the Community of Madrid A new urban milestone is about to be achieved, with the construction of the largest residential project in the Northern Region and one of the most transformative projects in the region. The new neighborhood in Alcobendas will rise and include more residents … From other Madrid municipalities such as Algete, Humanes or Guadarrama. Surrounding numbers “Los Carriles-Valgrande” project. They give an idea of its size: 8,600 new construction homes, 4,648 to be protected (54 percent) and 600,000 square meters of green space. It is estimated that the number of residents who will live in these homes is about 26,000 people, adding to the 121,000 people already in Alcobendas.
An extraordinary plenary session of the Alcobendas City Council plans to give the green light to the partial plan for the project on Tuesday, November 11. From there, the urbanization project will continue to be processed and, once the mandatory sector reports are issued, it will move to its final approval, which is expected in 2026. The goal of the municipal team is that as soon as the urbanization works allow, the construction works can be carried out simultaneously so that we can have the homes as soon as possible. A date for the handover of the first keys has not yet been set, but the city council is committed to providing maximum flexibility to the entire process.
This new residential neighborhood integrated into the city, which will complete the development of Alcobendas on its border towards Madrid, will have an area of 2,174,160 square metres, where 8,600 homes of all types will be built: for sale, for rent, apartments and single-family homes. More than half, 54 percent, will be public housing. More than 55 thousand square meters will be allocated to the tertiary and commercial sectors.
One of the most important points related to this project is that it is called to be a large oxygen area for the Madrid community, north of the capital, with a total of 600,000 square meters of green space. Thus, the area gains another lung. In this way, 27 percent of the area of “Los Carriles-Valgrande” will be allocated to open spaces and green areas. A gradual reduction in the height of the buildings is planned to allow a gradual transition between the current city and areas such as Monte de Valdelatas, which is a natural continuation of Monte de el Pardo. In addition, trees damaged by the works will be replaced, in accordance with the Urban Tree Law, moving the area from 2,555 trees to more than 6,700 trees.
The green proposal for the project highlights the creation of two large parks, one corresponding to a new natural transition strip of 200,077 m2, which will be deployed next to Monte di Valdelatas to protect and enhance its access on foot and by bicycle, and a new central park of 212,271 m2, which will be next to the Valdelacasa stream. This park includes a network of walking paths among the trees, game parks, entertainment areas and accommodation.
The project will generate an investment volume of up to 2.3 billion euros. A particularly important fact for the region, and specifically, for the entire northern region: during its construction, it is expected to create approximately 4,000 jobs and more than 1,000 once the new neighborhood is completed.
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Current land and recreation map for future neighborhood plan
In the municipal government team headed by the mayor, Rocío García Alcantara, from the Popular Party, they show their pride in the momentum of this new neighborhood, where 10,000 new homes are expected to be built in ten years, including 750 planned for the Community of Madrid Life Plan as well as 150 to protect the City Council’s housing company, “after the complete paralysis of the previous socialist government team.” They recall in PP that it was the current municipal government of the Popular Government that was able to open and sign an agreement with the Canal de Isabel II, in March 2024, to develop the hydraulic infrastructures that will be necessary in this urban development.
Los Carriles-Valgrande will be a “smart and sustainable” neighbourhood, with pneumatic garbage collection, waste treatment and recycling, waste and rainwater regeneration, the use of solar panels and virtual batteries and a “15-minute city” model, so that everything will be within a maximum of a quarter of an hour on foot.
“Valdegrande will be an example of respect, environmental protection and innovation, the city of the future and an opportunity for thousands of families.”
Rocio Garcia Alcantara
Mayor of Alcobendas
The urban project includes improving the external and cross-alcobendas connections by road and preparing its link with the future M-50. Burying M-616 will mean significant relief from congestion at peak times, the city council highlighted. In addition, Valdebarra Street has been restored as an urban road. The design of the Via Valgrande connects the northern and southern areas of the region, builds the new city and facilitates access to the new large parks through “green corridors”.
This is how the Mayor of Alcobendas sees this urban landmark in the northern part of the region: “Valgrande will be a great example of respect, environmental protection and innovation, a city of the future and an opportunity for thousands and thousands of families to realize their desires for dynamic growth. Valgrande is an essential urban development, because it contributes to the increased housing supply in Alcobendas, in the north of Madrid and throughout the community; It is also transformative, because it is integrated within the municipality through urban planning best practices; Protection of the natural environment; Navigation. Use of technology and infrastructure management.
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