Polidano Group
Maltese construction business
The Polidano Group is the largest private construction business in Malta.
History
Charles Polidano (Iċ-Ċaqnu, born 1960) and his brother Paul founded in 1982 a small construction company, which was incorporated as Polidano Brothers Ltd in July 1987. The company invested in the mechanisation of the construction industry (until then very labour-intensive), growing through three decades into Malta's biggest construction company.
The Polidano groups has operations in various sectors: manufacturing and construction, the group's core activity; property development; and hospitality and leisure (The Westin Dragonara, Le Meridien, St Julian's, and Montekristo Estates).
Polidano has been working on almost all major infrastructural projects in Malta in the past decades from the Malta Freeport terminal 1 extension, the Lufthansa Technik hangar, the WasteServ Sant Antnin Solid Waste Treatment Plant, the North Sewage Treatment Plant, as well The Westin Dragonara, Intercontinental Hotel and Hilton hotels and the high-end housing developments of Portomaso and Tigné Point.
Legal issues
In 2009 Polidano started the development of a 40-apartment residential block within Balzan's village core, despite its application having been rejected by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) as leading to overdevelopment. Polidano, who had already cleared the back garden by uprooting trees (including 50 years old protected bay laurel trees), then left the area in a dilapidated state for years. In July 2011, MEPA issued an emergency conservation order over the site, but Polidano took no action. In July 2013 a Court fined Polidano Group for €100,000, close to the maximum by law, and ordered Polidano to abide by the conservation order. However, in November 2017 the court of criminal appeal reduced the fine to €10,000, noting that in the meantime, in 2014, another Polidano company had been granted permission to develop the area while preserving a green enclave with a large number of trees.
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