PANAMA CITY | Boomtown: projects and construction

[Guillermo Pinto]

Coming Soon: Vitri Tower - 75 floors - Costa del Este Panama City
http://www.c21online.net/ImagenUpload/5194%20-%201.jpg

Coming Soon: Ocean Two - 72 floors - Cosa del Este, Pma. City
http://www.c21online.net/ImagenUpload/5210%20-%201.jpg

Coming Soon: Pearl Tower - 60 floors - Punta Pacìfica, Pma. City
http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/pearl/pearl.jpg

Coming Soon: Dupont Tower - 54 floors - Punta Pacifica, Pma. City
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/P1010149.jpg

Coming Soon: A 3 tower project. Blue Bahía, Loft 41 & Dupont - Punta Pacifica, Pma City
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/P1010146.jpg

Coming Soon: 10 Tower - 47 floor - Punta Pacífica
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/P1010154.jpg

Coming Soon: Marina Blue Tower - 54 floors - San Francisco, Panama City
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/P1010144.jpg

Coming Soon: Belair Tower - 52 floors - Costa del Este, Pma. City
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/belair3.jpg

Coming Soon: Park 32 Tower - 46 floors - Costa del Este, Pma City
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/park32.jpg

Aqualina Tower - 62 floors - Punta Pacífica - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
http://www.qualityinvestment.com.pa/Uploads/Aqualina/aqualina02g.jpg

Bahia Pacifica - 54 floors - Punta Pacifica - UNDER CONSTRUCION
http://www.businesspanama.com/realestate/images/listing_photos/138_bp129.jpg

Aquamare Tower - 54 floors - Punta pacifica - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5774/aquamare21gb.jpg

Pacific Point Project - Punta Pacifica- UNDER CONSTRUCION
http://www.pacificpointpanama.com/images/doble_torre.jpg

Ocean Park 1 & 2- Punta Pacífica - 45 floor each, 1 built the other UNDER CONSTRUCTION
http://www.gcorcione.com/proyectos/images/op/general.jpg

Palacio de la Bahìa - Balboa Ave. - 89 floor 330 mts - Oh yes Baby, UNDER CONSTRUCTION
http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL541/2942522/7576175/113272490.jpg

FINALLY: a 2004 Picture of Panama City's Skyline - and prepare for much MORE!!!!!!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/August%2005%20and%20onward/f2dfced9.jpg

[jaga185]

wow, thats awesome, go panama!

[Stephenapolis]

Nice collection of towers going up and planned. This is a skyline we will have to keep a close eye on.

[Grumpy]

My goodness what an impressive list !
I guess it is about time to show & tell us lot more about this city

[BnaBreaker]

Good lord that's alot of stuff! It's like the Dubai of the Western Hemisphere!

[Xing]

Holy Shit! Look at Panama City go!!

[JACKinBeantown]

Palacio de la Bahia is crazy.

[Rechucher]

Definitely a Boom City!!!...

I Can´t imagine how this "lil baby" will look in the year 2020!!

I can see is growing sooooo faaast!!!



.

[phillyskyline]

thats wsup....

[BnaBreaker]

It's PANAMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jularc]

Amazing! Panama is central hot!!! :tup:

[ItsConanOBrien]

Wow, lots of condos. Thanks for sharing, we don't hear much (if anything) about Panama City here.

[Phillydude]

Oh, I gotta go there on vacation. But I don't fly -- do they have trains or buses to there? Man. That's hot.

[Coldrsx]

very impressive.

[Jasonhouse]

AWESOME. We've finally got a comp thread for Panama City!

This place is indeed booming...


Dupont Tower is a sweet building.

[pablosan]

Pretty impressive.

[Top Of The Park]

....looks like a great place to retire.

[SD_Phil]

Any idea what's driving the construction? Tourism? Let's hope it's stable economic development and not some kind of temporary foreign money boom. The rest of central america stands to benefit from any kind of spread of this success. Very impressive.

[Guillermo Pinto]

There´s more:

Coming Soon: Planetarium Towers - Punta Pacífica, Pma City- 85 floors - 300 m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/planet2.jpg

Coming Soon: Marina Blue - Punta Pacífica, Pma City - 54 foors
http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/marinablue/marinablue.jpg

Coming Soon: Pacific Village - Punta Pacífica, Pma City.
http://www.qualityinvestment.com.pa/Uploads/PVillage2towersbig.jpg

Another 2005 Panoramic Picture of Panama City, OUTSTANDING!!!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid131/p2f4edc5105c51234d49a4ef8dc1f8b46/f7a94680.jpg

[Guillermo Pinto]

....looks like a great place to retire.

Yes, actually Panama is considered the The World's Top Retirement Haven. Some information:
http://www.ilbookstore.com/product1.asp?SID=1&Product_ID=82

[wisla_krakow]

Vancouver meets Miami.

[BobbyWLA]

Oh, I gotta go there on vacation. But I don't fly -- do they have trains or buses to there? Man. That's hot.

You can somehow take a greyhound to Mexico, and then from Mexico you can take a bus to Panama.

Just curious. Why don't you fly?

[Patrick]

Wow thats amazing, a lot of nice towers!

[Guillermo Pinto]

This is a 2005 picture of the skyline in a rainny day, taken from the sea.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/p10101382.jpg

[Guillermo Pinto]

Another project: Coming Soon - Acqua Towers - 40 each, Costa del Este, Panama City

http://www.gprovivienda.com/projects/imgs_projects/acqua/gallery/acqua_two-towers.jpg

[Guillermo Pinto]

Never gonna stop!!! Another project:
Coming Soon: Destiny Tower - 45 stories - Balboa Ave. Panama City

http://www.c21online.net/c21online.net_non_ssl/ImagenUpload/5207%20-%202.jpg

http://www.c21online.net/c21online.net_non_ssl/ImagenUpload/5207%20-%201.jpg

[Guillermo Pinto]

Coming soon: ICE TOWER, Costa del Este, Pma City... and we got the 100's stories... 102 stories.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7650/p97rd.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8003/p104xl.jpg


Under Construction: LOS FAROS, Punta Pacífica, Pma City. The main tower: 75 stories, 250 mts. The other 2: 220 mts each.
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/d82/d820d31531b929f80b0b843d9b8c5e5a.jpg

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/197/1979ae1c87087eb36375875d638bc95e.jpg

[Grumpy]

Here is another one:

Punta Pacifica

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6021/oc1bp.jpg

[Panamaniac]

I've said it elsewhere and it bears repeating here: Whithin a decade, Panama City will be among the top ten rated skylines on the planet.

[spyguy]

Punta Pacifica looks terrific! Another boomin' city.

[Fiorenza]

Seems to be a similar phenomenon in Brazilian cities and elsewhere. In such high-rise fortresses the wealthy and even not-so-wealthy can feel secure. In many places a villa is simply a target. That's my understanding of the main basis for the trend. Are there other reasons as well? These developments don't seem to be adding to density in the urban center.

[Guillermo Pinto]

Punta Pacifica looks terrific! Another boomin' city.

So, now that you mention Punta Pacifica (Pma. City), take a look of "what's going on" about some projects under construction over there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/updates%20pacifica/P1010142.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/updates%20pacifica/P1010143.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/albrook/P1000054.jpg

[williamphilapa]

102 buildings under construction... almost unimaginable what it will look like with all of the new additions! Good stuff Panama!:yes:

[Guillermo Pinto]

102 buildings under construction... almost unimaginable what it will look like with all of the new additions! Good stuff Panama!:yes:

Oh, sorry, i made a mistake, i need to update the information. Now is 117 high-rise buildings under construction.

Salut

[Marvel 33]

Very nice renderings Guillermo. By the way, obviously all the construction development going on in Panama City has to be sustained by purchasing power. Are most of the people buying the condos in these towers from Panama, foreigners or both? And if there are many foreigners buying all these condos - what's drawing them there? Just curious?
I know Panama City has become a very open market and a very important financial haven, like another Switzerland - is this the main draw?

[waterloowarrior]

Great pictures! 102 stories?!!!?! What kind of prices are these condos for? I've checked out some sites online, but it's hard to tell if they prices are market value or if they are ripping off people who don't know enough about the country.

My gf is in panama (bocas) right now; it's kind of amazing how you can talk on the phone to someone 4000 km away on some island in another country and have it be as clear as if they were your nextdoor neighbour.

btw I am getting a lot of photobucket bandwidth exceeded messages for some of your pics

[waterloowarrior]

is this what the market is like ?
http://www.viviun.com/Real_Estate/Panama/Condos/
http://www.ducharmes.com/

http://www.ducharmes.com/images/venetian/venetian-tower.jpg
Venetian

http://www.ducharmes.com/images/panama/panama-city-mirage.jpg

mirage

[JRinSoCal]

WOW this is some AMAZING shit!! It seems like everything that gets proposed in Panama City gets built, and fast. How come this doesn't happen in Los Angeles. I'm jelous. Can someone please post some street scene photos of this incredible city. The more I see pics of this place the more and more curious I get. What is the crime rate in PC? Is there much poverty. I'd like some info please.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Holy moly this is incredible stuff! :eek: Look out Dubai!!

[Grumpy]

Holy moly this is incredible stuff! :eek: Look out Dubai!!

You got that right ;)

The Arts Tower

http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/arts/800/arts.jpg

[Martin H Unzon]

- Curious for an apartment in panama? visit :

http://www.inversionesnatasha.com
http://www.qualityinvestment.com.pa/

BTW ...We've a lot of work pending on our database.... & diagram

[Guillermo Pinto]

This is a picture of the future skyline of Panama City. You can only watch the main towers aprooved or under construction, and of course, the already built ones. The buildings to the very right are under construction right now. The one to the very left is Palacio de la Bahia (94 stories), starting this January. The other 2 in the middle are: Ice Tower (104 stories), sales process, and Arts Tower (80 stories), sales process too. These are only the main ones. Remember, there are 117 high-rise buildings under construction right now in Pma. City, and more is coming.

P.D. Costa del Este, the other booming area in Pma City. Projects under construction or sales process right now over there are:

Planetarium (85 stories)
Vitri Tower (75 stories)
Ocean Two (73 stories)
Pearl Tower (70 stories)
Bel Air Tower (68 stories)

Costa del Este is located in the very right side of the Panama City skyline, so u cant Watch it in this picture. Sorry about it, but the pictures is not that long.

ENJOY!!!!!!

http://img498.imageshack.us/img498/7686/futureskyline5ub.jpg

[Guillermo Pinto]

Very nice renderings Guillermo. By the way, obviously all the construction development going on in Panama City has to be sustained by purchasing power. Are most of the people buying the condos in these towers from Panama, foreigners or both? And if there are many foreigners buying all these condos - what's drawing them there? Just curious?
I know Panama City has become a very open market and a very important financial haven, like another Switzerland - is this the main draw?

Mainly for baby boomers looking a great place for retirement. Heres an interesting article from International Living Magazine:

Economic Climate

How to Use Panama as an Off-shore Money Haven

The Republic of Panama is perhaps the ideal destination for anyone looking for serious financial privacy and no taxes, corporate or personal. Its proximity to the growing Latin market makes it a natural base for world business operations, and in spite of its troubled history, it isn’t directly under the thumb of either the United States or the U.K.

Panama is a country in much better shape financially than its Central American neighbors to the north, or Colombia to the south. Annual inflation has averaged 1.4% for the past 30 years, and during the 1990s it barely exceeded 1% per year. Then there is the wealth represented by the Panama Canal. Its operations in 2001, according to the Panama Canal Authority, generated $630.8 million in total revenues, much of which was plowed back into constant maintenance. But the move that could turn the current flow of 14,000 annual ship transits into a flood is the widening of the canal and the building of bigger locks.

There are also thousands of acres of land from former U.S. military installations, prized real estate with an estimated value of $4 billion. Admittedly, its distribution and privatization has been slow and marked by charges of corruption, producing few of the general benefits promised or anticipated.

How to Build a Tax-Advantaged Enterprise in a Country Poised to Boom

Panama is on the rise…as a retirement destination…an adventure wonderland…and as an investment paradise. It is simply bursting with opportunities for the adventurous entrepreneur. Things are just starting to get going here. Those with foresight stand to make impressive gains.

The government of Panama has set up a number of attractive programs and special zones in order to attract foreign investors to its shores. These programs won’t last forever, though. But while they’re here they’ll give the adventurous pioneers who decide to capitalize on them a tremendous head start in the business world.

In fact, almost every International Living reader we know who has come to retire in Panama has capitalized on the opportunities here, and has begun a business of some sort…from guesthouses…property developments…resorts…eco-tourism projects…forestation projects…charter dive operations—even boat repair outfits…

Spend just $50,000 building a guesthouse in the hills of
Boquete and reap enormous tax benefits

In 1994 Panama passed Law No. 8—the most modern and comprehensive law for the promotion of tourism investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Since the law was enacted, dozens of the world’s largest hotel chains have swept in to take advantage of it, including the Marriott, the Radisson, Holiday Inn, the Sheraton, and the Intercontinental. But Panama’s attractive tourism investment laws are not just for big business. Anyone willing to invest as little as $50,000 in a tourism project can take advantage of the enormous tax and financial incentives available here.

You could build a guesthouse in the hills of Boquete…start a charter-dive operation on Bocas Del Toro, or a white-water rafting outfit in Chiriqui Viejo…open a surf-board rental shop at Playa Santa Catalina…trek tour groups through the wild and uncharted Darien Gap…open a marina, a hotel, or a nightspot along the beaches of the Pacific coast…launch a horse-drawn carriage service on Taboga, “the Island of Flowers” that has no cars…take tour groups through the historical ruins of Panama’s Colonial era…open a riverside restaurant in Boquete… The opportunities are endless…

With a minimum investment of $50,000 anywhere in Panama’s interior you can receive:
• 20-year exemption of any import taxes due on materials, furniture, equipment,
and vehicles.
• A 20-year exemption on real estate taxes for all assets of the enterprise.
• Exemption from any tax levied for the use of airports and piers.
• Accelerated depreciation for real estate assets of 10% per year.

And if you start up a tourism-related business in one of the specially designated tourist zones, you can also receive a 15-year exemption on your income taxes.

The Real Estate Incentives

With its Decree Law #9 of Aug. 27, 1997, the Panamanian government created great incentives for property developers interested in Panama City’s Casco Viejo.

For instance, any income you make from the sale or rental of your property is exempted from income tax for 10 years. You can also deduct 100% of the costs of the renovation from your income tax. Plus you won’t have to pay any duties on any materials you import to complete the renovation.

You won’t have to pay any property taxes for 30 years. Nor will you have to pay any transfer taxes—providing the property costs $50,000 or more.

Signs of private investment prompted by these incentives are everywhere. You don’t walk far without passing a restored building or one in process of renovation. Scaffolding seems to be on every corner. There’s an almost “land rush” feel to condominium development in the area.

[Guillermo Pinto]

WOW this is some AMAZING shit!! It seems like everything that gets proposed in Panama City gets built, and fast. How come this doesn't happen in Los Angeles. I'm jelous. Can someone please post some street scene photos of this incredible city. The more I see pics of this place the more and more curious I get. What is the crime rate in PC? Is there much poverty. I'd like some info please.

Here we go, some street level pictures of Panama City:

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/8468/dsc010888bf.jpg

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6083/dsc010879kf.jpg

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/7326/dsc010979bp.jpg

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/8063/dsc010839wb.jpg

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/2522/dsc010820dg.jpg

[-GR2NY-]

Are those talls really necessary in panama city? Are they going to fill? Granted I dont know much about panama city except for the fact that these stick out like really sore thumbs. But shit, better they are built than not built. Quite impressive.

[Grumpy]

Why don't you post it in this thread ?

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=87780

Would be better so people can follow all the activity in one thread...

[Grumpy]

What is that white building?

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/8063/dsc010839wb.jpg

[Guillermo Pinto]

What is that white building?

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/8063/dsc010839wb.jpg

The 5 stories building to the right? That's a Hospital. The Punta Pac�fica Johns Hopkins International Hospital.

[williamphilapa]

Awesome rendering :yes:

[James Bond Agent 007]

Why don't you post it in this thread ?

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=87780

Would be better so people can follow all the activity in one thread...
Quite right. I merged the two threads.

[Rechucher]

Panama city, Panama - A Booming City...

The City has over 170 projects Under Construction (22 of them, over 50 st.):

+ 100 floors: 1
+ 90 floors: 0
+ 80 floors: 4
+ 70 floors: 6
+ 60 floors: 3
+ 50 floors: 8
+ 40 floors: 30
+ 30 floors: 52

A Residential Boom in Panama City!




Selection of 15 Projects:


Ice Tower

floors: 104
height: 381 mts - 1,250 ft

http://realestate.escapeartist.com/_data_/re_images/usr_1193767/re_2001560/img_72fd18100ab6422f34f38c09b777806d.jpg



Palacio de la Bahía

floors: 97
height: 353 mts. - 1,160 ft.

http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/303/palacio6cy.jpg



Planetarium

floors: 82
height: 300 mts. - 987 feet

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2447/planetarium4hd.jpg



Faros de Panamá

floors: 85
height: 285 mts. - 940 feet

http://primapanama.blogs.com/photos/grupo_mall/dsc08600jpg_1.jpg



Q Tower

floors: 82

http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/qtower/800/qtower.jpg




Arts Tower

floors: 80

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6219/arts7uo.jpg



Vitri Tower

floors: 75

http://www.ffproperties.net/images/big_vitri.jpg



Ocean Two

floors: 73

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8948/ocean5jk.jpg



Pearl Tower

floors: 70

http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/pearl/pearl.jpg



Trump Ocean Club

floors: 62 - 260 mts - 855 feet

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5221/trump13xh.jpg
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/462/trump22zm.jpg




Aqualina

floors: 61

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8607/aqualina8ad.jpg



Aquamare

floors: 53

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8450/aqua9ma.jpg



The Point

floors: 52

http://www.desarrollobahia.com/images/fotos_proyectos/ThePoint_mod_1.jpg



Ten Tower

floors: 48

http://www.inversionesnatasha.com/artimages/proyectos/DIEZ%20EDIFICIO0000.jpg



Terrasol Towers

floors: 47

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9742/terrasol5xu.jpg





Panama City. Aprox: 1.2 million of population

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4016/point35ld.jpg


....

[WonderlandPark]

All of these are under construction? As in concrete being poured or steel erected? Or are some of these approved and proposals?

I nominate Palacio de la Bahía as the ugliest tall builidng u/c.

[Rechucher]

All of these are under construction? As in concrete being poured or steel erected? Or are some of these approved and proposals?

I nominate Palacio de la Bahía as the ugliest tall builidng u/c.

The status for these projects:

Ice Tower: Construction Starts in June 2006

Palacio Bahia: Construction Starts in May 2006

Planetarium: Under Construction

Faros De Panamá: Construction Starts in August 2006

Q Tower: New - Proposed

Arts Tower: Construction Starts in June 2006

Vitri Tower: Construction Starts this month!

Ocean Two: Under Construction

Pearl Tower: Construction Starts in May 2006

Trump Ocean Club: Sales Phase.

Aqualina: Under Construction

Aquamare: Under Construction

The Point: Under Construction

Ten Tower: Construction starts this month!

Terrasol Towers: Under Construction



Some of them use reinforced concrete, other projects must be erected with steel... They also can use a mix of the two techniques...


...

[Presswood]

Wow unbelievable panama city is under 1million habitant!
Why so many building ? :O

[FlyersFan118]

:previous:Panama City. Aprox: 1.2 million of population




WOW..lots of shit going on here. I love it.

[Rechucher]

Wow unbelievable panama city is under 1million habitant!
Why so many building ? :O


Panama has found its business, taking advantage of its economic, political and social stability... And mainly by his low cost of life:

The Deal:

To attract retirees of nations like United States, Canada and Europe, so that they come to live to Panama, and enjoy all the luxuries by very low prices, compared with which would pay in its countries... In addition they will not pay tax on the rent...

Panama also is being sold as the ideal place to establish a second home...(when you want to escape of cold winters, hurricanes, etc...)


...

[Grumpy]

once again there is a 2nd thread on Panama City , gets confusing to follow the activities...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=102501

[Scruffy]

[QUOTE=Guillermo Pinto]Coming soon: ICE TOWER, Costa del Este, Pma City... and we got the 100's stories... 102 stories.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7650/p97rd.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8003/p104xl.jpg


This building looks awesome. But at 102 stories, its going to have a sizable population. You think this teeny ass entry way and that teeny ass traffic circle makes sense, it needs something grander to accomodate so many inhabitants

[Grumpy]

Can someone make a plot map for Panama City please?
It would be alot easier to locate all those new towers.

[Guillermo Pinto]

The last official rendering of LOS FAROS DE PANAMÁ. 95 Stories, construction starts: August 2006

http://primapanama.blogs.com/photos/grupo_mall/dsc08600jpg_1.jpg
http://primapanama.blogs.com/photos/grupo_mall/dsc08589jpg.jpg
http://primapanama.blogs.com/photos/grupo_mall/dsc08593jpg.jpg

[Panamaboy9016]

Well in Panama right now constructions r crazy...These r some of the buildings

Ice Tower-381m
http://www.viviun.com/data/properties/images/39454-82490-1D68U22MLM.jpg??050358
Palacio de la Bahia-350m
http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/303/palacio6cy.jpg
Torre Planetarium-300m
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2447/planetarium4hd.jpg
Faros del Panama Torre Central-285m
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/197/1979ae1c87087eb36375875d638bc95e.jpg
Q Tower-265m
http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/5526/qto9px.jpg
Trump Ocean Club-260m
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6021/oc1bp.jpg
Arts Tower-250m
http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/arts/800/arts.jpg[/
Ocean Two-236m
Torre Vitri-232m
Pearl Tower-213.4m
Ocean One-213m
ETC.....

[Vito Corleone]

Just wondering where you got those height figures from?

[Grumpy]

who are the architects of all these proposals ?

[Rechucher]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/P1000307.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160020.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160038.jpg

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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160036.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160035.jpg

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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160116.jpg

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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160060.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5569/p11506977sc.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160122.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/punta%20pacifica%20mayo%2006/P1160121.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3629/p11601276ho.jpg



Starting construction of Ice Tower... 104 stories, 381 mts of height...

http://www.plasoc.com/images/icetower.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i110/jarish123/actualizacion%202/P1160093.jpg


Partial Picture: Panama City's Skyline...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/P1000310.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/481/city0jm.jpg

[Grumpy]

an update : http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=106903

please post all Panama City updates in this thread please otherwise it is getting confusing ;)

[WonderlandPark]

Panama is Dubai for the Western Hemisphere :)

[Guillermo Pinto]

OoOps, sorry, i meant "Over the GLOBE" =) This could be a future picture of PANAMA CITY, PANAMA in the year 2010. All the projects are already approved, under construction or in sale/pre-sale or built (the real ones). Enjoy.

http://static.flickr.com/91/221470283_df0069db6e_o.jpg

[DetroitSky]

Thats great. Love those skyscrapers. How many are supertalls? Nice work on the diagram:tup:

I clicked on this thread thinking by "Glove" Guillermo Pinto meant Michigan. Oh well...

[Guillermo Pinto]

Thats great. Love those skyscrapers. How many are supertalls? Nice work on the diagram:tup:

I clicked on this thread thinking by "Glove" Guillermo Pinto meant Michigan. Oh well...

Ok, the tallest one, in the middle of the picture is like 104 stories, in meters is about the same of the Empire States Building. All the buildings on the diagraman are in the scale, so you can count the supertalls.

[Boris]

What's driving this growth in Panama?

[phillyskyline]

Interesting, I would like to see the final outcome.

[ranzhic]

Wow, those are supernice. I don't think there are any other major cities in the world that has those types of tops dominating thoer skyline. Most usually either have the spires or the blocks, not a banana top. Love me the banana top.

[itom 987]

I've renamed this thread to "Panama City development thread."

That's an excellent panorama of future construction projects in Panama City.
Is there any more information on those towers?

[Guillermo Pinto]

A new project, MEGAPOLIS:
124 stories
424.50m

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y239/Zinho/expohabitat/DSC06066.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y239/Zinho/expohabitat/megapolis.jpg

[Thskyscraper]

Wow.

[Grumpy]

I've renamed this thread to "Panama City development thread."

That's an excellent panorama of future construction projects in Panama City.
Is there any more information on those towers?

There are 3 other threads about Panama City in this section, get's confusing.
Can you merge all 3 of them into 1 please ?

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=104078

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=106903

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=96648

[Steely Dan]

^ i've now merged all the panama city compilation threads into one thread. hope that helps.

[Grumpy]

^ i've now merged all the panama city compilation threads into one thread. hope that helps.

Thanks , very helpfull indeed :yes:

[He11razor]

Wow, I love Panama. I was there a couple of years ago. My plan is to set up some kind of high tech company in Canada (I'm Canadian) or the states, and move some of the operations down there.

[Grumpy]

the Revolution Tower........

http://www.realtymarina.com/images/listing_photos/54_revolution_a2copiacopia.jpg

[cmventura]

Born and raised in Panama City, but now living in San Francisco, CA. I remember growing up the city was already full of skyscrapers, but now everytime I go to visit my faimily I am SO amazed at the quantity of new ones. I do wish some of the designs would be a little better, some of those buildings are hideously haneous, like the "Palacio de la Bahia". Why can't ehy build buildings with classic lines that blend with the environment that surrounds them. Panama City is a very modern city, but still some of these buildings look like they belong in a different planet (ugly). Thing is, all these wonderful buildings and construction serve as a masquerade for the rest of the country which is poor and has a high level of unemployment. Going to Panama City is great, I do miss it at times, but I could never live there again. There is fantastic night life, stunning virgin beaches, eco-tourism, amazing diversity and great restaurants, warm and VERY humid weather all year round, and all the comforts of living in the US, good hospitals, schools, and the US dollar...still....I could not go back...

[cmventura]

Born and raised in Panama City, but now living in San Francisco, CA. I remember growing up the city was already full of skyscrapers, but now everytime I go to visit my faimily I am SO amazed at the quantity of new ones. I do wish some of the designs would be a little better, some of those buildings are hideously haneous, like the "Palacio de la Bahia". Why can't ehy build buildings with classic lines that blend with the environment that surrounds them. Panama City is a very modern city, but still some of these buildings look like they belong in a different planet (ugly). Thing is, all these wonderful buildings and construction serve as a masquerade for the rest of the country which is poor and has a high level of unemployment. Going to Panama City is great, I do miss it at times, but I could never live there again. There is fantastic night life, stunning virgin beaches, eco-tourism, amazing diversity and great restaurants, warm and VERY humid weather all year round, and all the comforts of living in the US, good hospitals, schools, and the US dollar...still....I could not go back...

[SkyWatcher]

I saw a program on TV about Panama City and it's growth and then found this thread. Must be a very exciting time for you! Thanks for the cool renderings and the updates, I'll be watching the progress pics!

[DE-Builder]

anybody know of a good construction Jobs website for central america and/or the caribbean? I appreciate the help.

[Grumpy]

An update from the boys from Panama would be appreciated :)

[AZheat]

anybody know of a good construction Jobs website for central america and/or the caribbean? I appreciate the help.
I seriously considered retiring in Panama last year and spent a couple of weeks down there but the weather and language barrier were too much. I do know that getting a job if you're a foreigner is extremely difficult because there is high unemployment among the Panamanians themselves. There were construction sites all over the city but those jobs were done by locals so unless you work for a foreign company that could transfer you there I think you would have to look somewhere else. I honestly don't know the situation in the other surrounding countries but I know about Panama so I'm just passing along some advise. Good luck.

[Theoryg]

for highrise buildings. In my opinion it succeeded where N.Y., Dubai, Hong Kong Los Angeles and Chicago failed I almost see Panama as ideally what a chunk of Los Angeles should have looked like-lol. In general the buildings in Panama seem more fluent in their design as well as optimistic and highly elegant they almost seem like sculptures and less of a functioning spacefiller or cold, dead albeit modern building. Looking at Panama one would ask: is everyone elsewhere asleep at the wheel??

:sly: