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Coblanca 32 B

Coblanca 32 B on Avenida de la Marina Baixa belongs to the Coblanca cluster at the western end of Poniente beach. At 81 metres the building only just makes it into the list of Benidorm skyscrapers of 80 metres or more.

Benidorm skyline drawn from building data: heights to scale, west to east Poniente Levante TM Tower · 230 m Intempo · 187.1 m Gran Hotel Bali · 186 m Gran Delfín · 158 m Torre Lúgano · 158 m Sunset Sailors Tower 1 · 151 m Neguri Gane · 148 m Edificio Kronos · 140 m Benidorm Beach · 126 m Edificio Don Jorge · 124 m El Mirador del Mediterráneo · 123 m Torre Levante · 120 m Costa Blanca I · 116 m Miragolf Playa 2 · 115 m Gemelos 26 Torre I · 114 m Gemelos 26 Torre II · 114 m Torre d'Oboe I · 114 m Torre d'Oboe II · 114 m Sunset Sailors Tower 2 · 113 m Sol de Poniente 2 · 112 m Beni Beach · 110 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 2 · 106.2 m Miragolf Playa I · 105 m Playa Azul · 105 m Torre Pinar · 105 m Residencial Islamar 2 · 104 m Residencial Islamar 3 · 104 m Torre Poseidón · 103 m Sunset Waves I · 101.5 m Sunset Waves II · 101.5 m Hotel Port Benidorm · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 1 · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 2 · 101 m Torre Doscalas · 100.4 m Gemelos 22 Torre 1 · 100.2 m Gemelos 22 Torre 2 · 100.2 m Coblanca 41 · 97 m Delfín Tower · 95 m Hotel Flamingo Oasis · 95 m Gemelos 20 Torre 1 · 94 m Gemelos 20 Torre 2 · 94 m Torre Coblanca · 94 m Sol de Poniente 1 · 92.7 m Tropic-Mar · 92.6 m Edificio Ónice · 92 m Sunset Drive East · 92 m Sunset Drive West · 92 m Londres II · 91 m Torre Sakura · 91 m Costa Blanca II · 90 m Coblanca 40 Torre 1 · 89.3 m Coblanca 40 Torre 2 · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm Torre 2 · 89.3 m Principado Marina · 89.3 m Edificio Circo · 89.2 m Torre Benidorm · 89 m Cibeles 1 · 88 m Cibeles 2 · 88 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 1 · 86.7 m Balcón de Poniente 1 · 86 m Balcón de Poniente 2 · 86 m Coblanca 37 · 86 m Eagle Tower · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 1 · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 2 · 86 m Sierra de Bernia 1 · 85.9 m Sierra de Bernia 2 · 85.9 m Torre Capri · 85.9 m Torre San Remo · 85.9 m Gemelos 12 Torre 1 · 85 m Gemelos 12 Torre 2 · 85 m Las Damas · 85 m Sandos Benidorm Suites · 83 m Residencial Miranda 1 · 82.6 m Residencial Miranda 2 · 82.6 m Hotel RH Victoria · 82 m Parque Europa 1 · 82 m Parque Europa 2 · 82 m Parque Europa 3 · 82 m Torre Europa · 82 m Coblanca 32 B · 81.1 m Old town

The story

The database SkyDB gives the residential tower a height of 81.1 metres, completed in 1997. The directory rascacielos.be gives the same height but a construction year of 1991 and 24 floors instead of 21. What is certain: there are apartments at least up to the 18th floor – one of them was for sale in 2019 for €260,000, with ‘impressive sea views’.

More complex than tower

What sets Coblanca 32 B apart from many of its neighbours is what is on the ground. The advert describes a lake-shaped pool, a sauna, a gym, squash and tennis courts, gardens and parking. The building dates from the time when Benidorm began to market Poniente as a quieter counterpart to Levante beach – with residential complexes instead of hotels.

Part of a series

Like Coblanca 37 next door and the twins of Coblanca 40, the building bears the name of the group of companies that built the city’s first true skyscraper, the Torre Coblanca, in 1966. Behind it is the Benidorm building contractor Isidro Bononat de Nalda, whose ‘Coblanca International Group’ has put up around 50 buildings in the region according to Valencia Plaza. What the ‘B’ in the name means – a second construction phase? – could not be established.

Good to know

  • 81.1 m (SkyDB); floors between 21 and 24 depending on the source.
  • Address: Avenida de la Marina Baixa 7, Playa de Poniente.
  • Complex with lake pool, sauna, squash and tennis (advert 2019).

Open questions

  • Year of construction 1991 or 1997? Number of floors 21 or 24?
  • Is there a Coblanca 32 A?
  • Architect and developer unknown.

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