About 25% of buildings are vacant in the historic centre of Évora
The Ministry of Finance building, in the city preparing to be the European Capital of Culture, has been abandoned for over a decade.

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The Ministry of Finance building, in the city preparing to be the European Capital of Culture, has been abandoned for over a decade.

Mandate contracts with SRU and Gebalis aim to refurbish homes, health centres, schools, nurseries, and public spaces. Opposition councillors deemed the funds “insufficient”.

Four proposals discussed and approved this Wednesday at the local authority's public meeting include amendments to mandate contracts with Sociedade Lisboa SRU and Gebalis.

Shops in downtown Coimbra are closing, and dozens of buildings are left vacant and at risk of collapse. In just one month, there have been two structural failures. The local council admits it may proceed with expropriations.

The project is being managed by the consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield and is scheduled for completion next June. The intervention focuses on the refurbishment of common areas, green spaces, and facades.

The religious building, abandoned since 2001, is undergoing works to create 15 homes. Porto City Council confirms the partial demolition of the city’s last cloistered convent.

Abandoned since 2001, the religious building is part of a development site that already contains other buildings.

The western area of the city, featuring disordered land, illegal construction, and degraded municipal neighbourhoods, yet with good access and a riverside with great development potential. The eastern side of Setúbal is resurging, drawing an easy analogy to the work that began four decades ago in the eastern area of Lisbon, now known as Parque das Nações. Maria das Dores ...
