The members of the Bratislava City Council have approved amendments to the city master plan, paving the way for the transformation of the Palma brownfield into a new quarter developed by Corwin.
Thanks to the approved change, the land is no longer reserved for industry. Planned changes will bring apartments, offices, and public spaces, cafes and restaurants. "In Palma, the visions of the world-renowned architect Jan Gehl, who managed to turn Copenhagen, Denmark, into a top city for people, will be transformed into reality in Bratislava. We are glad that the city council members made this transformation of the currently inhospitable and desolate site possible. They also listened to the voices of the project's neighbours, who expressed their support for the transformation of Palma in various surveys and regularly asked us when we would start building," says Filip Gulan, Development Manager at Corwin.
According to last year's survey by the AKO agency, 86.3% of 480 respondents liked the project to revitalise the former industrial area. As many as 86.5% of respondents are convinced that Palma should be revitalised as soon as possible; only 5.4% think otherwise. The high level of awareness about the project is also explained by the fact that Corwin has been distributing magazines to approximately 5,500 households in the wider vicinity of the Palma area for several years and goes beyond legal obligations in other aspects of participation.
The changed regulation allows Corwin to advance in the designing and permitting process so that construction can begin at the turn of 2027 and 2028. The developer currently registers approximately 4,000 people interested in housing in Palma who have requested to be included in the database.
