PriceSmart supermarket opened its sixth store in Costa Rica • costadevelopers.com

Since PriceSmart supermarket opened in Costa Rica it became one of the most visited warehouses by Costa Ricans to make multiple purchases.

PriceSmart new supermarket will be located in the province of Cartago, specifically in La Union, three rivers, adjacent to the Oficentro Terra corporate Campus, in the East of the country. Its opening is expected for Friday 18 October. The establishment had a $20 million investment and generates employment to 130 people.
Chain PriceSmart supermarkets came to Costa Rica for the first time 14 years ago, coming from the United States and operating under the modality of supermarket per membership, currently has five local located in different parts of the greater Metropolitan Area and which opens this week in Cartago will be the sixth.
This new venue will have a space of 20, 000 square meters and with 130 jobs that already reach a labor force of 1200 people working in different premises of Costa Rica. PriceSmart, Inc. corresponds to the largest clubs of purchase operator membership in Latin America.
The supermarket chain was developed by Sol and Robert Price in San Diego, California in 1976 and today serves more than one million members in 30 clubs throughout twelve countries and a territory not belonging to the United States. It currently operates in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Barbados, El Salvador and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
During the past year, it was announced that the multinational chain of U.S. origin Walmart would bring to the country your company from the competition, Sam's Club, Walmart spokesmen however qualified this information as just a rumor.
Another company to open in Costa Rica is the multinational selling clothes GAP, which will open its first store in the Mall Multiplaza Escazu, where have also opened premises other stores of American origin like Forever21.
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Costa Rica will have new and luxurious Corporate Center in San Jose

Center Corporate El Tobogán

The new corporate Center to be located in San Jose is called Center Corporate El Tobogán (CCET), place where Ballroom is currently with the same name.

El Tobogán is built on nearly two acres of land located in downtown San Jose, and represents an investment of $60 million. The CCET aims to provide solutions to the need for offi-centers in the city.

Millionaire investment seeks to consolidate a business center that is innovative and especially friendly with the environment, so they have the pre approval of LEED GOLD certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Desing) of US Building Council.

Business Center will feature 105 offices, more than 1100 parking spaces, 66 wineries, 20 shops and other attractions such as roof and heliport.

Investment is done by the Bank's solutions, the role of financial structuring and financing will be made through the National Bank and Bank of Costa Rica.

The company responsible for the construction is the Contempo real estate developer, in conjunction with Constructura Proycon. They also participate in this project companies as Circuito, OPB Arquitectos, IECA, DEHC and Ingeniería Cañas

The slide has two towers, a building of 11 levels and two basements, besides a parking platform.

Main building will spend its first floor shops, pharmacies, restaurants and other services of satisfaction for executives.

On the second level, start the offices ranging from 150 to 450 square meters, each of the premises will be more than 3400 square meters.

"Another of its advantages is that it has multiple vehicular access roads, public transport and is located 5 minutes from downtown San Jose," said Rodolfo Cruz, general manager of real estate Contempo to Summa Magazine.

One of the biggest attractions is that its Windows and ceilings have thermal and acoustic insulation to promote the tranquillity of the tenants.

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Lexus seeks to conquer the Costa Rican market with ecological proposal

lexus

The famous American company committed to environmentally friendly vehicles to be able to attract the public in Costa Rica.

The Costa Rican group Purdy Motor Company will be responsible for marketing the brand of Lexus vehicles in the country; with an investment of more than 1 million dollars in inventory and remodeling of galleries.

This investment seeks to attract to the Costa Rican public, and represents the second stage of the brand in the country, so it clarifies Allan Sime, Lexus representative for Costa Rica.

"For the second stage of the brand, we are going to expand to a showroom with an extension of 1900 square meters, which will be located in the future Lexus Tower, also in Escazú Avenue," said Sime to Revista Summa.

Inventory of Lexus in Costa Rica has been defined by the importance of the protection of the environment, this means that customers with environmentally friendly and hybrid vehicle options.

"People like the hybrid theme and is more aware of the impact and the problems of pollution, that is willing to pay the difference between a normal car and one hybrid. This difference in the price ranges between 10% and 15%, said Amadeo Quirós, market Director of Purdy Motor.

The expectation of the brand is to achieve sales of about 105 vehicles during the first year, starting from the month of March and December.

The strategy of managers of Lexus in Costa Rica, seeks to establish an idea of quality and excellent service to the customer, one of the measures that have been used to achieve this has been to change their conventional care centres, by living rooms where clients are treated in a more comfortable environment.

"What we want is to have a 100% satisfaction. We are focusing on the customer who come, buy or not buy, quit saying that you had a good experience, so we have a room style lounge, not a table of business which is very formal or very strict. It's that they can have a good time," said Quiros.

Quiros also pointed out that there is an exclusive portfolio of the brand, distinctive aspects of service, given the conditions of service to customer; their marketing is located in an upscale Mall, and not a Toyota Purdy Motor Agency, as it is located in La Uruca, San José.

In Costa Rica, Lexus vehicles are available with prices that range from 55 thousand dollars to 163 thousand; available financing plans.

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