The building boom goes on

You can hardly go anywhere in and around Albufeira without seeing cranes and building sites. Some are good works, such as the old people’s home and day care centre out at Fontainhas, but the vast majority are more and more apartments for tourist rentals. Nothing is being built here that those who serve the tourists can afford to buy or rent. I don’t know what this recently cleared site will be used for, there are no signs or notices, but I suspect a resort development. In the middle of nowhere of course. Visitors won’t walk the 200 metres to the nearest bus stop, meaning a constant stream of traffic in and out. Two large schools are in the same road. The site measures about 215 metres by 135, that’s about 29,000 square metres, or just over 7 acres. There are some associated road works, pointing to the upgrade of the track Caminho dos Brejos that leads towards the back of the Camping Albufeira site.

Everywhere you look near the Marina, there is another €1million house being built. But I bet the petrol station opposite this one isn't mentioned!

Nearby is the old Quinta da Orada. Seemingly empty, someone must be sitting on a fortune. There is a modern remote entry system with camera. Has anyone ever seen movement there?

Some of the highly des. res. being built near the marina.

And the slow progress on that little group of three which will, perhaps, one day be surrounded by the second part of the marina development rather than acres and acres of rubble and wasteland.

And just for good measure locals confirm that they have taken over the beach bars at Castelo and plan to knock down/rebuild as a cocktail bar (we shall see) along with Evaristo but they don't plan to change that. And they call it progress! 

Cerro Novo still trying to sell it although they have taken down the €99m price tag, now it says P.O.A.

http://https://www.cerronovo.com/en/property-for-sale/CNC5999 - http://https://www.cerronovo.com/en/property-for-sale/CNC5999

Quinta Dourada, Vale Santa Maria.

This huge site has lain abandoned for at least 15 years and is now coming back to life. The site, at the bottom of the hill coming out of Albufeira heading for Guia. It's about 18 acres, or 7.3 hectares. Their website has no details of how much luxury living there will cost.

Work so far has removed all the undergrowth. Old cables and pipes are being ripped out. I would imagine the site to be a productive dust making plant!

The views won't be bad.

The cheapest of the new builds on the plots above the steps that you show in todays marina post is €1.3m but you can get a resale offer of an old style semi detached villa right at the back of the plots backing on to the Ave dos Descobrimentos for a mere €675K but it's sea view has now been obliterated by the new build in front of it.

Anyone wishing to purchase any of these, just DM me I could do with the commission