Overview
- Justice chief José Antonio Nieto presented the basic adaptation project for El Cubo, with construction to be tendered this year and public opening targeted for late 2028 or early 2029.
- The full reform is estimated at €40.8 million after the €21.5 million purchase in 2024, with €1.3 million budgeted for design and projected rental savings of about €300,000 per year.
- El Cubo will initially provide 21 courtrooms expandable to 30, space for 18 additional judicial bodies, and 4,000 m² reserved for future growth within a six‑floor, 36,500 m² complex that includes 21,000 m² of offices.
- The building will host First Instance, Mercantile and Contentious‑Administrative courts plus the Decanato, while the TSJA and the Fiscalía Superior remain at the Real Chancillería.
- Operations will follow four security zones with internal secure circuits and 266 parking spaces, and full consolidation depends on a separate penal building on the adjacent parcel that has not started and may not be ready before 2030.