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This is BlueTechPort: the €60 million transformation of the Sant Bertran dock
The six former warehouses at the Sant Bertran dock, next to World Trade Center Barcelona and the plaza de las Drassanes, are being transformed into BlueTechPort, a new 25,000-square-metre complex dedicated to companies, research centres and projects linked to the blue economy. The investment amounts to €60 million and the opening is scheduled for 2028.
Work officially began on 8 January with the laying of the foundation stone. The project will renovate port warehouses built in the 1960s rather than replacing them entirely: their distinctive structure of porticos and vaults will be preserved, and the six warehouses will be connected to each other.
The change will be especially visible from the area around Drassanes, Montjuïc and the Ronda Litoral. The project by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos adds a new glazed vertical volume above the old roofs, conceived as a recognisable feature in the overall profile. The proposal combines the existing industrial architecture with open spaces, natural light and indoor greenery.
Once fully operational, BlueTechPort will have capacity for around 2,500 professionals. In addition to flexible offices for companies and startups, the plan includes spaces for technology and research centres, laboratories, an auditorium, restaurant, cafeteria and terraces.
The project is not starting from scratch. BlueTechPort began developing its ecosystem in temporary spaces at Port Vell and by early 2026 had already brought together 22 companies related to maritime activities, sustainability and technology. The new facilities will allow this activity to be concentrated and expanded in Sant Bertran.
One of the differences compared to a conventional business park will be its direct proximity to the port. The aim is for companies to use the port area as a real environment to test solutions related to navigation, logistics, energy, marine biodiversity or decarbonisation, in coordination with operators and infrastructures already working there.
The complex will also house Fundación BCN Port Innovation and Instituto de Logística de Barcelona. World Trade Center Barcelona will manage the warehouses under a 36-year concession, and the construction work has been awarded to the consortium formed by COMSA y VOPI-4.
The timeline has changed compared to initial forecasts. When the construction project was presented in 2025, completion was expected in 2027, but with the definitive start of works, Port de Barcelona moved the opening to 2028. The construction schedule at the start of the works points to spring of that year.
Until then, the most visible change will take place on the Sant Bertran warehouses themselves. The intervention will preserve much of their industrial identity, but will add new volumes and uses at one of the points where Port Vell, Montjuïc and the southern entrance to the centro de Barcelona meet.