Seville and its metropolitan area, the fourth largest metropolis in Spain and one of the country’s leading economies, is a benchmark in sustainable urban transformation processes, an ecosystem of innovation and knowledge, and a geostrategic location between the Atlantic and Mediterranean arcs.
Sevilla City One, Metropolis of Southern Europe, is an ambitious public-private initiative for the promotion of Seville and its metropolitan area as a preferred investment destination, and aims to respond and become a benchmark for the most efficient urban growth, in line with the commitment of the capital of Seville to a clear commitment to achieve the objective of climate neutrality by 2030.
It has the collaboration of Seville City Council, Seville Provincial Council and the Andalusian Regional Government, as well as the main business organisations, the Chamber of Commerce, CES and GAESCO, and professional associations.
In its last edition, it brought together more than 450 participants in the 2nd International Conference Seville City One, Metropolis of the South, consolidating this initiative as a solid platform for the promotion and modernisation of the city and its metropolitan area as a prime destination for investment, thanks to its great potential as a modern and innovative city.
Seville, a universal city that grows looking to the future
Seville and its metropolitan area today make up that universal city that is renewed to remain eternal. One of the indicator sectors of the current transformation of Seville and its metropolis is the real estate development sector, whose activity, together with construction, represents 15 percent of the provincial GDP, and is currently immersed in its main urban developments. Currently, the South of Seville concentrates practically 50% of the new developments underway with projects such as Palmas Altas, Villanueva del Pítamo or Entrenúcleos.
A transformation of Seville and its current metropolis that is led by innovative urban growth and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2030, adopted by the United Nations (UN). The Southern European metropolis has recently been chosen by the European Union in the mission to achieve climate neutrality before 2030.
Seville will participate at the European Union’s mission ‘One hundred of smart and climate-neutral cities for 2030’
Other sectors and the Sevillian society in general contribute to this. Its strategic location has allowed the implementation of a national and foreign industrial fabric of high added value that are mainly distributed among three poles: the Port of Seville, synchromodal hub ; Aerópolis, among the five aerospace hubs in the world; and the Science and Technology Park of La Cartuja, a reference promoter of innovation. We cannot fail to mention the University, with a presence both in Seville and its metropolitan area, which is positioned among the world university elite, nor reference infrastructures such as the facilities of the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions of Seville (FIBES)., considered one the largest and most versatile auditorium in Spain.
Seville City One, Metropolis of the South initiative came to life thanks to the strategic alliance of the main developers of the Spanish real estate sector, AEDAS Homes, CBRE, Bekinsa, Caralca, Grupo Insur, LandCo, Metrovacesa and Vía Célere, and with the sectoral support of the Association of Builders and Developers of Seville, GAESCO, whose objective is to make visible the great role of the Seville city and its metropolitan area, in collaboration with public administrations.
Innovative and sustainable urban development
The design of Seville CityOne, Southern Metropolis, wants tp become a benchmark for the most efficient urban growth in line with a city clearly committed to meeting the objective of climate neutrality before 2030. The key aspects will be established to become a benchmark in sustainability, fight against climate change and sustainable mobility.
The population of Seville has grown up by 90 thousand inhabitants and this can be an answer for their needs. Because the capital has no space left for new houses. In the short term, there is a stock of rapidly maturing soils for 20,000 homes and 14,500 homes with some kind of protection regime. Currently, land for almost 6,000 homes is in the residential development phase.
