 In 2009, the project was reformulated as a "Hotel de Charme", but was cancelled by the "Comissão Municipal de Habitação" ("Municipal Commission of Habitação"), who intended to use the space for public housing.On 14 February 2010, a dispatch fixed the building within a "Zona Especial de Proteção" ("Special Protection Zone"), that included the Barbadinhos Elevator (1176/2010, Diário da República, Série-2, 248).But, on 18 October 2010, the building was placed on sale, to be transformed into a hotel.