One of the most outstanding points of the job was the way the development of the Plaza Europa site was handled. The plaza is designed in the shape of two superimposed hypothetical ellipses. The point where the two figures intersect falls right in the centre of the Gran Vía; there a landscaped plaza has been built at street level, and paths have been laid to echo the layout of the streets crossing the Gran Vía from north to south. Altogether the design calls for 60,000 m2 of green areas, 25,000 m2 of facilities and amenities (including hotels), 150,000 m2 of offices and the construction of 1,500 homes. The plaza doubles as the gateway into the Fira de Barcelona compound.

In addition, a new station was built for the Baix Llobregat Metro system, which belongs to Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat. This station, Amadeu Torner-Fira, will act as an intermodal transfer facility in combination with the future Amadeu Torner station on line 9 of the Metro system.

The members of the team that enhanced the avenue area and gave a thorough makeover to this access to the city of Barcelona were architects Humbert Costes, Albert Viaplana and David Viaplana, civil engineers Lorenzo Lanzarote and Albert Palou and industrial engineer Joaquim Pascual. The companies that participated in the project were COPISA and FCC Construcción (UTE Gran Via Hospitalet) and Acciona and Agelectric (UTE Estació Europa/Fira de los FGC).