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.
A 29 storey tower containing 126 apartments in the center of the capital San José confirms the trend towards high rise housing with easy access to urban services.
The project which is by Grupo Inmobiliario Del Parque is part of the second phase of the project Torres de Paseo Colon. It involves an investment of $18 million and will be ready in about two months.
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.
High rise condominiums are becoming consolidated as the favoured choice for housing and business opportunities throughout the greater metropolitan area.
Santa Ana is the county with the most properties, having seven vertical and six horizontal condominiums, followed by the central canton of San José, which has seven new buildings.
While prices of vertical construction start at $108,000, there are apartments that can cost up to $679,000.
Keeping pace with demand, condo building in Costa Rica in 2012 grew by 130% compared to 2011.
Among the factors accounting for the increased demand for housing in Costa Rican condos, the most important is the search for greater security against crime and the high cost of land.
An article in Radioreloj.co.cr reports that "According to the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction, the development of condominiums increased by almost 130 percent in the last year. During 2012, it handled 870,000 square meters of condos. A year earlier the figure was 378 thousand square meters. "
Billed as a "private city", Paseo Cayalá is the first of several complete urban projects to be developed outside of the capital of Guatemala.
The complex located about seven miles from the capital and is the first of several to be developed which include, in the same place, different types of houses, boutiques, supermarkets, restaurants, parks and even a church, all with security service included.
Investments in port infrastructure, new free zones, condominium housing developments, and a new road promises more development in the area.
One of the projects planned to start in 2013 is the new Moin Container Terminal, by APM Terminals, whose construction will require three years and a workforce of 1,000 workers.
Also for 2013 is the expected start of construction of a "condominium building that was initially going to be 200 units, but due to the strong demand has been extended it to 292 units, explained Eduard Morgan, managing director of Calypso Developments, responsible for this development. "
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.
Guatemala's Grupo Spectrum has announced an investment of over $20 million in various real estate projects in Nicaragua.
In the Nicaraguan capital, in Las Colinas, the company announced the construction of "Cumbres del Portal" and the urbanization "Alamedas de Las Colinas".
Another project is the condo's Talanguera in San Juan del Sur, Rivas.
"Spectrum Group, of Guatemalan capital, said it will invest more than $20 million in the housing projects Cumbres del Portal, in Las Colinas, Managua, and condominiums Talanguera in San Juan del Sur, Rivas. It also reported that develop the residential community Alamedas de Las Colinas in the capital", reports Elnuevodiario.com.ni.
65 minutes from Panama City, the resort has 227 m2 houses and 117 m2 apartments, a golf course, swimming pools and sports fields.
The project Bijao Beach project has advanced the Villas Miraflores complex with single-family homes and apartments, which occupies 7.5 hectares in an area located 65 minutes west of Panama City.
In the past two years, land prices in the radius around the canton of Alajuela have multiplied by six.
Within the GAM (Gran Area Metropolitana), since 2010 Alajuela has been top area in terms of square meters processed, say statistics from the Association of Engineers and Architects (CFIA). That would explain the very interesting property prices in this canton.
The Trujillo Beach Eco-Development has been announced, with an investment of $50 million in an 600 hectare area which will feature residences for Canadian and Israeli citizens, in the form of condominiums and a hotel.
To date 40% of the total planned cost has been invested, which is $50 million. The "Trujillo Beach Eco-Development" project will be developed in a 600 hectare area in the area of Viejo Marañones, in the vicinity of Lake Guaymoreto.
The company Urbánica Desarrollos Inmobiliarios plans to develop an residential project, known as Portal Canarias in a 15.7 hectare area in El Espino.
The project, which includes four residential condominiums, will generate about five thousand jobs both direct and indirect, said Alvaro Barraza, Commercial Manager of the project.
"According to Barraza, Portal Canarias is inspired by the Atlantic archipelago of the same name, and each condominium building - Puerta Gran Canaria, Allegranza, La Palma and Los Faros, aims to meet the needs of different types of families in El Salvador, but gathered together in an environmentally friendly space that will give all residents the opportunity to experience a fusion of nature, urban creativity and security", reported Elsalvador.com.
Property Developer Cubitá will begin in September a project by the same name in the Province of Herrera, Panama.
The works include the converting five acres into land suitable for residences, a shopping mall, condominiums and a hotel, the construction of which is expected to be completed in late 2012.
According to an article in Laestrella.com.pa's, "The project includes building 91 houses in the residential area, of which 64 are apartments and 27 will be houses, all within a gated complex with a perimeter wall and security gate. The square, the commercial component of the new concept, will have the capacity to house 17 shops or establishments. "
Eleven new vertical projects will see the light over the next two years in the Greater Metropolitan Area.
Aimed at the middle and upper classes, most developments are to the west of San Jose.
Among the projects, one that has already been started is Paseo Colón Torres, in which $28.6 million has been invested and will be finished next year.
El Financiero reported statements by Rosendo Pujol, director of the Research Program on Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Costa Rica (PRODUS in Spanish), concerning the reasons for this boom, which he said were "... insecurity, growing congestion on roads and significant increases in the income of a minority. "