The “golden” land of the ancient capital waiting for investors

From the beginning of 2022, state agencies located at Le Loi street, Hue city, Thua Thien – Hue province, the section from Ba Huyen Thanh Quan street to Hoang Hoa Tham street, have relocated their workplaces and given up their land positions. gold” for the province to call for investment.

Struggling with a French villa

In May 2021, Thua Thien – Hue province officially called for investment in 2 projects at the land area No. 22-24 and No. 26-30A Le Loi Street, Hue City. The project’s criteria is to build a complex of hotels and high-class commercial services up to 5-star standards; French, neoclassical, Art Nouveau architectural plans… harmonize the area’s landscape with neighboring works, creating a highlight in the area on both sides of the Perfume River.

In which, land area number 22-24 includes 3 working houses with a total construction area of ​​more than 4,800 m2, the remaining land area includes 5 working houses with a total land area of ​​6,200 m2.

The land area 26-30A is facing a dilemma related to the French villa built around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, once the headquarters of the Union of Literature and Arts Associations of Thua Thien Province. – Hue. This building was previously due to deterioration, so it was repaired in 2000 and still retains its original appearance with outstanding features.

Old villa area 26 Le Loi, Hue city, Thua Thien – Hue province

Mr. Nguyen Minh Dung, former Director of the Department of Construction of Thua Thien – Hue province, said that this is a construction project following the architectural style of the northern region of France and is very similar to houses built in the same period on Mang street. Fish, Hue City. The feature of this villa is that it is built with bricks, including the foundation, without reinforced concrete, with 2 layers of walls and a thickness of more than 30 cm. Beams are made in Y-style, paved with European flower tiles, and wooden sesame rafters. Around 1998, this villa had a cracking phenomenon, so the Department of Construction came to survey, then had to cast more supporting concrete beams to reinforce and ensure safety. In addition, many other items were also repaired and upgraded.

Mr. Phan Thien Dinh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hue, Thua Thien – Hue province, said that so far the province has not had an official plan to decide the “fate” of this villa. There are 3 options offered, in which the province suggested that Hue City consider inviting “genius” Nguyen Van Cu in Ho Chi Minh City to relocate this villa to the opposite land for reuse. However, if you want to relocate, you must have an assessment of the structure, safety, plan and specific relocation location. “There is also a plan that should be left, but that will make the land calling for the project interrupted, it will be difficult for investors to accept because it is related to the efficiency in exploitation” – Mr. Dinh added.

According to Mr. Nguyen Minh Dung, he supports the option of hiring a “genie” to relocate the villa, but must take into account the safety of the project.

Investors are not interested

Architect Huynh Quang, former director of the Construction Planning Institute of Thua Thien – Hue province, said that it is difficult to move this villa across the street because of its weak structure and has been around for a long time. According to Mr. Quang, this is not a special project, so it is not necessary to keep it at all costs.

In the decision calling for investment of Thua Thien – Hue province, the land area number 22-24 Le Loi has a total investment of more than 600 billion VND to build a hotel with a minimum of 270 rooms, with a conference room of 500 m2. above; meeting room, garden restaurant area, restaurant service area and drink bar, area for gym – spa – yoga, coffee – relaxation area, souvenir shop area, swimming pool and some other services .

And the land area number 26-30A Le Loi has an investment of more than 700 billion VND, of which 4 street fronts must arrange a commercial – service area, creating an open space to connect with the street art – culture space. Le Loi and the banks of the Perfume River, the middle area is a garden, green natural landscape to create an airy, bar and some other functions such as library, coffee… According to the planning, construction density below 65%, the height for Le Loi road axis is 18 m or less for a distance of less than 14 m from the red line of Le Loi street, the height of the whole work is not more than 32 m if it is far from Le Loi street after 14 m. In addition, the construction must ensure a setback of 6 m or more for the red line border of Le Loi street; from 3 m for the remaining roads. This is a narrow area, so many construction experts think that it is difficult to call for investment in such a high-class hotel complex.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thua Thien – Hue province, said that currently the works on these two land plots are still usable, so according to regulations, they must be auctioned. Therefore, after winning the auction, investors have to demolish these headquarters to build a high-class hotel complex, leading to a rather high cost.

On the other hand, these are large land plots, investors have to pay once, so it is likely to affect the amount of investment capital and economic efficiency. “There have been 5-6 investors who came to report on investment plans but were unable to participate because of the above reasons. We studied the proposals and continued to call for investment in the hope of having a complex. luxury hotels in this area,” said Mr. Phuong.

According to Quang Tam