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Urbanor
Urbanor is a Spanish society. It constructed the KIO Towers of the Plaza de Castilla, in Madrid. It became one of the major economic scandals of the 1980s in Spain. Case Urbanor The "Case Urbanor" turned into an extraordinary judicial case. Plaintiffs architect Pedro Sentieri and builder Julio San Martín scored multimillion dollar returns when their investments multiplied by more than 27 times, in only nine months. On the opposite side, defendants Alberto Cortina and Alberto Alcocer Alberto Alcocer Torra (born December 17, 1942, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish businessman who, along with his cousin Alberto Cortina, owns Alcor Holding, a patrimonial society that owns 12.5% of Grupo ACS, the largest Spanish construction comp ..., known popularly as "The Albertos", had to pay 50 million Euros. The case lasted more than 10 years and was settled in the Supreme Court. Sentieri and San Martín continued to appeal the case. References Construction and civil engineering compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Alcocer
Alberto Alcocer Torra (born December 17, 1942, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish businessman who, along with his cousin Alberto Cortina, owns Alcor Holding, a patrimonial society that owns 12.5% of Grupo ACS, the largest Spanish construction company, and 21% of the waste management company, Ence. As of March 2011, Forbes ranked him as the 13th richest person in Spain and the 993rd globally, with an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. Biography Alcocer's uncle, Pedro Cortina Mauri, was the foreign minister during the Francoist dictatorship, and his paternal grandfather, Alberto Alcocer y Ribacoba, was the Mayor of Madrid in the 1920s and again in the 1930s. In addition to Alberto Cortina, another cousin, Alfonso Cortina (d. 2020), was also a business executive. Alcocer studied Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. In 1969, he married Esther Koplowitz, and they kept their property separate. The cousins started working at the company Constructions and Contracts, fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KIO Towers
The Gate of Europe towers ( es, Puerta de Europa, - Door of Europe-), also known as KIO Towers (''Torres KIO''), are twin office buildings near the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid, Spain. The towers have a height of and have 26 floors. They were constructed from 1989 to 1996 in architecture, 1996. The Puerta de Europa is the second tallest List of twin buildings and structures, twin towers in Spain after the Torres de Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The Gate of Europe towers were designed by the American architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, built by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas and commissioned by the Kuwait Investment Authority, Kuwait Investment Office (hence their initial name "''Torres KIO''" or "KIO Towers"). Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP New York (LERA) provided structural engineering services. Each building is 115 m tall with an inclination of 15°, making them the first Inclined building, inclined skyscrapers in the world. They are located n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Cortina
Alberto Cortina de Alcocer (born 20 January 1947) is a Spanish billionaire businessman. Through his holding Percacer, he is co-owner, with his cousin Alberto Alcocer, of Alcor Holding, the owner of 12.5% of Grupo ACS, the biggest construction company in the world by sales with 2014 revenues of US$50b, and of 21% of Ence, the largest paper pulp and biomass energy company in Europe. He has appeared several years in Forbes List of Billionaires with US$1.4 billion. Biography Cortina studied law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His life has run parallel to that of his cousin Alberto Alcocer. In Spain both cousins are commonly referred to as "The Albertos", as they both married two sisters and ran their wives business empire for 20 years. His father Pedro Cortina Mauri, originally from Catalonia, was foreign minister during the Francoist dictatorship. His maternal grandfather Alberto Alcocer y Ribacoba, originally from Biscay, was Mayor of Madrid in the 1920s and again i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |