No. 1 · Sunday 27 September 2026 · 4-minute read

Mérida offers 460,383 euros to extend the Teatro María Luisa with an adjoining building

Mérida is tendering the extension of the Teatro María Luisa for 460,383 euros, with bids accepted until 1 October, is auctioning a 127-square-metre terraced house whose bidding closes on 30 September and is putting two million euros into its shops, while Montijo will refurbish 20 state-subsidised homes now that the works have been awarded.

Mérida seeks a builder to extend the Teatro María Luisa as La Zarza resurfaces its streets

• The Teatro María Luisa is growing. Mérida is tendering, for 460,383 euros before VAT, the preparation of the land and rear access of the Teatro María Luisa, the town's theatre on Calle Arzobispo Mausona, so that it can be extended with an adjoining building of 48.91 square metres of buildable floor space and the outside area can be landscaped as far as Calle Almendralejo. Bids are accepted until 1 October.
• New road surface in La Zarza and repairs in Alange. La Zarza is tendering, for 116,478 euros before VAT, the repair of the road base and wearing course on several sections and streets, with bids until 8 October. Alange is tendering, for 67,041 euros before VAT, the repair of municipal facilities damaged by the storm, with central government funding and a deadline of 14 October.
• Puebla de la Calzada is already reviewing bids. On 22 September Puebla de la Calzada closed bidding to replace the exterior windows and doors of its Town Hall, for 83,449 euros before VAT, as part of Vive tu Municipio, the Diputación de Badajoz programme for the province's towns.
• Three Mérida area projects still lack a contractor. La Garrovilla is reviewing the bids for its municipal gym, worth 109,431 euros before VAT, Alange those for the adaptation of its auditorium, worth 535,812 euros, and Mérida those for the repair of the overpass above Paseo de los Rosales on the N-630, worth 241,674 euros, all before VAT and all still to be awarded.

Mérida auctions a 127-square-metre terraced house and Montijo will refurbish 20 state-subsidised homes

• A 127-square-metre terraced house, with bidding until Wednesday. A court is auctioning a terraced house in Mérida with 127 square metres built and almost 99 usable. Bidding closes on Wednesday 30 September. The median CasasValue of its development, built in 2011, is 184,518 euros.
• A builder is in place for 20 homes in Montijo. The Junta de Extremadura, the regional government, has awarded LAMBDA 360 GRADOS EMPRESA CONSTRUCTORA S.L. the energy refurbishment of 20 publicly developed homes in Montijo, in a contract worth 797,218 euros before VAT that also covers 6 more in Villanueva de la Serena.

Mérida gains a renewable hydrogen producer and a cork processing company

• Mérida gains a renewable hydrogen producer. A new company registers in Mérida with 3,000 euros of capital to produce renewable hydrogen and other industrial gases by electrolysis, using electricity from its own renewable installations or bought from third parties.
• Cork and recycling get a new company too. LIVE CORK S.L is also set up in Mérida, with 3,000 euros, to recover materials, spin textile fibres and make articles from cork, wood, rubber and plastic. They are the only two companies registered in the comarca, the Mérida district, between 19 and 26 September.

Mérida puts two million euros into boosting sales at its local shops

• Two million euros for Mérida's shops. The City Council registers the Plan de Estímulo al Consumo en el Comercio Minorista 2026, its scheme to stimulate spending in local retail, with 2,000,000 euros for SMEs and individuals with an economic activity. Applications can be made for ten working days from the publication of the summary notice in the Badajoz provincial gazette.
• Work and family balance counts for SMEs as well. On 21 September the Junta de Extremadura registered in the BDNS its 2026 grants for the self-employed and SMEs to help them balance work and family life. Businesses in all twenty-four municipalities of the comarca can apply.

See the CasasValue of any building in Mérida on the map

In Mérida, bids to extend the Teatro María Luisa remain open until 1 October while the terraced house in the court sale takes bids until 30 September, and between 19 and 26 September two firms were incorporated and the City Council registered two million euros for its shops. La Zarza and Alange are taking bids until 8 and 14 October, Puebla de la Calzada has closed bidding for its windows and doors, La Garrovilla and Alange have yet to choose who builds their gym and their auditorium, and the Montijo job on 20 state-subsidised homes already has its builder. Businesses in Calamonte, Arroyo de San Serván, Lobón, Torremejía, Oliva de Mérida, Esparragalejo, Trujillanos, Mirandilla, Villagonzalo, Valverde de Mérida, Torremayor, La Nava de Santiago, San Pedro de Mérida, Don Álvaro, Cordobilla de Lácara, Carmonita, Aljucén and El Carrascalejo, like those across the whole comarca, can request the Junta de Extremadura's work and family balance grants.

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