The Executive Committee of the Cádiz Free Trade Zone approved yesterday morning the award to the UTE Nacimiento, Infraestructura y Medioambiente SA-Vimac SA-Construcciones Francisco Manzano SL of the rehabilitation works of the San Agustín Convent in Jerez de la Frontera, for an amount of 4,045,633.84 euros (VAT included) financed by the Feder Funds of the European Union, and a deadline one-year execution. The Consortium, which put out to tender the works on August 2 and 24 offers were presented, expects that the works will begin this coming month of December.
With this award, the Consortium completes a very important phase for which it has been working for a year in order to give maximum agility to all the necessary procedures so that this initiative, which will enhance an important asset of the city of Jerez, sees the light in the shortest period of time possible. Thus, the Jerez City Council gave its approval a few days ago to the construction license in its local Government Board, chaired by the mayor, María José García-Pelayo.
It is worth remembering that the starting signal for the launch of the initiative to recover the old convent of San Agustín as a business center was the signing of a collaboration agreement signed at the end of September 2012 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.
The creation of a business center in San Agustín represents a significant public investment aimed at generating wealth, promoting entrepreneurship and supporting SMEs in the city and throughout the province and, due to its strategic location, will contribute to giving life to the commercial center of Jerez.
The project has a double objective; On the one hand, it will enable the architectural recovery of an old convent that is in a dilapidated state, and, on the other hand, it will allow the creation of modern and functional equipment 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 have a total area of approximately 4,500 square meters, distributed over three floors high that will have 49 offices with areas 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 initiative also includes redevelopment and adaptation works on part of Puerto Street, covering an area of 2,278.38 m2.