The Athens Charter

Greece’s new sustainable seaside “city within a city” will redefine urban living

By Lauren James

If you flew into Athens before 2001, you would have landed at the Ellinikon International Airport, a strip of tarmac bordered by the shimmering Aegean Sea to the west and the brushy hills that form the spine of the Attica Peninsula to the east. More than 20 years after being replaced by the larger, inland Athens International Airport, the former transport hub and surrounding area are undergoing an ambitious redesign that will put the Greek capital on the atlas when it comes to sustainability-focused urban regeneration. While investors based in Asia tend to look closer to home when buying property—the Greater Bay Area and Southeast Asia being particularly popular—Greece is increasingly of interest to those looking to expand their real estate portfolio (see p.153 for more). Developments such as The…

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