Cortijo Jurado

The building boasts 365 windows, one for each day of the year and was constructed as a cortijo as part of a plan to convert the farm into a grand agricultural enterprise.

In December, 2004, the construction licence was issued and a high-profile event was arranged, during which Málaga's Mayor, Francisco de la Torre, laid the symbolic foundation stone to inaugurate the commencement of the project.

[4] The courts froze the lands of the Cortijo to protect debts of over five million euros, most of which is owed to Promociones Pantie, from whom Mirador secured the mortgage for this property.

In February 2009, opposition councillor, Antonio Serrano, of the ‘United Left’, lodged an official complaint accusing the town hall of bribery and abuse of power in relation to their dealings with the Mirador group.

One of the main issues raised by Serrano was the fact that the town hall had waived the obligatory ten per cent fee for the building licence, which in this case was 900,000 euros.