Overview
- Planifica Madrid bought the Chamberí penthouse for €6.3 million and attempted to sell it with a €6,694,201 starting price, but the public auction was declared desierta on Thursday after receiving no bids.
- The administration had prepared a lease for the same unit at €3,000 a month before revoking the contract when the purchase became public, and officials now say the property will remain on sale through an open, indefinite adjudication.
- A 224‑page expediente made public this week shows the deal began with a confidentiality agreement and a €630,000 deposit, used Promora as intermediary, and relied on a tasación done in February.
- An internal interventora report dated July 27 approved moving forward yet explicitly warned the dossier lacked a full study of need, suitability and economic comparison, and it did not show who formally ordered the purchase.
- The case is under preliminary inquiry at Juzgado de Instrucción nº 8 and has been referred to fiscal and accounting oversight bodies, prompting sustained political criticism and tighter scrutiny of how public companies are used in regional asset deals.