Balgarianovinite.com A protest lasting about an hour took place on Friday evening against plans to build a 16-storey building on the site of the former Sitnyakovo Bath in Sofia.
Milena Aleksieva, Deputy Mayor of Oborishte District, said the local authority had submitted a position paper to the investors and to the National Control Agency, arguing that a project of this height should first go through a public consultation. Any new building ought to be in keeping with the surrounding area, she said. Traffic is already strained and a tower of this scale would create a bottleneck, making it difficult for the developers to justify their transport plan, she added.
Aleksieva explained that demolition of the existing structure cannot be halted because it is not listed as a cultural or historical monument. She insisted that any new construction must remain within the district’s height limit of 47 metres. A taller building, she warned, would lead to heavier congestion, increased air pollution and reduced daylight for neighbouring properties. The views of residents must be taken into account.
Those commuting along the boulevard each morning, as well as parents dropping off and picking up children from the school located directly opposite the site, would be among the worst affected, the deputy mayor said. “I expect the investor to reconsider this project. We are not against high-rise development as such, but it has to be in an appropriate location,” Aleksieva said.
Maria Kavlakova, the protest organizer, called on the authorities to have the project halted or revised, potentially in favour of a lower building, and to ensure the process is opened to public consultation.
In July last year, residents from three districts held a similar protest over the same proposal. At the time, Aleksieva, then acting mayor of Oborishte, said the planned 16-storey tower was out of character for the neighbourhood, where buildings range from single-family houses to five-storey blocks. For that reason, the district routinely recommends that the chief architect require a public consultation whenever asked for an opinion on the project, she said. Sofia Neighbourhood Says “No” to New 16-Storey Giant 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-14 20:10:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law