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The 1974 luxury hotel project in Lleida that was never inaugurated and became apartments

The developer Hoteles Leridanos SA planned the Enric Granados, a four-star complex with 120 rooms and a commercial area on the Avinguda del Segre.

Image of a modern residential building with ground-floor commercial premises in an urban center.
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Image of a modern residential building with ground-floor commercial premises in an urban center.

The developer Hoteles Leridanos SA (Holesa) presented an ambitious project in the summer of 1974 in Lleida to build the city's first large four-star hotel downtown, which was paralyzed and converted into apartments in 1982.

The project, presented with an unusual promotional deployment in 1974, envisioned a hotel named Enric Granados, four stars (category 1 A) with 120 rooms. Furthermore, it included a three-star residence, a high-end restaurant, a convention hall, a commercial area, parking, a gym, and an indoor swimming pool.
The board of directors of Holesa was chaired by Francisco Pons Castellà, former mayor of the city, and included prominent figures from Lleida society such as Alfons Porta Vilalta and Luis Cierco Soliva. The initial capital was 50 million pesetas, supported by an official hotel credit of 71 million, with Dragados y Construcciones responsible for the construction.
Despite the ambition and a capital increase in 1976, the project remained paralyzed for nearly ten years. Finally, in 1982, architect Guillermo Saéz Aragonés was commissioned to convert the structure into flats and apartments, which were named Edificio Terraferma. The first tenants moved in starting in 1985, alongside organizations like the ONCE and the Federación de Hostelería.

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