The city of Logroño in the Spanish region of La Rioja has acquired the final outstanding share in the plot Rodríguez Paterna 12. The site in the neighbourhood of La Villanueva is now entirely municipally owned, the city council announced on 14 November 2026. The share acquired most recently amounts to 32.45 per cent. The former building on the plot was demolished in 2009.
The acquisition is part of the planned renewal of the area around La Villanueva. The site is next to the Casa de la Viga and forms part of a block whose plots the municipality intends to acquire. It comprises numbers 8, 10 and 12 on Rodríguez Paterna street. According to the city, it now owns the plots at numbers 10 and 12 in full. At number 8, by contrast, it holds a 48.30 per cent share.
Full acquisition of number 12 therefore does not mean that the entire block is already in municipal hands. Part of the ownership at number 8 remains outside the municipality. The city’s announcement does not say when full ownership there might be achieved. Nor does it specify conditions for further purchases.
The announcement does not state the purchase price for the share most recently acquired. It also leaves open the site’s specific future use and a timetable for construction work. The transfer of ownership should therefore be distinguished, for now, from any building work: the completion of this acquisition does not in itself indicate that work is about to begin.
The site is in the area of the Portalillos de la Villanueva. According to the city, the buildings there dated back to the 16th century. However, the former houses on the three plots were demolished between 2009 and 2012.
In 1941, two storeys were built at number 12 above the existing bakery, Panificadora Goya . The house was demolished in 2009. In August 2010, the city declared the building at number 8 unsafe because of its poor condition; it was demolished in 2011.
The house at number 10 was also demolished after being similarly declared unsafe, in 2012. It had been rebuilt in 1890 to a design by Luis Barrón . According to the city, older structural elements were retained: a round column from the 16th century and two octagonal pillars. The announcement does not say whether these features still exist today or what role they might play in further planning.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).