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Talks for hotel construction in Gávea are in final stage

Flamengo is close to building a luxury hotel at the club’s headquarters in Gávea. The negotiations between the Rubro-Negro and BTG advanced during a meeting held on Thursday (04). The discussion took place between the president of Mengão, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, and BTG’s CEO, Roberto Sallouti.

The hotel will be operated by the French company Accor, which owns several hotel brands such as Ibis, Fairmont, Sofitel, Gran Mercure, among others. Flamengo has already received a proposal from Pulmann, which wishes to operate the premium brand in the space.

The project will receive an investment of R$ 800 million from BTG and is already in the final approval stage with the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, according to journalist Lauro Jardim from the newspaper ‘O Globo’. In addition, the location will have 300 parking spaces.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER APPROVALS?

While talks with the Rio de Janeiro City Hall are in the final stretch, two other points are no longer concerns for the project. That’s because the State Government has already given the green light for the hotel’s construction in Gávea, as has Iphan (National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage).

In other words, the project was evaluated as not violating the region’s historic preservation regulations. Therefore, with all procedures close to completion, there is an expectation that the project will finally get off the ground in the first half of the upcoming year.

WILL THE TALKS PAUSE?

The tendency is for the discussions to pause in the coming days, since President Bap will travel to Qatar to accompany Flamengo at the Club World Cup. The delegation departs this Saturday (06) from Galeão International Airport, and the Coluna do Fla team will be there to cover everything up close.

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