Santo Domingo from the 60th floor!

[NALs]

Anyone who has been to Santo Domingo lately knows that the city has appropriated quite a number of midrise, highrise, and even small skyscrapers in the past few years. For people who have been in Santo Domingo or visited the city in the mid-90s and backwards, you know very well how much the city has grown with respect to highrises and skyscraper construction.

Of all the areas of the city that has received a boom in the construction of highrises, one of the most desirable and most elegant collection of highrises/skyscrapers can be found along Avenida Anacaona which spans the southwestern area of the capital from Los Cacicazgos to Bella Vista.

The rush for truly tall structures along the Anacaona began in 2003 with the construction of the ultra modern Torre Carib, 85 meters tall with 23 floors.

Today, the Anacaona is playing host to another milestone in being the site of the tallest structure in the Dominican Republic. The current construction of the Torre Caney, 150 meters tall with 38 floors and will be the tallest structure in the Caribbean once completed. The tower already has an imposing presence along the Mirador Sur park and the adjacent neighborhoods.

Well folks, it was recently made public that the same engineering company that is building the Torre Caney has submitted a new plan for a new tower on the Anacaona. The new tower doesn't have a name yet, but will consist of 60 floors which will most likely be higher than 200 meters.

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POLL QUESTION:

What do you think about the new proposal of constructing a 60 stories tower?

A) Excellent
B) Good
C) Bad
D) Terrible mistake
E) Not sure

La Anacaona exhibirá torre de apartamentos de 60 pisos

-NALs

[DavidZ]

Check these links for some of the skyscraper projects in Panama, including a 104 story tower!!

Panama Real Estate Brokers - We Can Help You Find The Property You Want

Panama Real Estate and Preconstruction information

If they can do it, why can't we?? Even Trump's building over there...imagine...TRUMP PALACE QUIZQUEYA, or TRUMP COLONIAL PLAZA...

[NALs]

For those of you not familiar with Santo Domingo or with the towers long Avenida Anacaona, here are a few images of that avenue and some of its towers.

Torre Caney (under construction)


Other towers along Anacaona:











Photo credits: José García (you can visit his blog by clicking here )

-NALs

[DavidZ]

Do mostly upper-class Dominicans live in these buildings or expats? Are the fit and finishes up to American luxury standards, or do they just look good from the outside?

[NALs]

Originally Posted by DavidZ

Do mostly upper-class Dominicans live in these buildings or expats? Are the fit and finishes up to American luxury standards, or do they just look good from the outside?

From what I have seen, many of the buildings offer luxury apartments which complement their exterior appearance and sometimes the exterior is worst than the quality of the apartments.

Typical of many apartments is the usage of Mohagany wood for doors, kitchen cabinet, marble or granite kitchen countertops. Many apartments also have touches of luxury in the architecture within the apartment themselves such as corinthian columns holding arches which sperate one room from another, elaborate designs around the main ceiling light fixtures, etc. The typical floor layout is for two apartments per floor, the most exclusive towers and the top floors of other towers consist of one apartment per floor and penthouses can encompass 2 or 3 floor for one penthouse.

It appears that most inhabitant of such residences are Dominican, but there is a sizable presence of non-Dominicans as well, especially foreign dignitaries and foreigners who work in embassies and such.

Other DR1ers may have more info about this.

-NALs

[Tamborista]

I thought NALs lived in CT?

[NALs]

Originally Posted by Tamborista

I thought NALs lived in CT?

I spend most of my time in CT, but I do go to the DR various times a year. Unlike most DR1ers I'm a D0ominican, when I go to the DR it's not a "vacation", but rather visiting family and friends and conducting business.

And then there is the extended family members who live in Santo Domingo, Santiago, Moca, and La Vega.

Are we going to turn this into a personal interogation now?

-NALs

[aegap]

Santo Domingo ist starting to seem like Medellin in the late '70s and through the '80s and early '90s...

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...I hear construction of Mundo 'Moll' has started in earnest.

[aegap]

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[NALs]

Originally Posted by aegap

...I hear construction of Mundo 'Moll' has started in earnest.

Not to go beyond topic, but the Mundo Mall project was sold to Mexican investors not too long ago (despite the fact that only the hole in the ground was made).

It makes sense that they are starting to build the project, because the government was beginning to pressure to the owners of projects which were started by digging the foundation hole in the ground, but never finished and left those gigantic holes in the ground.

It was either those holes are covered or the projects resumed or the developers and owners of the land where the holes are located were going to face penalties.

Mundo Mall was suppose to be in the gigantic hole on Kennedy, north of the Centro Olímpico and the Banco Popular tower.

There are other "holes" scattered in the Polígono Central and other areas.

-NALs