Construction has been announced of a horizontal housing complex containing 39 homes, in the municipality of Nuevo Cuscatlán, in the department of La Libertad.
The construction company Algasa stated that it will begin construction of the residential complex called "Altema Family Townhouses" which will be built in two phases, the first one whose works will begin next month includes the development of 19 townhouses that will be ready in the last quarter of 2019
In Costa Rica, residential projects aimed at families in the middle socioeconomic segment increasingly tend to be located outside of the greater metropolitan area.
Nacion.com reports that "...Housing options for people and families in the middle-income bracket, a segment also known as the middle class, are increasingly moving to sites farther away from the capital city, according to a survey carried out on Wednesday, August 22 between real estate agents participating in the housing fair Expocasa and Decoration."
Apartment buildings and horizontal condominiums in different regions around the country make up the bulk of the list of real estate projects planned for the coming months.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are planned to be built in the region.
In Santa Tecla a real estate developer began the construction of 301 apartments distributed in four towers with six and 10 levels each.
Without disclosing the overall amount of the investment, the developers of the project called "Casas del Árbol" reported that the apartment towers will be built on a 3.5-acre lot located between the Pan-American highway and the Monseñor Romero boulevard, within the Santa Rosa residential complex.
Vertical and horizontal residential condominiums in the provinces of San José, Heredia and Cartago are some of the projects for which environmental impact studies were submitted in May 2016.
The report"Construction projects in Costa Rica in May 2016"prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.com, provides an updated list of major construction projects for which environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies were submitted to the National Environmental Technical Secretariat (SETENA) in May.
Plans have been drawn up to build in the center of San José, Costa Rica, a complex made up of three towers, each with 21 floors, and spaces for residential, commercial and office use.
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) submitted to the Technical National Environment Secretary in December 2015 indicates that the development is called "Condominio Residencial Horizontal Vertical Mixto", and will be located in the district of Catedral, province of San José, at the site of the former premises of the company Dos Pinos.
The developer Urbánica in San Salvador has started construction of 57 apartments in two towers each with 11 floors.
The towers will be built within the Conjunto Condominal Portal Canarias residential project, which with this new stage, will complete a total investment of $60 million, said Alejandro Dueñas, executive director of Urbánica to Elsalvador.com.
A free zone, two hotel developments and a condominium estimated at $185 million and $30 million are part of the works that private entrepreneurs have planned for the province of Limon, in Costa Rica.
With the announcement of the construction of the container terminal at Moin and the extension of Route 32, investors have glimpsed investment and business opportunities in the province, which foresees strong economic development in the coming years.
The increase in residential real estate projects around the center of Panama City has doubled land prices in some areas in the space of five years.
The real estate boom experienced in Panama City can now be seen in the prices of residential projects in areas previously considered as "suburbs" where residential real estate developments are priced at over $80,000.
The proportion of this type of housing out of the total square meters authorized for construction in the country went from 19% in 2010 to 23% in 2013.
A total of 1.6 million square meters have been occupied by condominiums in the last two years, 85% more than in the previous biennium. A fifth of these housing projects are concentrated in the central 'canton' (district) of Heredia, followed by four cantons in San Jose: Santa Ana (18%), Goicoechea (14%), Central (9%) and Escazú (9%) .
Development Groups are preparing to build four new high rise luxury apartment buildings in the northwest area of San Pedro Sula.
Private developers announced the launch, in the coming months, of the implementation of high rise construction projects, which will mean an investment of more than $42 million .
"A businessman in construction and infrastructure and advisor to the Mayor of San Pedro Sula, Ernesto Lazarus reported that the minimum investment is $8 million for the construction which is a strong investment in an average of two years during the construction."
The Chamber of Builders has recorded eight projects for luxury housing in the country with retail prices ranging from $100 thousand to $450 thousand.
The Chamber of Builders of Nicaragua (Cadur), argues that housing designed for more affluent people have had good sales. Currently there are eight projects of this type recorded in Managua and there are an estimated eight more that are not part of Cadur, with prices ranging from $100 thousand to $450 thousand.
The search for safe habitats and the shortage of land in the central areas of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, is driving the construction of high rise apartments and gated communities.
The phenomenon occurs mainly in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. "The projects being constructed in the new development areas have emerged in recent years following the decline of the historic center of Tegucigalpa, another trade hub of the city, which has been losing its glamor coupled with a lack of planning policies and a commercial road," reported Laprensa.hn article.
The tourism developer Gran Pacifica is planning to complete the Gran Pacifica villa with 300 homes, hotels and condominiums, golf courses and parks, according to the master plan for investment.
Laprensa.com.ni reports that "Leveraging the signs of recovery shown in some of the world’s economies, which seem to have withstood the roughest stage of the global crisis, the tourism developer Gran Pacifica is expanding its growth targets toward agribusiness, energy generation and mining, without abandoning its goal of consolidating residential tourism. "
In light of a better investment climate, construction has resumed of the luxury oceanfront condominium project, after becoming stalled two years ago.
Milagro del Mar was designed to create an exclusive community within the Gran Pacífica, with 122 condominiums, 20 villas, swimming pools with waterfalls and a pool by the ocean, a gym, a restaurant and a convenience store.