Your news update from Mallorca: the big stories of the week
The stories that made the headlines this week in Mallorca
New lease of life for Mallorca’s great white elephant
GESA building will finally be restored and renovated and become a Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art.
Gesa building in Palma, Mallorca
The Gesa building as it is currently.
When will Palma's Gesa building be restored?
There was an agreement in January 2021 regarding use, but that's as far as it goes.
Palma, Mallorca
The Gesa building in the background.
Town hall to approve planning amendment for the Gesa building area
This will confirm that there is a seafront park and no new building.
Gesa building in Palma, Mallorca
Agreement has finally been reached for the future of the Gesa building.
Endesa and Palma town hall sign agreement for the Gesa building
The agreement brings a decade of litigation to an end.
Heritage
Council report could prevent Gesa building conversion
Protected status should be raised, it is argued, and maintain elements such as interior open planning.
Planning
Town hall will give Gesa building back to Endesa
The town hall still wants to prevent any seafront building by Endesa.
Planning
Gesa building land negotiations a "scam"
The Partido Popular believes that the seafront properties will be built, regardless of what the town hall says.
Planning
Town hall returns Gesa land to Endesa
Palma town hall is insisting that there can't be any building on the land and that there should be a park.
Planning
Endesa demanding that the Gesa building is returned
If the building is returned to Endesa, it could become a hotel.
Tourism
New proposal for a tourism museum
El Pi are suggesting that the Gesa building could house the tourism museum.
Palma
Negotiations over Gesa building
The legal situation in respect of the Gesa building hasn’t changed, but Noguera doesn’t believe that this should put a brake on its rehabilitation.