The Local Government Board of the Alhaurín de la Torre City Council has greenlit the proposed agreement for an institutional collaboration. This agreement will be formalized between the Council, the Alhaurín de la Torre Open Shopping Center Association, and Fedelhorce (the business federation of the region). The main objective is to obtain official recognition as an Open Shopping Center from the Junta de Andalucía.
This agreement establishes a public-private cooperation structure aimed at boosting proximity commerce, hospitality, and services. It will allow the municipality to have preferential access to future public subsidies and aid for the sector. The approval empowers the mayor, Joaquín Villanova, to sign the document.
The Councilor for Commerce and Industry, María del Mar Martínez, highlighted that the project has the support of over 200 participating establishments free of charge. This will enable the activation of the Joint Monitoring Committee and the design of an Annual Action Plan tailored to the sector's needs.
The agreement, with a renewable term of four years, includes shared governance through the Joint Committee to coordinate events and revitalization campaigns, free adhesion for businesses and professionals in the defined area, environmental improvements in signage, accessibility, and commercial street furniture, and the processing of an expediente to establish an attention point or headquarters for the CCA.
The area designated for the Open Shopping Center encompasses the main commercial and service axes of the municipality, including busy avenues such as Cristóbal Colón, Reyes Católicos, Isaac Peral, Ceuta, de la Vega, and del Mediterráneo, as well as central streets like San Sebastián, Álamos, and Málaga. Coverage extends to the first 50 linear meters of all adjacent streets connecting to this main route, ensuring complete integration of the commercial heart.
