As part of the Urban Kavala regeneration project, municipal planners are assessing available European Union funding tools that could help finance the restoration of the city's remaining tobacco warehouses, several of which have fallen into disrepair despite heritage protection status dating to the 1980s. Officials say the funding search runs alongside efforts to draft a viable business plan and identify a management body capable of overseeing a restoration and reuse programme. Economic planners view the warehouses as an underused asset that, if restored, could add hospitality, retail and cultural revenue to the local economy.