When the first cases of covid-19 were reported, in all Central American markets the interest in renting residential apartments fell abruptly, however, since April the fall stopped and in the last months an upward trend was evident.
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Arguing that the dynamic evolution of covid-19 has changed the socio-economic conditions of the population, a decree was issued to modify the rule that suspends evictions and launches, for the duration of the health emergency.
As a result of the crisis, the unemployment rate of commercial premises in Costa Rica rose from 8.81% to 9.86%, and the average price per square meter fell by 3%.
It is estimated that 20% of the stores located in the country's malls will not be able to open after the most critical phases of the covid-19 outbreak are overcome, according to Colliers' figures.
It is estimated that the increase in online sales and the greater trend towards telecommuting will result in a lower demand for commercial premises and offices, exerting downward pressure on the price level of rents in the long term.
The quarantines decreed in the Central American countries because of the covid-19 outbreak, have caused a transformation in the operations of the companies, in the ways of working and in the models of business and sales.
The Assembly approved in third reading a bill that suspends for a 120-day period all launches and evictions of private real estate intended for housing, commercial establishments, professional use, industrial and educational activities.
The plenary session of the National Assembly, supporting the state of emergency as a result of the effects generated by the infectious disease covid-19, approved in the third debate the draft law 299, by which measures on the leasing of real estate are dictated, informed the institution.
Almost a year after starting operations in Costa Rica with its first building, the American WeWork, dedicated to the rental of shared work spaces, announced that it plans to invest in two more properties in the next two years.
WeWork, a U.S. company dedicated to renting shared spaces for work, announced that at the end of 2019 will begin operating in Costa Rica.
WeWork will have its first location located in the project C3 (former Real Cariari), San Jose, in the General Cañas Highway, Cruce de San Antonio de Belen, with a building of 6 floors, with capacity for 2,000 people, informed the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde) through a statement.
Because of the depreciation that the Costa Rican currency has been reporting in the past months, companies and individuals who rent properties will have to pay more colones in those contracts that have been agreed in dollars.
According to data from the Central Bank of Costa Rica, from August 16th to date, the Colon has registered in the wholesale market Monex a depreciation equivalent to almost 11%, leading the dollar price from ¢567.97 to ¢628.85.
It is estimated that it will take about seven years to commercialize, through the usual channels, the over-supply of between 500,000 m2 and 600,000 m2 that currently exists in the real estate market in Panama.
Those times when real estate projects were selling fast are already in the past.
Between January and June the average rental price per square meter requested from warehouses in Panama City dropped from $8.95 to $8.40, due to a slight increase in the supply of available spaces.
In the first half of the year, the commercial supply in Panama reached 1.8 million rentable square meters, 4% more than was reported in the same period in 2017.
According to a report from CBRE Panama, in the first six months of the year a total of thirteen Class B + and B sites entered the market, totaling some 47,000 m2of commercial space in Panama City. These projects registered an occupancy rate of 60.7%.As a result, average rents requested continued to decrease, with supply exceeding demand for existing available spaces.
Banco Popular de Desarrollo Comunal de Costa Rica is putting out to tender the rental of a building to house its offices.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2018LN-000017-DCADM:
"The financial institution needs to rent a building to locate its administrative offices, and the purchase will be made through a national public tender procedure.
A decline in the arrival of new international companies to the country could be one of the reasons behind the increase from 21% to 24% in the availability of office space in the Panamanian real estate market.
According to a report from CBRE Panama, total availability in the office market increased during the second half of 2017, going up by 2.5%.The document adds that the office market closed the second semester with a total inventory of 1,661,234 m2, after making some adjustments of surplus stock and a demolished building.
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