High demand in areas like Escazú, Santa Ana and Curridabat increase added value of real estate. Insecurity, social problems and lack of road infrastructure less attractive to places like The Abandoned, and Tibás Alajuelita. Escazú, Santa Ana, Curridabat and some central districts of San José is consolidating itself as the hot spots in the real estate business. The...

Building maximizes use of natural daylight and air conditioning can be avoided. Company hired 50 people, mostly in areas adjacent to the business. McDonald’s opened at Lindora, Santa Ana, its first local “green” in Central America, with an investment of $ 2 million. Tatiana Rodriguez, manager of the restaurant chain, said that the investment that doubled...

Ticos and Mexican partners will build High Mountain Country Club & Spa. They say that in the west of San Jose living the rich and famous, and this finding seems to be far from the truth. Currently some 25,000 families with high purchasing power, domestic and foreign, live in Escazu, Santa Ana and Belen, according to the Business Center Costa Rica, signed developer...

33 cantons have new price hikes ranging between 50% and 230%. Office of Finance estimated that revenues will double this item. The owners of houses, buildings and land will receive a significant increase in property taxes due to an upgrade that makes the Treasury the value of the property. This appraisal is conducted by the Technical Standards Authority (ONT), who recruited...

Escazú, Santa Ana, Montes de Oca and Curridabat share characteristics in services and trade. Montes de Oca, Curridabat, Escazú and Santa Ana being shared areas of high migration and development and commercial services, while speaking in the east and west of San José is usually locate these cantons as reference points. In the west, it is possible to find 40 branches...

Local and foreign entrepreneurs driving projects focused on meeting demand for services during and after surgery. In addition, hospitals are beginning to emerge focusing on complex health. Medical treatment in Costa Rica represents on average a third of what it would cost if done in United States. This variable turns the country into a natural destination for capturing...

The building permit related to the water connection has paralyzed much of the real estate industry, especially in the metropolitan area but also in the Pacific area. In the capital, Santa Ana is one of the major trouble spots. One of several examples is that of Forum II, Oficentro of 34 thousand square meters where about 2,500 people work, which suffered delays in obtaining...

Four real estate projects in Escazú and Santa Ana used Cisco systems installed in the luxurious Dubai. The firm Portafolio Real Estate included a fiber optic network in its three buildings in the corporate center El Cedral in Escazú. This will have a real brain network access control, security, air conditioners, television and communication. “The technology El...

Near the Santa Ana-Belen radio are saturated with shopping centers, office buildings and restaurants, several projects are in the process of building permits, and other already installed. Five offices, eight shopping centers, two supermarkets, three franchise restaurants, two residential, two service stations, a hotel and several automall industries, buildings that...