Enemalta has no change-of-use plans for training centre

Enemalta still has no plans to change the use of 13,771 square metres in Marsaxlokk on which it was granted a 25-year lease against an annual ground rent of €220,000 in August last year.

The prime site, located near Qrejten point, overlooks the sea and is currently occupied by the company’s training centre. 

The public deed was hammered out just two days before Enemalta was incorporated into a public limited company (plc). The legal change turning the corporation into a plc as well as amending the law to ensure that no parliamentary resolution would be required to dispose of the land, paved the way for Enemalta’s partial privatisation.  The transfer of land from the government to Enemalta also made the company more attractive to the Chinese investors.

Only 3,700 square metres of land in this area was previously leased to Enemalta.

An Enemalta spokesperson confirmed that the site is still being used as a training facility and for other unspecified company requirements. 

“There are no plans to use this site for other purposes and Enemalta plc is not actively seeking, and has not received, any proposals to change the use of this site,” the spokesperson said.

According to the spokesperson Enemalta plc is undergoing a transformation process, which encompasses the centralisation of resources and the streamlining of all its operations to improve the quality of its core services and to turnaround its financial standing. 

“This multi-stage transformation is currently focusing on service level enhancement and the maximisation of existing human resources”.