Pacific Plaza Enters Pipeline

One of the projects pushing through despite the recession is Aguilera's long-anticipated Pacific Plaza, the ground for which will be broken in May.
The development, nearly three years in the making, is expected to serve between 1,200 and 1,300 people on a 22-hectare property just outside of Liberia in Guanacaste.
A mix of townhouses for active adults, assisted living for those requiring minimal care and a nursing home with specialized services for seniors in fragile health, the Continuing Care Retirement Community will cater to retirees in all stages of the aging process.

For many retirees, it's a real challenge to find alternative housing and to undertake a move as they age,” “Here, residents don't have to think about where they will go next.”
But what makes this project unique, even more so than the diversity in housing options, is its juxtaposition with a 4,650-square-meter medical facility.
The medical plaza will be the first private hospital in the area and will be equipped with an emergency room, laboratory services, operating rooms and a helicopter landing pad. As a branch of the upscale CIMA Hospital in Escazú, west of San José, Pacific Plaza will be able to tap into the resources of the metropolitan headquarters.
Liberia satellite hospital will serve three main populations: permanent residents of Guanacaste, tourists and medical tourists who visit the area for a short time, and residents of the adjacent retirement complex.
The first phase of the project, to begin in May, consists of the initial stage of the medical plaza, scheduled for completion in May 2011. Aguilera said the entire $160 million development will be finished in seven or eight years' time.
Homes will be targeted at the U.S. middle- to upper-middle economic classes, and they will be complemented by “cruise ship- like” daily activities, such as physical therapy, yoga, bingo, and other games and entertainment options.