The Generalitat, Catalonia's regional government, has given final approval to the urban plan that will allow Inditex to build four office buildings in Sant Adrià de Besòs, northeast of Barcelona, on the site now occupied by an Alcampo hypermarket and its surface car park.

The decision matters directly for Sant Adrià residents and regular Alcampo shoppers because the approved plan also confirms that the store is to relocate to the plot opposite, where a glass factory once stood and has since been demolished. No construction start date has been announced in the approval.

According to the Generalitat's press office and reporting based on the planning file, the Territorial Urban Planning Commission of Barcelona, officially the Comissió Territorial d'Urbanisme de Barcelona (CTU), approved the PDU, or Pla Director Urbanístic, a regional-level urban development plan needed for the project to proceed.

The approved PDU allows four Inditex brand headquarters, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Oysho and Lefties, to be built on the current Alcampo plot in Sant Adrià de Besòs.

Four brand offices planned on the current Alcampo plot

The approved plan covers the land beside the Tres Xemeneies area, the three former power-station chimneys that are one of Sant Adrià's best-known landmarks. On that site, Inditex plans offices for four of its brands as its main base in the Barcelona metropolitan area.

The CTU's approval follows earlier municipal steps. Sant Adrià de Besòs council backed the project in June, according to local reporting on the plenary session, so that the file could go to the Generalitat for final planning clearance on Friday 3 July.

In practical terms, the approval validates the planning framework for the redevelopment. Before building work can begin, the project still needs the corresponding construction permits and any other technical authorisations required for each phase.

What the approved plan includes

  • Four office buildings for Inditex brands: Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Oysho and Lefties.
  • The redevelopment of the current Alcampo hypermarket site and adjacent surface parking area.
  • A new Alcampo hypermarket on the plot directly opposite.

Alcampo move remains part of the same redevelopment

The same ratified plan provides for Alcampo to move to the opposite plot, replacing the site of the former glass factory. That relocation is one of the clearest local consequences of the approval, as it reshapes a major shopping area used by residents in Sant Adrià and nearby Badalona.

Earlier reporting on the project said Inditex aimed to open part of the office complex in 2028 and complete it in 2030. Friday's approval does not itself set those dates, and the Generalitat announcement does not state whether the existing Alcampo will remain open throughout the transition.

For readers who want to follow the next steps, the key documents should appear through the Generalitat's urban planning publication process and the Sant Adrià de Besòs council's planning channels once the approval is formally processed. As of Friday, the confirmed fact is that the regional planning commission has signed off the PDU needed for the development.

Primary sources: Generalitat de Catalunya. Reported by Jordi Ribalaygue, Fede Cedó, Jordi Palmer, Ángela Vázquez, El Periódico Barcelona.