Gasan wants extension to Pjazzetta development

Developer Mark Gasan has applied to demolish two townhouses in the corner of High Street, Sliema, to amalgamate this new development, consisting of apartments and offices, with the already approved nine-storey development in the Pjazzetta.

The new development, set to replace the two-storey townhouses, will be eight storeys and a penthouse, with three underground parking levels of 180 car spaces.

The building will have a staggered height with a lower six-level elevation immediately on High Street, and rising to nine levels on the Pjazzetta.

The permit to develop the Pjazzetta, submitted by the Gasan Group in 2004, was unanimously approved by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority board in December 2014, nearly 10 years since the application was filed.

The block will be built on the site of the former naval clinic in Tower Road at the corner of Għar il-Lembi Street, which was illegally demolished. 

The only remaining features are the façade and the pillars that flanked the gateway to the grounds.

Mark Gasan has also applied to develop a 38-storey tower in the vicinity of Villa Drago, as part of the Townsquare project.

Studies show that the junction between Tower Road, Sliema, and Qui-Si-Sana will become critical in five years’ time as a result both of nationwide traffic growth and the traffic generated by a number of developments approved in recent years.  But developers claim that this problem will be solved by a planned upgrade of this junction.