Metropolitan House BCN Residencial has agreed to acquire the Can Rigalt land from FC Barcelona in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat for €30 million, according to the football club’s annual report and reported by 2Playbook.
The agreement was signed on 8 July 2026, with FC Barcelona having received €10 million before the club’s accounts for the latest financial year were prepared. The transaction will be recognised during the 2026-2027 financial year.
The agreed price is broadly in line with the book value of the plots, which stood at €29.99 million after an independent valuation led FC Barcelona to recognise a €1.2 million impairment. As a result, the disposal will not generate a significant capital gain for the club.
The acquisition expands Metropolitan House’s position in the area of L’Hospitalet, where it acquired 72,000 sqm of land from Endesa and Sacresa in 2025 for around €19 million, according to La Vanguardia.
Those plots have 40,000 sqm of residential development rights for 378 homes, as part of a project for which Metropolitan House announced an estimated investment of €75 million.
The developer has not yet detailed whether the plots acquired from FC Barcelona will be incorporated into this residential programme or whether they will allow the planned number of homes to be increased.
The land acquired comprises four plots, two of which are included in the amendment to the Metropolitan General Plan for the Can Rigalt sector, north of Avenida de Collblanc. The proposed land readjustment and urbanisation works for the area were not carried out.
FC Barcelona acquired the land in 1997 with the intention of relocating its training facilities there, although it ultimately developed its facilities in Sant Joan Despí. In 2005, the club sold 30% of the development rights of the plots to La Llave de Oro for €35.4 million, under an agreement conditional on planning progress and obtaining the necessary permits to develop housing.
The subsequent halt to the planning process led to arbitration proceedings that required the club to repay the amount received, plus €11.6 million in interest, according to its subsequent accounts. After recovering the plots in 2017, FC Barcelona retained the asset on its balance sheet until its sale to an operator that already controls other land in the sector.
