Warehouses available for rent& sale

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Warehouses available for rent & sale

Throughout Costa Rica

Warehouses are not just empty spaces; they are process articulators for the logistics of their users.

In Costa Rica, specialized wineries have increased and are part of the companies that need adequate infrastructure to distribute their products. The operability, storage capacity and quality of a product may depend on the use of a good warehouse.

There are different types and their uses vary according to the needs of the user. Before choosing a warehouse, the following should be taken into account:

  • Strategic location: The displacement, accessibility and logistics of a business depends on the objects to be stored being close to all operations.
  • Size: The second important aspect is size. Warehouses can be used to store merchandise, personal items, raw materials and much more. For that, the size must be adequate and with the possibility of occupying all the space without damaging the products.
  • Product types: The flow in and out will depend on unfinished products or if they are finished. The unfinished products refer to raw materials or products in the process of manufacture. It is necessary that these are close to the production spaces to speed up the process. On the other hand, the finished products are ready to be delivered to the customer and for this, a good storage is needed near the delivery point that allows them to be available immediately.
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The industrial sector is very important for the country’s development since it managed to survive in the pandemic by reinventing its future. Our focus at Nativu Commercial & Desarrollo is to solve the needs of growth or decrease of companies that require industrial warehouses to adapt themselves.

The experience makes us innovative and proactive therefore we can provide our clients with the best real estate options for their business: available warehouses in and out of the GAM. We have the best options of industrial spaces in the Costa Rican territory.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Central American region is an emerging market in which designs are being developed in modern industrial infrastructure. Below we list the characteristics mentioned by our experts during the 1st Commercial Real Estate Summit, Trends 2021, around the latest trends in logistics warehouse engineering:

  • Durable and resilient.  The construction should use materials of high quality and strength. As for floors, the use of macro-tiles prevails, and super-flat floor systems.
  • Multifaceted.  What has been changing are the uses of customers, so the design must prove to be multifaceted; warehouses that can accommodate all kinds of merchandise and product.
  • A lot of height.  The trend is to go to a free height of 12 meters to take advantage of the cubic capacity. In this sense, it is complemented by the incorporation of logistics equipment to work these heights.
  • Air conditioning.  In the case of housing products that need a controlled environment, the warehouses must have the space and technological structure in such a way that they have the ability to automate the facilities if required by the operation.
  • Location and accessibility.  Customers require large containers to be in and out with direct access to the road. In addition to proximity to ports and airports. As for the operation to the warehouses, there must be wide access streets and sufficient parking for the customers’ fleets. The number of docks for loading and unloading, should aspire to have at least a distance of 500 meters.
  • Loading and unloading efficiency.  The optimization is one of the resources developers should pay attention to. The inefficiency of these spaces unexpectedly consumes time that delays the rest of the operation.
  • Establishment of personnel.  The management of personnel has become an issue, according to the requirements of certain companies such as those in charge of the production of chemicals, the personnel must be contained within the same industrial warehouse, as they can carry contaminants if they leave it, so a recreation area must be contemplated for the personnel that operates the cargo.
  • Operation of the park.  Access controls with good security and a stable connection to energy are transcendental, in this sense, the presence of micro electrical grids is indicated. Wastewater treatment, periodic garbage collection and waste recycling must comply with sustainability seals.

The warehouses for rent range from 300 meters  in size, with prices starting at $ 5 per square meter throughout Costa Rica. For sale from $ 700 per square meter.

We have the warehouses that fit  your requirements and budget with some of these features for more security in your investment:

  1. Condos with 24/7 or standalone security
  2. All kinds of warehouses for any business or industry
  3. From good to excellent finishes
  4. Heights from 4 meters depending on the type of business
  5. The best locations in Costa Rica
  6. Three-phase power if required
  7. Office Warehouses, Industrial Buildings,  Built to Suit, Triple Purpose (Warehouse, Office, Premises)
  8. With electricity,  water, telephones, offices, bathrooms and parking services.
  9.  Manoeuvring yards and platforms
  10. Warehouses for storage, distribution and manufacturing.

The Free Trade Zone is an incentive for exports that allows the development of industrial, commercial and service activities, under special regulations, in exchange, tax, customs and foreign trade matters. The benefitsof the free zone are customs extraterritoriality.

  • Requirements for companies in Free Trade Zones in Costa Rica:

Minimum investment of 10 million dollars for a commercial activity considered as a “megaproject”, regardless of its location. Manufacturing companies must maintain a minimum of 200 employees on the payroll at the start of productive operations.

  • The Free Zones (RZF) regime is defined in Costa Rica as the set of incentives and benefits granted by the country to companies that make new investments and comply with local requirements and obligations. This regime is regulated by the Free Zones Law No. 7210 and its regulations.
  • Benefits: At the highest level, free zone companies  provide the country with hard currency capital, jobs generally more modern than those available locally; development of high-value chains for local suppliers; access to new markets to which these companies will export their goods and services.
  • How do they operate? : The Free Zones regime  represents approximately 50% of Costa Rica’s commercial shipments abroad, but companies that benefit from the status and jurisdiction of free zones, and that can benefit from the incentives, must comply with the legally stipulated requirements.
  • How many free zones are there in Costa Rica? The regime in Costa Rica has existed since 1990. There are currently  41 Free Zones that house 375 companies generating 115,161 direct jobs and almost 57,441 indirect jobs. Additionally, these companies generate 120,000  direct employees and 57,000  indirect jobs for a total of 172,000 jobs. Those 120,000 people that the Free Zones employ directly pay them $ 2,117 million in salaries and $ 786 million in social charges per year.

An industrial zone is a certain area in which industrial activity can be carried out, such as: production and manufacture of electronics, food products, cosmetics, raw materials for construction, among others.

The main industries in Costa Rica are: manufacturing (food, beverages and tobacco; textiles, leather and footwear; wood; paper, printing and publishing; chemicals, plastic, rubber and pharmaceuticals; concrete, ceramics and glass; metalworking, others).

Industrial parks have the particularity of having a series of services, such as: electricity supply, water supply with various types of treatment, depending on the use you want to give it, such as, for example, for drinking use, for boilers, or for cooling, etc.

In recent years, warehouse projects in Costa Rica have increased. In the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM), projects totaling 133,300 square meters (m²) are under construction, according to the Market Beat Costa Rica Industrial 3Q 2018 report, by the firm Cushman & Wakefield.

In Costa Rica, warehouses can be classified into three different categories according to their characteristics: A, B, and C. The latter two have more limited dimensions and even lack some elements of more modern warehouses, such as platforms.

Projects outside the GAM:

New prominent project in Limon: The “Plataforma Logística Caribe” (PLACA) project is under development on a 30-hectare plot located five kilometers from the Moín Container Terminal, in the vicinity of the route 32, road section that goes from Limón to San José. It has full environmental feasibility approved by SETENA, with a Free Zone operating license.

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NATIVU Commercial Real Estate

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Cel: +506 8711-2345
Tel. +506 4001-2481

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