The construction of a 23,500-square-meter shopping center that will house 135 stores and will be located in Ciudad Quesada, in the province of Alajuela, has been announced.
The new property is called Plaza Comercial El Encuentro San Carlos and will be built by Desarrolladora Inmobiliaria Bambu in alliance with Nacascolo Holdings. The shopping center will begin construction in April 2021 and will open to the public in November 2022.
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Because office buildings are empty, stores are open only a few hours, and hotel occupancy rates are considerably low in this health crisis, the outlook for commercial real estate has been clouded and an uncertain future is projected.
Containment measures taken over the last year in response to the pandemic have closed stores and offices, and dealt a severe blow to demand for commercial real estate, particularly in the retail, hospitality and office segments, according to an analysis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Portafolio Inmobiliario plans to invest $11 million in the refurbishment of the Real Cariari Shopping Center, which will be turned into an office building to be called Cariari Corporate Center.
The firm decided to make this change because in the areas near the building, competition among shopping centers is strong, as Paseo de las Flores, mall Alajuela and Oxígeno operate in the area.
The oversupply of office space and changes in the dynamics and ways of working of companies have led the office rental market to a corrective or adjustment phase, which is mainly evidenced by the downward pressure on rental prices.
At the beginning of 2021, CentralAmericaData expected that in the coming years, 4 out of 5 companies will bet on hybrid work modalities, which include face-to-face and remote activities. This phenomenon will force office supply to adjust to the new market conditions.
During the first weeks of the year, interest in apartment rentals increased in Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic and Guatemala, a situation that contrasts with Costa Rica and El Salvador, markets in which interactions in the digital environment decreased.
Through a system that monitors in real time the changes in the interests and preferences of consumers in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project demand trends in the short and long term, for different products, services, sectors and markets operating in the region.
Although in the Nicaraguan market properties are priced up to 30% or 40% cheaper compared to the prices registered prior to the political and health crisis, sales have fallen considerably.
Taking as a reference 2017, the year prior to the political and social crisis in Nicaragua, it is evident that currently real estate prices have decreased by up to 30% or 40%, assure businessmen in the sector.
Because projects that were planned prior to the pandemic are expected to be developed in Guatemala in 2021 and 2022, developers will need to assess whether they need to rethink them, as some market conditions have changed in this new reality.
Because of the pandemic resulting from the covid-19 outbreak in the country, several projects were delayed or not implemented during 2020.
As of January 1, 2021, owners of homes whose construction value exceeds the equivalent of $217,000 will have to pay the tax known as the "luxury home" tax.
The modification of the minimum amount was communicated through the executive decree that was published on December 22 in the newspaper La Gaceta. With these changes, between 2019 and 2020 the minimum value of the properties that are subject to this tax was increased from $213,751 to $217,015.
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Between July and October 2020, the number of people in Panama looking for rental homes grew 56%, while in Guatemala, the number of people exploring options for renting a home fell 37%.
CentralAmericaData's interactive platform, Consumer Insights, monitors in real time changes in consumer habits in all markets in the region and in other Latin American countries, with key data to understand their behavior, new trends and anticipate eventual changes in their purchasing patterns.
Open spaces in the condominiums, green areas and enough rooms to accommodate a home office, are aspects that Guatemalan consumers consider when buying a residential property.
As a result of the covid-19 outbreak, the population in Guatemala was subjected to strict quarantine, which caused changes in people's behaviors and modified tastes and preferences.
Between July and October 2020 the number of people in Panama looking for apartments to rent grew 34%, while the number of Honduran consumers looking to buy apartments for sale fell 5%.
CentralAmericaData's interactive platform, Consumer Insights, monitors in real time changes in consumer habits in all markets in the region and in other Latin American countries, with key data to understand their behavior, new trends and anticipate eventual changes in their buying patterns.
Calypso Developments announced that it plans to build a horizontal residential complex in the province of Limón, Costa Rica, which in its first stage will consist of 77 homes.
According to information released by the company developing the project, the new housing complex will be called "Condominio Hacienda Santa Rosa" and will be located in the Southern Caribbean, 15 minutes from downtown Limon, on the road to Cahuita.
A bill was presented to the National Assembly to regulate the leasing of real estate, so that the client who rents a property has the option to buy it.
In order to regulate the financial leasing of real estate known as real estate leasing or housing leasing, the Minister of Housing and Land Management (Miviot), Rogelio Paredes, was the official the Executive who presented the bill to the Assembly.