PANAMA CITY is having a huge Construction boom. It´s definetely a Skyscraper-City!!

(Im just including some of them. My Favorites.)



OCEAN PARK I y II

* Ocean Park I has been Finished. The Ocean Par II will be finished this year.

http://www.gcorcione.com/proyectos/images/op/general.jpg


Pacific Point Towers.

* The first high tower has been finished. The second one is still under construction.


http://www.conkasa.com/imagenes/pacific6.jpg


TERRAZAS DEL PACÍFICO

http://www.invmoses.com/sp/images/proyectos/terrazas/edificio.jpg


MYSTIC POINT TOWERS I Y II - 42 pisos.

* Both tower are being constructed by now. They are in a very advanced status.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/pro1.jpg


LOFT TOWERS I y II

* Two towers ubicated in diferent points of Panama City.
Status: U/C.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/pro2.jpg


BAYFRONT TOWER

* They just started its construction.

http://www.ventasyproyectos.com/artimages/proyectos/Bayfront01.jpg


BELLMARE TOWER

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/pana1.jpg


GLOBAL BANK TOWER

* This tower will be delivered very soon...March 2005.

http://www.plasoc.com/galeria/torre_globalb_edif.jpg


TORRES DE LAS AMERICAS OFFICE TOWER

Status: Will be delivered on June, 2005.

http://www.torresdelasamericas.com/images/popup/fotosb7.jpg

http://www.torresdelasamericas.com/images/popup/fotosb8.jpg


CORPORATE CENTER TOWER

* This building is almost ready!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/M-Tower.jpg

http://www.ventasyproyectos.com/artimages/galeria/M-Tower%20Aire.jpg


PACIFIC ONE OFFICE TOWER

http://www.pacificonepanama.com/images/imagen4.gif

http://www.pacificonepanama.com/images/imagen2.gif




HAS JUST BEGUN CONSTRUCTION (2006, 2007).


BAHÍA PACÍFICA

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/6630/Bahiapacific.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/4101/bahiapacific2.jpg


OCEAN ONE I y II

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/ocean1.jpg

http://www.inversionesnatasha.com/artimages/galeria/ocean%20puerta%20cochera%20web.JPG


AQUAMARE TOWER

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/aquamera.jpg


CRYSTAL TOWER


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/CS.jpg


ASTORIA TOWER

http://www.habitatsrealty.com/ediast.gif


ONYX TOWER

http://www.inversionesnatasha.com/artimages/proyectos/onix%20web.JPG


TORRE FORUM

http://www.plasoc.com/galeria/torre_forum_edif.jpg


CENTRO FINANCIERO

http://www.plasoc.com/galeria/centro_fin_edif.jpg


PANAMA FINANCIAL CENTER

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/pro3.jpg

http://www.desarrollobahia.com/images/center/center2a.jpg


:cheers:

the new skyscrapers look very asian-like

i love them!!! go Panama!!

Wow! Excellent pics! Those projects look massive!! Once finished, they will be a great contribution to the already impressive Panama City skyline!

Panama City is one of the cities in the world with greatest booming undoubtely :)

great good news, the skyline is already beautiful and with this it should be much better.

WWOOOOWW incredible!. Panama seems latinamerican´s Dubai.

What amazing designs!!!!

damn nice looking designs i hope they get built very soon.

Those buildings do look incredible, The Global bank tower looks very strong.

http://www.inversionesnatasha.com/artimages/galeria/ocean%20puerta%20cochera%20web.JPG

hehe O1

Nice skyscrapers!

Wow, very cool towers! The Dubai of Latin America :okay:

Very nice projects!

Looks awsome!!! The style is just like Dubai+Moscow+Benidorm :okay:

Panama architects Rulz!!!!!

They are making the city looks so futuristic and modern..... Definetely the Panama City skyline is growing so fast.....And with style!!!


Thanks a lot for your comments!!

I´ll keep you guys up-to-date with these new projects.....


:cheers:

WOW! So many hight quality buildings!!!

Two towers more for Panama City:


VENETIAN TOWER

http://www.habitatsrealty.com/edivt.gif

http://www.habitatsrealty.com/edivt1-1.gif


MANDARIN BAY

http://www.mandarinbay.net/images/mandarin.jpg



:cheers:

Awesome!! :eek:
So booming......

How many meters will Bahia Pacifica be? It is my favoutire that I also have drawn.

I have tried to find pictures of Torre Vista Marina(built) and Banco del Istmo Tower(proposed) without result. Do you have any?

Why the text "San Francisco" on Mandarin Bay?

cool..will add lots of density

cant wait to see real-life pictures of these buildings :cheers:

Well I'm very impressed. What is driving the construction boom?

How many meters will Bahia Pacifica be? It is my favoutire that I also have drawn.

I have tried to find pictures of Torre Vista Marina(built) and Banco del Istmo Tower(proposed) without result. Do you have any?

Why the text "San Francisco" on Mandarin Bay?



Im not sure, how tall the Bahia Pacifca will be....but i guess it´s around 185 meters....


Here is a picture of the Vista Marina Tower.....Is the tallest tower on the right hand of the picture....

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/7124/vistaaa4cz.jpg



The Mandarin Bay Render has the text "San Francisco", because the tower will be located in the San Francisco district in Panama City.....

the website is: www.mandarinbay.net



Cheers!!! :cheers:

Well I'm very impressed. What is driving the construction boom?


*Panamacanal(and drugs maybe.. :| )

Driving the construction boom?
1. One of the largest offshore banking centers in the World
2. Largest Free Trade Zone in the Americas, Second in the World only to Hong
Kong
3. Largest distribution center for Asian commerce to Latin America
4. Largest Container Ports in Latin America
5. The crossroads of all fiber optic telecommunications between the Americas
6. One of the largest Maritime Insurance Centers in the World
7. Only high speed Ocean to Ocean containerized railroad in the World (1 hour
to move cargo from the Atlantic and Pacific)
8. The Panama Canal is the Crossroads of all major maritime routes
9. Dollarized economy since the birth of the Nation
10. Like Miami, a huge amount of capital pouring in from richest families of
other countries who make stable and safe Panama their second home
due to political strife in their own.
11. Largest Registry of commercial vessels in the World
12. Restricted room for sprawl in the City due to fronting water and the
protected rainforests that surround Panama City's outskirts leading to
vertical development
13. Tourist's and retirees around the World are beginning to "discover"
Panama as a natural paradise promting tons of investment from
foreigners.

Driving the construction boom?
1. One of the largest offshore banking centers in the World
2. Largest Free Trade Zone in the Americas, Second in the World only to Hong
Kong
3. Largest distribution center for Asian commerce to Latin America
4. Largest Container Ports in Latin America
5. The crossroads of all fiber optic telecommunications between the Americas
6. One of the largest Maritime Insurance Centers in the World
7. Only high speed Ocean to Ocean containerized railroad in the World (1 hour
to move cargo from the Atlantic and Pacific)
8. The Panama Canal is the Crossroads of all major maritime routes
9. Dollarized economy since the birth of the Nation
10. Like Miami, a huge amount of capital pouring in from richest families of
other countries who make stable and safe Panama their second home
due to political strife in their own.
11. Largest Registry of commercial vessels in the World
12. Restricted room for sprawl in the City due to fronting water and the
protected rainforests that surround Panama City's outskirts leading to
vertical development
13. Tourist's and retirees around the World are beginning to "discover"
Panama as a natural paradise promting tons of investment from
foreigners.



Do I need to say more??? :D


Thanks Panamaboom! ;)

very nice...Panama City has a very impressive skyline for it's size.

Thank you very much for posting a pic of Torre Vista Marina, Menandro. A bit sad it is not possible to see the top of the building...

wow

its looks very similar to dubai

Driving the construction boom?
1. One of the largest offshore banking centers in the World
2. Largest Free Trade Zone in the Americas, Second in the World only to Hong
Kong
3. Largest distribution center for Asian commerce to Latin America
4. Largest Container Ports in Latin America
5. The crossroads of all fiber optic telecommunications between the Americas
6. One of the largest Maritime Insurance Centers in the World
7. Only high speed Ocean to Ocean containerized railroad in the World (1 hour
to move cargo from the Atlantic and Pacific)
8. The Panama Canal is the Crossroads of all major maritime routes
9. Dollarized economy since the birth of the Nation
10. Like Miami, a huge amount of capital pouring in from richest families of
other countries who make stable and safe Panama their second home
due to political strife in their own.
11. Largest Registry of commercial vessels in the World
12. Restricted room for sprawl in the City due to fronting water and the
protected rainforests that surround Panama City's outskirts leading to
vertical development
13. Tourist's and retirees around the World are beginning to "discover"
Panama as a natural paradise promting tons of investment from
foreigners.

I actually beg to differ on many of these points.
I'll try and go one by one ;)
1) Yes, Panama used to have one of the greatest banking centers worldwide, however, during the dictatorship in the late 1980's most of the banks pretty much packed and left. However, what is left, and what hopefully is becoming is a pretty solid foundation for Panama to be once again another great banking center. However, what stops Panama from doing so at the moment, is mainly the bureaucracy of a "banana republic"
2) The largest free zone, is in located on the opposite side of Panama, in the city of Colon. While the actual free zone does attract many people, Colon certainly does not. A ghetto with high crime rate and overall extreme poverty, it is hard to be able to develop the area around it. One must also remember that in a duty free zone, the markups are increased, and the actual value of the item ultimately is not worth the trip.
3) agree
4) agree
5) agree, but then again, so what looking back at these last three one must realize that Panama doesn't have the "huge" companies and corporations that are compared to the rest of the world. The largest Panamanian company is most likely the Panama Canal, and that itself is government owned.
6) Agree, however the "banana republic" bureaucracy comes into effect again. Panama feels that it dominates this market so well, that an increase in prices and a decrease in overall service will ultimately help the country. Hopefully things stay the same.
7) and then there is the Canal... it should all be tied together, and defenitly not something that could sustain a country economically.
8) agree
9) cannot really comment on this as however there are many many pros to having a dollarized economy, the fixed rate does not allow market forces to interact with the value of the "balboa". One can't expect the Panamanian economy to mimic that of the U.S's. Because according to what you have said, this major boom in Panama should actually value its currency, however the value of the U.S dollar has devalued recently, thus the economy relies on an artificially devalued currency (which has always been overvalued but i wont get into that)
10) Agree, they are many wealthy families in Panama, however, there is an issue with Panama bordering Colombia, but for now its alright
11) Same as 6
12) Agree, except for the fact that Panama City's traffic is absolutely dreadful, it mirrors that of U.S cities with constant congestion like that of Los Angeles. Skyscrapers are nice, but at one point, (a point which Panama City is quite close too) the streets will not support the population
13) Sure

In my opinion, a lot, I'm defenitly not saying all, but a lot of the investment put into Panama's new malls, skyscrapers and casinos are funded by money launderers. If you look over the years, Panama's economy defenitly is not seen in a "booming" inflationary period, however, its construction certainly suggests that. Having Columbia next to them, and have a lax banking system, its a haven for drug lords with millions of dollars in cash to spend. All this investment may seem as a defenite plus for the economy, however it is not. By creating a virtually limitless amount of money into a business, it allows that business to ignore business profits and allow the sale of items under cost, however good these may be to the panamanian people, it puts the middle and upper class businessmen out of business, they simply cant compete.
Anyway, I apologize for the length of this, and hopefully I won't get bashed to death, i mean no disrespect.
Cheers

Thank you very much for posting a pic of Torre Vista Marina, Menandro. A bit sad it is not possible to see the top of the building...
Here are other pics which show Vista Marina in its entirety. Cheers :)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8548/panama1073gn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5220/panama975vc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5559/panama886zj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6358/panama190hd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Loft towers looks awesome!! :okay:

Looking good :okay:

so many great projects popping up there.

That Bellmare tower looks like a real classic. I like that!

these are going to be the high buildings but of Panama

ice tower 381mts 104 floors
http://www.qualityinvestment.com.pa/uploads/IceTower/IceTower3G.JPG

palacio de la bahia 353mts 103 floors
http://www.palaciobahia.com/04palacio/galeria0/grandes/02.jpg

planetarium 300mts 82 floors
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/panama2/planetarium30.jpg

los faros de panama 286mts 85 floors
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/197/1979ae1c87087eb36375875d638bc95e.jpg

art tower 275mts 80 floors
http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/arts/800/arts.jpg

i like the last pic a lot.....well done to panama!!!!

Oh! My Gosh!!! Panama is unbelievable.

Hey Menandro, it's really espectacular the growing of that city, panama city is the most growing city in central america, a really pride of the central americans, Congratulations

hey, exactly how many projects are making on the city?

Thanks...

:dance:

The art tower is one of my favourites. Don't like the tallest one too much (ice tower) :)