The Minister of the Presidency, Juan Antonio De Heras, today released the exact location will be located Contentpolis, the City of Digital Content, which is on a plot of 2,100,000 square meters in the municipality of Torre Pacheco.
This news was announced during a press conference in which the Minister of the Presidency, Juan Antonio De Heras, delivered to the Minister of Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning, Benito Mercader, the documentation required for the project is declared Performance of regional interest.
The Ministry of Merchant is the competent body to evaluate and grant approval of Acting Regional Interest.
Specifically, the documents submitted were the Territorial Impact Assessment, the document beginning of the Strategic Environmental Assessment and Management Advancement.
Heras said that "we are currently in the initial phase corresponding to the relevant administrative procedures."
Also, the presidential adviser said that "the first phase of Contentpolis, takes place from 2010 to 2014, dates which are already completed the infrastructure of the area of creativity, creative residency, the center of expertise for digital imaging Congress Centre and the first buildings in the area of production studios, outdoor, rendering studies and research buildings. "
In addition, the presidential adviser said that "3 percent of audiovisual production in Spain will take place in the Region of Murcia, which will mean a turnover of 350 million euros a year."
For his part, Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning, Benito Mercader, the statement said Acting Regional Interest means the regional government "classifies a project as a strategic priority for the present and the future of the Region of Murcia from the standpoint of economic, social and cultural development. "He remembered also that until now only Cope Marine International Airport and the region have been reported actions of regional interest.
The figures grades Contentpolis
Contentpolis is one of the most emblematic is conducting the Autonomous Community, through the Department of Audiovisual and Digital Content, under the Ministry of the Presidency.
The project has a total investment of 1,528 million euros from public and private funds, will be able to install more than 200 companies and created over 3,000 direct jobs and 2,000 indirect qualified.
Also, Contentpolis have more than 3,000 hotel rooms ready to receive one million visitors a year.
The three areas of activity Contentpolis
Contentpolis covers three distinct areas of activity: Production, Creative and Leisure.
The area of production, which will be the center of Contentpolis, will turn to a recording studio area of 120,000 square meters and an area of business projects with an area of 330,000 square meters.
As the area of Creativity, will a total area of 60,000 square meters and it will perform four actions: the Institute of Digital Imaging, the residence of creative, the center of expertise in digital imaging, animation and games, a space conference and a student residence.
In area of Leisure, will become a landmark with great tourist attraction.
Have a total area of 450,000 square meters with four actions: the museum of digital imaging, animation and video games, digital entertainment area and a playground.
Source: CARM