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Zona Franca Formally Seeks to Buy Vigo’s Derelict Fribesa Building for Audiovisual Hub

Next steps hinge on valuation before internal decisions.

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Estado actual de la antigua nave de Fribesa, en la avenida de Beiramar.
La nave de Fribesa, en laavenida de Beiramar.

Overview

  • Zona Franca sent a formal request to the Port Authority to acquire or obtain a concession for the Fribesa warehouse to host a city audiovisual hub.
  • Delegate David Regades said the consortium will bring a public acquisition offer next week to the executive committee and then to the pleno, subject to an official valuation.
  • The Port Authority is advancing a competing blue‑economy plan that contemplates possible EFCA facilities plus FAO Blue Ports offices and training spaces, with an international presentation planned in June in Rome.
  • The building has been unused since 2008, suffered major fires in 2011 and 2013, shows structural damage, and required protective mesh due to falling debris.
  • Consultant studies completed in 2024 defined needs such as strategic access, large loading areas, and stages of 300 to 1,500 square meters, with the site offering more than 3,000 square meters for production.