With the end of the crisis at sight, real estate agents update their properties, modernizing them, remodeling them and creating new spaces.
Elsalvador.com published 5 articles (in Spanish), analyzing this market from different perspectives:
The voice of the experts
“2009: In commercial space we moved to lower-priced stores, but in residences the market remained stable”.
Corporate Rental
“The most sought after properties are those with the best technology services”.
Offices/warehouses
“For companies and individuals interested in storing their belongings, warehousing is an option”.
Where to look for rental opportunities
“Inmobilia.com is a specialized website with real estate sales and rental listings”.
Moving companies, the ally of the Real Estate market
“Moving houses, offices or businesses is not easy; there are companies who specialize in these services, making moving easier and safer”
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April 2011
Vacancy rates for office real estate have stabilized, staying below 10%, which indicates that there is no oversupply.
The data comes from a summary of Costa Rica's office space real estate market for the last quarter of 2010 by NAI Costa Rica.
Supply increased slightly from 849,500 m2 to 856,500 m2 while vacancy rates dropped from 9.9% to 8.5%, due to increased occupancy in UltraPark II, Torre Mercedes and Forum I.
October 2009
Costa Rica Commercial has launched operations, as the first specialized Costa Rica real estate broker, exclusively specialized in Costa Rica commercial real estate rentals and investment property sales.
Costa Rica realtors typically operate as generalists, whose sole market differentiation is geographical.
May 2012
The fever for building construction has not affected, for now, rental prices for office properties in Panama City.
Although there is in the country an inventory of office space which is enough for over six years, the construction of large buildings for this type of business has not stopped and both vacancy rates and prices are stable and have not impacted the market, reported Capital.com.pa.
January 2012
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.