In May, the Consortium awarded Pujol and Cruz Arquitectos the execution project for 80,000€ (VAT not included) and a period of 30 days
This project symbolizes the commitment and loyalty between institutions, having been launched through an agreement between the Ministry of Finance, the City Council and the Free Trade Zone.
The rehabilitation of the convent of San Agustín de Jerez as a Business Center promoted by the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz is closer to being a reality. On the morning of last Friday, July 26, the Cádiz Institution proceeded to formally request the Jerez City Council for the corresponding works license for the recovery of the property, once all the procedures that allow the public tender for the works, which will be carried out in the coming days, have been satisfactorily completed.
It should be remembered that this project symbolizes the commitment of the Free Zone with the city of Jerez and is the result of collaboration between institutions. In fact, the starting signal for its implementation was the signing of a collaboration agreement signed at the end of September of last year by the Undersecretary of the Treasury, Pilar Platero; the mayor of the city, María José García Pelayo; and the Special Delegate of the State in the Cádiz Free Zone Consortium, Jorge Ramos Aznar.
Likewise, and with the aim of speeding up the deadlines, the Consortium, once the technical report had been drafted, presented in April to the Culture Delegation of the Junta de Andalucía the project to begin the necessary archaeological work prior to the start of the action, as well as the authorization for the deposit of materials, as it is a listed building and, therefore, seeking, through its rehabilitation, its recovery as an emblematic building of the city.
Finally, on May 10, the Consortium awarded, through a public bidding process, to Pujol y Cruz Arquitectos S.L.P. the contract for drafting the execution project, for an amount of 80,000 euros (VAT not included) and a delivery period of 30 days (contract financed by European Funds, within the framework of the ERDF Operational Program of Andalusia 2007-2013). This initiative already had a basic project from the Jerez City Council itself, which served as a starting point for the drafting of the final execution project.
Once all these necessary procedures have been satisfactorily completed, the works are ready to be undertaken, a fact for which the corresponding works license has been requested from the Consistory. In parallel, the Consortium plans to put out to tender the works through a public tender in the coming days, for an amount of approximately 6 million euros and a completion period of 12 months. The presentation of offers will have a period of 36 days from their submission to the OJEU, a date that will be informed in a timely manner in the Contractor's Profile on the website www.zonafrancacadiz.com. This procedure will be carried out once it is authorized by the Executive Committee of the Consortium at its meeting next Tuesday, July 30.
Design of the new Business Center
The rehabilitation project of the convent includes the recovery of the main cloister of the property and the annex building to put it at the service of the city, creating a Business Center available to entrepreneurs and small self-employed people, who will have their own space to generate employment and wealth. in Jerez.
The new Business Center will be a state-of-the-art, modern and functional building, with an area of 4,500 square meters, distributed over three floors high that will have 49 offices with surfaces between 15 and 60 square meters. The property will also have multiple-use and shared meeting rooms with spaces intended to support entrepreneurs and companies that set up shop. The rehabilitation of the old convent, currently in disuse, will symbolize the union between historical Jerez and the Jerez of the future through two elements, stone and glass.