Giant Pool Casablanca Waterfront Redevelopment Project
The city of Casablanca is planning to build a vast maritime basin at Sidi Bernoussi. This project is part of a comprehensive coastal redevelopment plan, involving the recovery of municipal land previously leased to a private operator.
The city is preparing to regain full ownership of a tourist site located on the seafront, whose lease is expiring. Faced with the contrast between the massive profits earned by the operator and the modest annual fee of 100,000 dirhams paid to the municipality, the regional authority has formally prohibited re-leasing this space to the private sector. According to Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, the governing bodies have given "a reasonable deadline to the tenant before the site closure," just after an inspection conducted by the regional wali.
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On this soon-to-be-freed plot, the construction of a large public basin is being seriously considered by the municipality. This future infrastructure is directly inspired by a similar facility completed in the Yacoub El Mansour district in Rabat. In the same sanitation dynamic, wali Mohamed Mhidia has ordered the launch of evacuation operations of the maritime public domain on the Zenata side, initiating a strategic requalification of the entire waterfront of the metropolis.
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This coastal overhaul also encompasses the Aïn Sebaa sector. Nabila Rmili, the city’s mayor, confirmed the validation of a new development plan by the Urban Agency. This document modifies the status of several plots, now strictly classified as non-buildable. This legal change opens the door to future expropriations, a technical measure essential to allow the continuous extension of the Casablanca coastal promenade.
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