According to information from the Mayor of the Municipality, the inside of the building has already been cleaned, some elements removed (particularly windows) who were in poor condition and who were at greater risk of falling.
After changing the intended function of the building (housing services) and a deserted rehabilitation contest, requalification work is starting.
In the 2nd half of August, and as soon as a public lighting pole is removed, the shipyard will be installed on site. The intervention, included in the ELH (Local Housing Strategy) Beja, has the value of 1.144.000,00 euros, with the aim of being able to be inhabited by 8 households up to 30 June 2026.
The adjacent building (in the photo with the green tiles) which was returned, was the target of urban rehabilitation by the Municipality, being inhabited by 4 young households.
Building donated by the Ferreira da Costa Cruz sisters
In an ordinary meeting of the Executive of the Municipal Council of Beja, held on 3 August 2016, the proposal to donate a building located at Praça da República and Rua dos Mercadores was “unanimously approved” (Old Street Shopping), where a ready-to-wear store still operates on the ground floor.
The proposal was made by Ferreira da Costa Cruz sisters, Maria Elvira, Maria Emilia, Maria Francisca and Maria Antônia, as legitimate heirs of the property located in Praça da República, n.ºs 27 and 28 and Merchant Street, n.ºs 2 a 12 (pair numbers), “because they cannot bear the expenses required to carry out conservation works”.
The building consists of ground floor, where does the establishment of ready-to-wear, “Happy Fashions”, 1Th e 2º andar, with an area of 254m2, eight police numbers, two on Praça da República and six on Rua dos Mercadores.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
