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Coblanca 37

Coblanca 37 stands on Avenida del Murtal, in the middle of a small cluster of Coblanca towers at the western end of Poniente beach. Little is known about the building itself – all the more about the name.

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

According to the database SkyDB the high-rise was completed in 2001. It has 25 floors and measures 86 metres. It is used as a residential building. No independent source names an architect or developer. Another directory (rascacielos.be) lists the tower at 83 metres and 24 floors – small discrepancies of the kind found between sources for almost all Benidorm towers.

A Coblanca quarter

Coblanca 37 does not stand alone. Next door on Avenida de la Marina Baixa rises Coblanca 32 B (81 metres), a few steps further the twin towers of Coblanca 40 (89 metres, 2002). Opposite, on Avenida Vila Joiosa, the Torrevieja developers TM later built their Sunset Drive. So between 1997 and 2018 a dense high-rise quarter grew up on the western edge of Benidorm.

Where the name comes from

The ‘Coblanca’ number series began in 1966 with the Torre Coblanca on Avenida Bilbao, the city’s first true skyscraper. Behind the name to this day is a group of companies belonging to the Benidorm building contractor Isidro Bononat de Nalda. According to Valencia Plaza it has put up around 50 buildings in the region as the ‘Coblanca International Group’; many of its companies are based on Avenida Bilbao. Whether Coblanca 37 comes directly from this group is not documented – the name suggests it.

Good to know

  • 86 m, 25 floors, completed in 2001 (SkyDB).
  • Address: Avenida del Murtal 5, Playa de Poniente.
  • Neighbours: Coblanca 32 B, Coblanca 40 (twins), Sunset Drive.

Open questions

  • Architect, developer and number of apartments are not documented.
  • Height 86 m (SkyDB) or 83 m (rascacielos.be)?

Sources