The Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has signed the act of replanteo to carry out urgent security works on the property located on Mayántigo Street, in Acorán. The intervention, budgeted at €112,500, aims to prevent access to the building until its demolition.
The Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has initiated security works at the so-called 'mamotreto de Añaza', the abandoned building located on Mayántigo Street, in the Acorán neighbourhood. The signing of the act of replanteo, carried out this morning in the presence of the Councillor for Urbanism, Zaida González, and municipal technicians, will allow the works to commence later this week.
The mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez, stated that the intervention is a preliminary step before the definitive demolition of the property, which already has an approved project. “We are working intensively to carry out that demolition, but while we wait, we are undertaking these works that aim to permanently close access to the building,” he explained.
The total investment amounts to €112,500, and the City Council has processed the contracts via emergency procedures due to the high danger of the site. In recent years, multiple incidents have been recorded due to uncontrolled access, with people entering the structure by bypassing existing protections.
Zaida González detailed the five main actions of the intervention plan. The first consists of repairing the perimeter fencing, followed by the removal of access to the path that borders the eastern fence. Access to the sixth floor from the ground will also be cancelled, and the stairs on floors 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be demolished. Finally, accessible openings in the façade will be secured with welded mesh and metal reinforcement profiles.
This last measure, valued at €34,000, involves sealing approximately 930 square meters of openings to definitively prevent access to the interior. “The subsidiary execution file that will make it more difficult for people to access a property that has become a point of extremely high risk is finally concluding,” the councillor stated.
The abandoned hotel, a gigantic concrete skeleton shaped like a 'Y' and 22 stories high, was conceived in 1973 as an exclusive hotel complex. However, construction was halted the following year due to the bankruptcy of the promoting German company, leaving a ruin that has marked the degradation of the Añaza coastline for decades.
Residents of the neighbourhood have repeatedly reported the insecurity generated by the building, which has occasionally been used for squatting and illicit activities. With these works, the City Council aims to minimise risks until the demolition is carried out, the project of which is already drafted but without a specific start date.
The intervention is part of the municipal efforts to recover degraded spaces in the capital of Tenerife. Bermúdez recalled that the ultimate goal is the disappearance of the property, but in the meantime, the safety of citizens is guaranteed.
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