About Alta de Lisboa

Alta de Lisboa ("Uptown Lisbon") in Lisbon, Portugal is the largest urban renewal project in Europe. Developed by SGAL (Sociedade Gestoria da Alta de Lisboa), an international consortium in Lisbon, Portugal, Alta de Lisboa is situated on the northern boundary of Lisbon and spreads over approximately 300 hectares. It is one of the last remaining large undeveloped areas in the city. This project was initially conceived as a new city within the capital, replacing shanty towns.

The project site is close to the international airport and major city highways, including the Segunda Circular ring road, the North/South Axis road, the Lisbon Inner Ring Road (CRIL) and the Lisbon Outer Ring Road (CREL). The development includes housing, shopping, green spaces, city amenities and office space. A complete transportation network has been designed for Alta de Lisboa, creating optimum conditions for access to all points on its boundary. Alta de Lisboa will also have two stations on the Campo Grande extension (Girassol) line of the Lisbon Metro. Wide pedestrian walkways have been included with links to green spaces, occupying some 70 hectares in all, a quarter of the total area. The area will include six crèches and pre-school units, twelve primary/junior schools and three high schools, after-school centres, day centres, homes for the elderly, youth centres, churches, two fire stations, a police station, and two strategically located municipal shopping centres. There will be 36 children's playgrounds, four swimming pools, four sports pavilions and 20 sports fields.

When completed in 2015, the city will have 20,000 multi-family units, including 3,500 social housing units. At present, 200 million Euros are annually spent on this project, which was started eight years ago

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