- A specific modification to the Málaga TechPark Partial Plan has been approved, allowing for the redistribution of building rights and use of certain plots where the implementation of the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center is planned.
The Málaga City Council continues to move forward with the process to bring IMEC to the city. Specifically, the Local Government Board has initially approved the modification of the Málaga TechPark Partial Plan, allowing for the redistribution of building rights and use of certain plots where it is planned to install the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center. Thus, the green light has been given to the specific modification of regulations of this planning instrument, dating back to 2008, with the aim of redistributing building rights and use of certain plots, as well as the aggregation of discontinuous plots with different building rights indices among them (I+DR5 and I+DP 1, I+DP 2, I+DP 3 and I+DP 4), without altering the general utilization of the sector. All with the goal of promoting the establishment of the research and development (R&D) center that IMEC – Interuniversity Microelectronics Center – will install in our city.
Regarding building rights, this parameter is extended for plot I+DR5 (from 0.690 to 1.017) and reduced in the case of I+DP1 (from 0.671 to 0.222). Regarding use, in these same plots, the garden area is reduced for I+DR5 (from 50% to 15%) and expanded for I+DP1 (from 35% to 50%). It is also being considered to modify the regulation to increase the maximum height from 15 meters to 34 for plot I+DR5 for the construction of a three-story building and to update the minimum dimensions of parking spaces to respond to the requirements of the current General Urban Development Plan.
The proposal also includes the modification of certain articles of the regulations related to the enclosure of the plot and two declassifications of public domain to improve the sustainability of all buildings on the plot.
Last January, it was publicly announced that Málaga would host the R&D center that IMEC, headquartered in Leuven (Belgium), would establish in Spain. The Málaga City Council, the Junta de Andalucía, and the Central Government have worked together to make this possible. IMEC is a world-renowned institute for semiconductor research and development, with around 5,000 researchers from 95 countries and about 600 industrial partners, including major companies in the high-tech microchip sector.