Building permits have become huge bonuses for people working for the current majority, as their families have become the biggest builders in Albania, mainly in Tirana. The next project within the majority comes on “Niko Avrami” street in the capital, where the firm of Lulzim Qefalia, once the administrator of the Dajt Unit, has received a super permit to build a monster, where there are only small buildings around that neighborhood.
The beneficiaries of the permit have very close connections in the government, as the shareholder of the “Dajti Park” company is also the brother of Xhemal Qefalia, former MP and currently Deputy Minister of Interior, rumored to be involved in several projects worth hundreds of millions of euros. Perhaps Qefalia’s loyalty to placing the firm on the “Smart City” project, worth 140 million euros, may have influenced the granting and disclosure of this construction permit in record time.
But, in addition to these connections, the erection of high-rise buildings and towers in areas that were once home to villas and low-rise buildings is highly controversial, turning the area into chaos. Building thousands of square meters of high-rise buildings on a large area means taking the breath away from the entire area, just as is happening in the Paris Commune, where a 24-story tower has brought chaos to all residents.
According to documents researched by Vox News, KKTU has recently disclosed the permit for the object "Dajti Park residential and service building, with 5 to 21 floors above ground and 2 floors underground", located on Niko Avrami Street. The construction entity is the company "Dajti Park 2007", with owners Lulzim Qefalia and Desart Kalaja.
The documents accompanying this permit state that the 21-storey tower will be built in a quiet area, on “Niko Avrami” Street. “The proposed building is located in the north-eastern area of Tirana. The property’s location is favorable and easily accessible. The surrounding area has buildings that are mainly residential buildings with a height of 1-5 floors with residential and service functions. The property’s surface area is 2705.02 m2,” the document states.
The documents state that within the neighborhood, on the narrow secondary streets that directly connect to the property, existing 1-3-story buildings dominate, mainly individual houses with sloping tiled roofs and small buildings with residential function.
"Some of them are depreciated and do not contain any special values to be preserved. In some of the buildings, the ground floors are partially used for small services (shops, workshops, commercial units), while the rest retains the residential function ," the documents state.

Vox News browsed other documents, renderings of the building permit, which also show the giant tower.
"The building consists of two tall volumes, which create a dramatic configuration with a large central 'void' in the shape of a U or as an irregularly cut mass. The form appears as a gradually eroded massif, creating multiple terraces that rise upwards at a variable pace," the document continues.
According to him, the facade is treated with a warm pink color that distinguishes the facility from the surrounding buildings.
"A soft surface, with a monolithic appearance, but explosive through numerous openings. The windows are of arched format, repeated in a dense rhythm. Their placement does not follow a uniform grid - they are distributed loosely. The main sculptural element is the continuous scaling of the volume, which creates terraces at each level. Dense decorative greenery is planted on these terraces: small trees, shrubs, and plants that continue up to the top," the documents state.
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