Housing fairs are to be held by the Honduran construction industry in alliance with the nation's banks in an effort to reverse this year's 33 percent decline in private investment in the sector.

Despite El Salvador's economic difficulties, there has been no let-up in upscale real-estate developments.

Costa Rican financial group Improsa announced the launch of new operations in Panama.

Driven by a strategy that will exploit sustainable energy, Spanish-based firm Moho Arquitectura’s design for a mixed-use tower in San José will become a new benchmark for eco-friendly design in Costa Rica.

Mexican construction company ICA forecast that by 2012 it will have built the artificial islands that conclude the Punta Pacífica development in Panama City.

The month-old government in Panama is expected to announce as soon as next week the first steps toward breaking with decades of banking secrecy that have drawn both tax-allergic customers and global rebukes.

Casco Viejo has been the hottest address in Panama City for some time.

Luxury real-estate developments in Panama appear to have lost little of their luster despite the international crisis.

A new medical tower at Costa Rica’s Calderón Guardia will require a $100 million investment.

Two US-based companies, St. Jude Medical and Moog, are building plans to make medical equipment at the El Coyol free zone in Alejuela, Costa Rica.

Spanish chain Riu will open its first Costa Rican hotel in November.

Panama is increasingly popular among retirement-age types looking to hedge against – or skip out on – the recession, says the US magazine, BusinessWeek.

Most of the 100 stores that form the fifth stage of Multiplaza Escazú in Costa Rica have been assigned.

Panama’s construction industry proclaimed itself ready to work at peak capacity on the ambitious public works program announced by the new administration of President Ricardo Martinelli.

Panama, once hyped as a hot destination for US and European retirees looking for second residences, has faltered.