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Coblanca 40

Coblanca 40 is a pair of 89-metre towers from 2002 on Avenida Murtal in Poniente. What is interesting is less the building than the number: it belongs to one of the longest series of buildings in the city.

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 twin towers of Coblanca 40 stand in Poniente, near Avenida Murtal in the Poniente hinterland, where the TM towers have been going up since 2016. The list of tallest buildings gives both as 89.3 metres and 27 floors, built in 2002. There is hardly any more data: no architect, no number of apartments, no newspaper reports. The towers are unremarkable residential blocks in which many apartments are now let as holiday accommodation.

From Coblanca 1 to Coblanca 41

The name gives away its origin. ‘Coblanca’ is the brand of a series of numbered residential buildings spread across the whole of Benidorm. Number 1 is the Torre Coblanca at the start of the Playa de Poniente, built between 1963 and 1966 to plans by Juan Guardiola Gaya and regarded as the city’s first true skyscraper. Coblanca 8 stands on Avenida del Mediterráneo in Levante, Coblanca 27 in Poniente. With Coblanca 41 on Avenida del Mediterráneo, 97 metres and 28 floors from 2007, the series ends as things stand. Coblanca 40 is therefore one of the last buildings in the series.

Good to know

  • Two towers, 89.3 metres and 27 floors each, built in 2002 according to Emporis data.
  • The series runs from Coblanca 1 (1966, Guardiola Gaya) to Coblanca 41 (2007).
  • Address according to a holiday-let advert: Avenida Murtal 3.

Open questions

  • Who stands behind the Coblanca brand – company, founder, family – is not described in any accessible source.
  • House number: Avenida Murtal 3 (advert) or Murtal 40 (company directory).
  • Architect, contractor and number of apartments of Coblanca 40 are not documented.

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