Barcelona Markets awards stalls and warehouses and leaves the Abaceria vacant

The Municipal Institute of Barcelona Markets (IMMB) has resolved the awarding of authorizations for the use of stalls and storage warehouses in various municipal markets in the city, resulting from the auction held on October 1, 2026. The resolution, issued on October 28, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on November 12, 2026, with the reference CVE 202610166130 and file 0496/26.

The text is based on the powers granted to the management by Article 12.1 of the Statutes of the IMMB and unfolds across 55 pages of annexes. The resolution awards the concessions to the persons listed in Annex I, declares those in Annex II as non-awardees, excludes the proposals in Annex III, and declares the auction for the sites in Annex IV void. It had been previously verified that the persons proposed as awardees were up to date with their tax and Social Security obligations.

Eleven authorizations awarded

Annex I lists the awards, including the bidding price and the final offer submitted:

• Provençals, non-food stall: Elisabet Andreu Cañete, 2,584 euros.
• Provençals, stalls 020 and 021a as a single sales unit (cannery, deli, and sausages): Aura Dynamica, S.L., 6,590 euros, above the 6,583 bidding price.
• Encants Sant Antoni, warehouse: Ester Barba Sola, 2,781 euros.
• Llibertat, stalls 040 and 041a (groceries and drugstore, with specialties limited to products for people with food intolerances): Yudeisy de la Caridad Pastor Armenteros, 8,200 euros.
• Montserrat, warehouse 004f: Miguel Ayllon Ayllon, 7,893 euros.
• Lesseps, fruit and vegetable stall 020a: Sandra Francisco Massanet, 13,003 euros; and warehouse 30: Sandra Francisco Massanet, 12,240 euros.
• Encants Sant Antoni, warehouse 096: Sílvia Susana Hernández Lobertini, 2,466 euros.
• Encants Sant Antoni, non-food: three concessions to Mohammad Habib for 5,999, 19,999, and 3,999 euros.

The awarded durations range between 15 and 25 years, depending on the location, with the option of an initial award of 3 years and an extension up to the total, through monthly installments during the first three years. Overall, the offers in Annex I exceed 85,000 euros.

Outbid offers and excluded proposals

Annex II declares Nancy Magola Yamberla Yamberla as a non-awardee, who had bid for warehouse 100 of Encants Sant Antoni with 3,300 euros, because her economic offer was surpassed by another higher one, in accordance with clause 9 of the auction regime.

Annex III excludes three proposals for failure to comply with the specifications:

• Sergio Arenas Ruilopez, warehouse 005 of Montserrat, who did not specify any economic offer.
• Maria Carmen Romero Ferrer, non-food stall 201 of Provençals, due to the withdrawal of her offer.
• La Quintana del Grau, S.L., for the same stall 201 of Provençals, also due to withdrawal.

The resolution further states that one application was initially formalized in the name of PHYTONTEX, S.L. and that the bidder later clarified that the correct identification was Aura Dynamica, S.L., a company they own which already appeared in the proposal documents. The IMMB considers the documentation provided to be sufficient and maintains the participation in the auction.

Around forty vacant warehouses at the Abaceria

Annex IV declares the auction of the warehouses in lot 010 of the new Abaceria market, located on floors -1 and -2, to be void, with a bidding price of 9,000 euros each and a duration until December 31, 2047. Those on floor -1 are restricted to holders of the new market of any denomination except fish and seafood and fruits and vegetables; those on floor -2 are for holders of the new market of any denomination. Single payment or interest-free installments over 60 monthly payments are provided for.

Stalls and warehouses from about twenty other markets also remain vacant, including Bon Pastor, Canyelles, Ciutat Meridiana, Clot, Fort Pienc, Guinardó, Guineueta, Les Corts, Sant Andreu, Sant Gervasi, Sant Martí, Sants, and Sarrià.

30-day deadline for payment and tax registration

The successful bidders have 30 days from the receipt of the receipt to prove payment of the award price. Within the same period, they must present the registration documents for the IAE (Economic Activities Tax), Social Security, and the State Tax Agency to which they committed; if they fail to do so, the stall or warehouse will be declared void or awarded to the next proposal. They must also settle the Transfer Tax and Documented Legal Acts Tax before the market management. The delegated secretary of the IMMB, Manel Armengol i Jornet, signs the document.

The resolution closes the process of an auction that directly affects stallholders and users of municipal markets: it consolidates eleven concessions, excludes three proposals, and leaves dozens of spaces empty, especially the warehouses of the new Abaceria market, a key piece for the relocation and ordinary operation of the stallholders of the new facility.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, no. 12-11-2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-55 (official reference: CVE 202610166130).