 2018 with 50,172,457 passengers, a 6.1% more than in 2017. Passengers of international flights have increased a 6.2%, up to a total of 36,668,175. With regard to goods freight, in 2018 172,940 tonnes were moved from Barcelona-El Prat, a 10.8% more than during the previous year. 14,758 tonnes were moved in December, a 12.1% more than in December 2017.

 [01/22/2019]