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Shopping centers and hotels in the city and on the coast are part of the new projects planned for this year and 2015.
Four commercial and mixed-use projects are predicted to boost the sector in 2015. These are City Mall, City Place in Santa Ana, Ocean Mall in Puntarenas and Jacó Beach Walk in in Jaco beach. City Mall and City Place are currently under construction and are projected to start operations in the middle of this year.
2013 has confirmed a trend toward mixed-use projects with spaces for various uses, especially commercial, residential and office space.
The commercial property market has shown an increase in supply of 9.8%, totaling 884,135 m². Among the activities that have contributed the most to the dynamism of this market is the opening of fast food restaurant chains and projections are that it will continue to increase.
There are plans to build a mini-city on the beach in Puntarenas, two mega projects and 6 other smaller works that represent $211 million in investments.
The three largest projects will be developed by local companies in the province of Puntarenas, in the Central and Garabito cantons. "These, together with six other smaller private works, represent investments of over $211 million and the use of more than 164 hectares of land in the next 15 years," noted an article in Elfinancierocr.com.
All in one place. In the west of the capital of Costa Rica "mini-cities" are being built which meet the needs of this new lifestyle trend.
In the west of San José, four real estate projects are attempting to impose a new lifestyle. The first is "Avenida Escazú, whose initial phase was started in 2009 (medical towers, cinema, hotel, parking and residences) and which then added more cinemas, restaurants and shops," noted an article in Elfinancierocr.com.
Real estate projects in Costa Rica face a tough time expanding due to lack of drinking water in several areas of the country.
Projects developed in cantons such as Escazu or Santa Ana and Mora are being affected by this problem, where local permits for the expansion of properties are held in limbo. "In Guayabo there was interest in the possibility of doing some kind of social project for the people of that Canton, but we've run into the problem of lack of water and the value of the land which is creating a problem with the housing issue ... " said the Mayor of Mora Gilberto Monge.
With an investment of $30 million the Croc Casino Resort will be built in Jacó, which will have 17 floors, and is forecast to open in December 2014.
The complex will have 152 rooms and 44 luxury condominium residences as well as a beachfront pool, restaurants, a nightclub, a spa, the "Croc Habitat" retail shops and facilities for meetings and conventions.
If all the planned office buildings were constructed, supply would exceed demand.
At the moment, the construction companies involved are ready to begin construction of 180,000 m2 in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) in San Jose, which, if this went ahead, would lead to a situation of market oversupply, reports Elfinancierocr.com.
What is the current situation? At the end of the first quarter (2012) there were 990,721 square meters of office space, of which 9.4% is available. There are 126,909 meters square under construction. Colliers estimates that this supply can be absorbed smoothly by the market within 12 to 18 months.
New businesses will open in the Greater Metropolitan Area of San Jose in 2012, with spaces of between 4,000 and 100,000 square meters.
The stores identified are: Lagunilla, Torre 202, Plaza Carolina (stages 1 and 2), Plaza Tempo, Trivium Center, Plaza Lincoln, Paseo Plaza Santo Domingo and Metropolis, according to information provided by Danny Quiros, Market Intelligence Manager of Colliers International , a `real estate consulting firm.
The east of the capital of Costa Rica has become an important pillar for real estate development, and will receive $40 million in investment for a Class A office center
From the press release:
San Jose, Costa Rica, July 21, 2011 - 4D Real Estate Development has announced the start of works at TERRA Corporate Campus, a Class A office center located in one of the sectors of the city with the fastest growing economic dynamism.
A new urban project, Hacienda Espinal, will be developed on kilometre 17 of the new road to Caldera.
The project, to be developed by the firm Garnier & Garnier, will cover 37 hectares and has an investment for the first phase of $20 million. Included in the construction are residential units, restaurants, a school, a supermarket and offices.
Attracted by the new road other companies have put their faith in real estate investment.
The property crisis in Guanacaste, Costa Rica’s main tourist center, reads like two sides of the same coin.
Three years after the U.S. financial crisis resulted in collapse of real estate prices in Guanacaste, the calm after the storm seems not to have reached all areas of the province alike.
The northern region of Costa Rica, historically a magnet for tourists and investors, has been divided into two different areas.