Urbamusa, formally Urbanizadora Municipal, S.A., is a public urban-planning and mobility company established in 1981. It was created with participation from the Murcia City Council, the Region of Murcia government and Cajamurcia; since 2008, its shareholding has been entirely public, held by the city council and regional government. 5
Based in Murcia, the company works primarily across the municipality. Its remit includes urban planning and development, housing and rehabilitation, public works, infrastructure and the management of public parking and the city’s regulated parking service. It has also worked with private-sector initiatives. 511 The company says it has 89 employees across technical, administrative and operational roles. 5
Housing cooperatives are one strand of Urbamusa’s work. The company reports that since 1986 it has managed and marketed more than 1,700 homes across over 70 cooperative developments. [The article provided by Urbamusa] In 2024 it took on management and marketing for Aire, the first cooperative housing project under Murcia Crece, a municipal programme intended to encourage new housing through cooperatives. [The article provided by Urbamusa] Aire comprises 26 planned homes on Calle Mayor in Puente Tocinos, a district of Murcia. The programme also includes plans for public rental housing, rehabilitation in vulnerable areas and initiatives to revitalise historic centres, neighbourhoods and outlying districts. [The article provided by Urbamusa]
The available sources do not identify a chief executive or other named company leader. Urbamusa’s registered office is in Murcia, at Plaza Beato Andrés Hibernón, 6. 11