This beautiful 12,160 sq ft building lot with a glorious western view of the rolling hills of Puriscal in the Altamira Condominium complex is a prized gem in the small but increasingly popular and growing community of Ciudad Colón, about seven miles west of Santa Ana. Ciudad Colón offers rural living with all the conveniences of city life; more important, it will be an important hub on the new highway being built from San José to Orotina and the beach resort of Jacó. Once the highway is completed, Jacó will be just over an hour away for whoever buys this lot. Ciudad Colón is within 15 minutes of the Forum and Forum II, home to the offices of the Fortune 500 companies in Costa Rica; the prestigious Country Day School; CIMA hospital; the 18-hole Valle del Sol golf course; Automercado, Saretto and MasXMenos supermarkets; Multiplaza Shopping Mall; Le Monastère and Los Anonos restaurants; Camino Real Internacional and Courtyard Marriott hotels; the U.S. and Canadian ambassadors' residences; and Tobias Bolaños Pavas (domestic) and Juan Santamaría (international) airports and the unique Time Out and Motor Psychos bars.

The property has a large building pad and beautiful trees for ample shade. A lovely cobblestone road passes by the lot. The gated Altamira Condominiums provide 24-hour security, with a guardhouse at the entrance. This deed to this property is inscribed in the National Registry, and the buyer can begin building immediately.

LOCATION: A few of blocks from the new highway to Ciudad Colón, just off the old road.

PRICE: $195,000

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