Abstract
This paper argues the role and the significance of the Redevelopment Corporation for the Old City of Barcelona (PROCIVESA). This city council-funded corporation was established in 1989, and their principal purposes were 1) to advance land expropriation in order to realize the regeneration projects proposed in the Special Plan for Urban Renewal in 1985 for three different districts for the historic center, 2) to promote rehabilitation of the existing buildings and construction of new housing in which the dislocated local inhabitants would accommodate would accommodate, and 3) revitalize the economic activities within the district. Established the well-combined partnership between different administrations and public-private partnership, the PROCIVESA could be the chief actor of the regeneration redevelopment for some 15 years, achieving a satisfactory level of urban transformation in Barcelona.
