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Zaragoza’s Arcosur project plans 22,185 homes by 2035
Zaragoza is less costly for housing than many Spanish cities, according to figures cited from the Bank of Spain’s 2025 annual report.
Renters in Zaragoza spend an average of 24.1% of their net income on rent, compared with 26.7% nationally; buying a home takes 5.7 years of salary, versus 6.8 years on average.
The Arcosur development is a major source of new homes in the city, where housing demand has risen alongside a wider shortage of supply in Spain.
The project was stalled from 2008 to 2020 during the economic crisis, but its accumulated debt has since been resolved.
Arcosur plans 22,185 homes by 2035, including 13,856 subsidised homes.
About half of Zaragoza’s homes under construction are in Arcosur, and the development is intended to add supply as the city grows.
Arcosur, a development in Zaragoza, plans to deliver 22,185 homes by 2035.
Of those homes, 13,856 are planned as subsidised housing.
Juan Sáez, president of Arcosur’s Compensation Board, says the project is helping Zaragoza expand housing supply alongside demand.
The development was stalled from 2008 to 2020 during the economic crisis.
The article says half of the homes under construction in Zaragoza are in Arcosur.
- Who
- Arcosur’s Compensation Board, led by its president, Juan Sáez, is overseeing the development.
- What
- Arcosur plans to build 22,185 homes by 2035, including 13,856 subsidised homes.
- When
- The homes are projected to be delivered by 2035; the development was stalled from 2008 to 2020.
- Where
- Arcosur, Zaragoza, Spain.
- Why
- The project aims to expand housing supply; Sáez says Zaragoza has ample land and institutional support for building.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Arcosur’s development was stalled during the economic crisis.
El Mundo reported that the development was progressing and that its Compensation Board’s debt had been resolved.
Arcosur plans to generate 22,185 homes, including 13,856 subsidised homes.
- Planned homes
- 22,185 by 2035
- Subsidised homes
- 13,856
- Location
- Arcosur, Zaragoza
- Development pause
- 2008–2020
- Share of homes under construction in Zaragoza
- 50% in Arcosur
What people are saying
The reality is that there is a lot of land to build on here and a great willingness on the part of the institutions to do so.
In this way, we are managing to grow supply at the same pace as demand, and even above it, so we do not end up with the problem we are seeing elsewhere.
50% of the homes under construction in Zaragoza are in this neighbourhood.