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Santander Group City

Headquarters of Banco Santander · Avenida de Cantabria s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

Aerial view of a campus of low white office buildings with green roofs, surrounded by lawns and roads
Santander Group City from the air · © Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates (via Architizer)

In numbers

Architect
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
Site
250 ha (≈ 618 acres)
Office buildings
8 × 161,650 sq ft (≈ 15,018 m²) + executive building
Ground broken
May 2002
First employees
13 April 2004
Solar
Over 9 MW (2025)
Green space
43.5 ha gardens + 70 ha forest

Source: KRJDA project text (Architizer) · santander.com “Our history” and SGC 20th anniversary · Form 20-F 2025 (solar)

Questions

Where is Santander Group City?

Santander Group City is at Avenida de Cantabria s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain. It is the headquarters of Banco Santander.

Who designed Santander Group City?

Architect: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. Source: KRJDA project text (Architizer) · santander.com “Our history” and SGC 20th anniversary · Form 20-F 2025 (solar)

When did Banco Santander come to Santander Group City?

2004: Santander Group City opens. From 13 April 2004 central services moved from Madrid to Boadilla del Monte, 500 people at a time. By late July the campus housed more than 4,000 employees.

Santander Group City in Banco Santander’s history

  1. 2004
    Santander Group City opens

    From 13 April 2004 central services moved from Madrid to Boadilla del Monte, 500 people at a time. By late July the campus housed more than 4,000 employees.

  2. 2008
    Sold and leased back for 40 years

    Santander agreed to sell Santander Group City for €1.9 billion to a consortium led by Propinvest and lease it back for 40 years, with a right to buy it back at the end.

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