08/05/2021 11:26 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 08/05/2021 11:26 AM
Eduardo Elsztain, owner of real estate developer IRSA, is used to dealing with neighbors who oppose his projects.
Sometimes, he manages to get his ventures ahead, as happened with the Los Arcos Shopping Center.
And others, he
decides to cancel them
, such as the shopping he planned to build in Caballito.
A month ago he announced a new project,
the company's largest so far
: Costa Urbana, in what was the Boca Sports City in Costanera Sur, with an investment of US $ 1.8 billion.
And Justice has just put a momentary brake on it, at the request of the
Civil Association Observatory of the Right to the City.
It happens that the development arises from an agreement between IRSA and the City of Buenos Aires.
For almost 30 years, IRSA has owned the land and seeks to approve different projects
without success.
Now it has agreed with the government of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
the assignment of 67% of the property to build a public park
, plus contributions to innovation and urban development funds for the equivalent of US $ 250 million.
According to IRSA, the park, which
will have 35 hectares
, is equivalent to five times the surface of the Lezama Park.
Costa Urbana urbanization project.
But to start, the agreement needs to be endorsed by the Buenos Aires Legislature.
And the Civil Association filed an injunction against the government and the legislature to
suspend voting until a public hearing is held.
And the Administrative Litigation Court No. 22
decided to grant the protection and suspend the legislative process
of the agreement between the City Government and IRSA until the Buenos Aires Executive presents the environmental impact studies of the project at a public hearing.
The land is neighboring the Ecological Reserve.
Eduardo Elsztain, president of the IRSA group, at the Costa Urbana presentation in early July.
The bill (N ° 1831-J-2021) was going to be dealt with this Thursday. The presentation made by the Civil Association says that it is understood that when
new urban planning regulations
enter the Buenos Aires Legislature as a bill, they
immediately
acquire legislative treatment
, "so the prior convocation to the hearing is an inexorable requirement."
In the ruling, signed by Judge William Martin Scheibler says that "goes without saying that when a versa planning agreement on changes to the rules governing large plots
whose valuation would
rise astronomically if adopted
, should also be
magnified in proportion of
revenues of transparency
regarding the studies and technical evaluations that support it and the possibilities of citizens to obtain information and give their opinion on the matter ".
From IRSA, they said that it is a matter that involves the Government and the Legislature, and they preferred
not to comment.
Costa Urbana will demand US $ 1.8 billion.
.
The total investment planned for Costa Urbana will be borne by IRSA and third parties.
The real estate project includes
6,000 homes,
offices, commercial premises, schools, a sanatorium and a 4.2-kilometer coastal walk with public access.
It is estimated that it will generate 10,000 jobs.
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