Development Land: Investment Opportunity in Guanacaste
Though diminutive in size, Costa Rica offers a large variety of options for development land throughout the country. There are large tracts in or near urban centers for large commercial projects and the supporting residential developments that surround them. Off the beaten path are beautiful eco-properties in the Central Valley, teaming with life, with an abundance of foliage and fauna, endless natural formations like springs and waterfalls varying temperate zones that are ripe for eco-tourism, botanical gardens, or conservation.
In Guanacaste, the choices are many and most are usually on or near a beach town somewhere. Recently, the new marina in Flamingo has been approved and construction is soon commencing. This announcement sparked a lot of activity and interest in the development land sector of the local real estate market. Suddenly, property owners that have been enjoying the low property taxes in Costa Rica who have been sitting on large tracts of prime development land are considering selling, while savvy investors who recognize an opportunity when they see one, are actively inquiring on land for sale in the area.
Guanacaste is generally flat, warm, dry (for most of the year) and offers great options on the coast, or well inland. The coast give you great tourism opportunities that feed of the proximity to the plethora of water activities and attractions that bring the crowds annually to these parts. Surfing, fishing, sailing, diving and world class beaches are but of the few of the attractions that drive 10s of thousands of people into this area annually.
As is the case with most real estate, the further you get from the water, the cheeper the land is. Such is the case with many farms, equestrian estates, eco-projects and conservation tracts that are available inland. The price of these properties are often half of what you’d find on the coast, and they are all still short drive to any one of many beach towns that dot the coast line.
The international airport in Liberia offer non-stop flights to and from many North American cities and others around the world, and depending where you are in Guanacaste, the airport is rarely more than a 60-90 minute drive away. Good solid main thoroughfares, solid infrastructure, and an area that is poised to boom makes Guanacaste a solid consideration for development land investment.
Browse through Costa Rica development land, you will find a good selection of development land investments to consider.
Do you have a question about this article? Feel free to contact our Costa Rica Real Estate office in Guanacaste.
63 properties available
Ochoa Lot: Prime Road Frontage Close to Playa de Coco
- Price
- $1,399,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 7
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Playas del Coco, Sardinal, Carrillo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Ocean-Vicinity, Countryside, Urban
- View Type
- Mountain View, Garden View, Northern View
- Total Lot Size
- 1.18 ha (2.92 acre)
This 13,422 square-meter (3.31 Acre) lot is prime road frontage on Hwy 15, heading into the ever-popular town of Coco. This lot allows a developer to have 87.56 square-meter (104.72) of road frontage coming into one of the most popular tourist destinations in Costa Rica. All utilities including water, electric, and cable/internet are available at the property. The natural rectangular shape of this lot is easily adaptable to have either a condominium complex or large store on the property for the traffic. Liberia International Airport is only 20 minutes away and local attractions and distant adventures are easily accessible. Don’t miss your opportunity to have this great lot close to the heart of this rich and vibrant community of Playas Del Coco
Corner lot in the Center of Nicoya
- Price
- $675,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 10
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Nicoya, Nicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Urban
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 1,777.00 m² (19,127.39 sq ft)
Price $ 380.- the square meter. Area 1.777 m² or 19.127 sq ft. Excellent property for residential or commercial use, located in the center of Nicoya, just two hundred meters from the central park and the Colonial Church. This corner lot in the Center of Nicoya has a total of eighty-nine meters facing the street, with availability of all public services. It is also very easy to access and with flat topography. The property has several structures that were partially removed, as well as a small house on one of its fronts. This property is a great opportunity to acquire a property where you can develop a commercial point, in an area that also offers all the advantages and current comforts.
Lot in the Center of Liberia
- Price
- $336,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 6
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Urban
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 791.00 m² (8,514.22 sq ft)
Price $ 425.- the square meter. Area 791 m² or 8.514 sq ft. Excellent property for residential or commercial use, located in the center of Liberia, just two hundred meters from the Inter-American Highway. This lot to be corner has a total of fifty-six meters facing the street, with availability of all public services. It is also very easy to access and with flat topography. This property is a great opportunity to acquire a property where you can develop a commercial point, in an area that also offers all the advantages and current comforts.
S1: Commercial property in Los Sueños Residential
- Price
- $210,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 5
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- San Juanillo, Cuajiniquil, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Ocean-Vicinity, Countryside, Urban
- View Type
- Greenbelt View, Garden View
- Total Lot Size
- 0.90 ha (2.22 acre)
Area 8.990 m² or 2,22 acres This beautiful property is located within the Residential Los Sueños, in Cuajiniquil de Santa Cruz, just five minutes from San Juanillo, one of the best residential in Guanacaste. This property is perfect to develop a commercial project, within a residential with very high added value, with the tranquility and security that I always look for, with availability of all public services. The property is located within the Residential, although it can be used as a commercial lot, since it has the opposite coastal road and Pachamama, making it an excellent point to develop a business or company. A truly unique and invaluable benefit of this property is its unique location, completely surrounded by fifty acres of private nature reserve (in perpetuity), with the beautiful Rosario River running through the reserve, with a parking area next to the Rosario River Bridge and a path to walk along the river. Residencial Los Sueños is located in a Blue Zone, a popular term for small geographical locations in the world where people live longer, healthier and more active lives. Five specific blue zones have been identified on our planet, where people usually live active lives until they are one hundred years old.
Property near Liberia and Discovery Park
- Price
- $495,600
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 11
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside, Urban
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 4,956.00 m² (53,345.73 sq ft)
Area 4.956 m² or 53.345 sq ft. Price of $ 100.- the m². This property is a real opportunity to acquire land for commercial use, just three kilometers from the main entrance to Liberia, or five kilometers from Discovery Park. This property is located in front of the main road that connects the center of the city of Liberia with the Airport and the Discovery Park project. It has a street front of 52 linear meters. The terrain is flat and rectangular. It has availability of all public services and its location can be for residential or commercial use.
Copal Heights: Mountain, Near the Coast, Oceanfront and Riverfront Development Parcel For Sale in Playa Copal
- Price
- $32,000,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 11
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Playa Copal, La Cruz, La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Mountain, Ocean-Vicinity, Oceanfront, Riverfront
- View Type
- Bay View, Beach View, Eastern View, Garden View, Greenbelt View, Mountain View, Northern View, Ocean View, Pond View, River View, Southern View, Valley View, Western View, Wooded View
- Total Lot Size
- 282.00 ha (696.84 acre)
This development parcel is located in Playa Copal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, in La Cruz county. This mountain, near the coast, oceanfront and riverfront property with bay, beach, garden, greenbelt, mountain, ocean, pond, river, valley and wooded views is situated in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica. The land area of this development parcel is a total of 282.00 hectare (696.84 acre).
Property just in front of the NYA project Price $ 80 m²
- Price
- $4,000,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 21
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 5.00 ha (12.36 acre)
Area 5 hectares. Price $ 80 m². This property is located in Liberia, just in front of the NYA project, at a distance of thousand eight hundred meters from the airport, on the way to Liberia. The property is cornered, so it has two fronts, the main front is diagonal to the project NYA, has 225 linear meters with Highway 21, and is properly inscribed and registered. This property by its position has a variety of land use, which can be commercial, residential, or industrial. Likewise, a design and study for a commercial project are already carried out on the property. We have a big variety of properties in size and price, directly on the main road, very close to the Airport and NYA.
NYA project. Price $ 8 m². 267 hectares
- Price
- $21,400,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 76
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 267.36 ha (660.66 acre)
Area 267,3 hectares. Price of $ 8 m². This property is located in Liberia, five kilometers from the airport. The main entrance is three kilometers from the NYA project and three kilometers from the center of Liberia, right in the middle, plus one of its back roads is with the NYA project, as well as residential projects, the Liberia River, and has direct access and Deprived of the main road that connects Liberia with the Airport. This property has immediate availability of water, already approved by A y A, as well as the availability of public services, in addition, it has a variety of land use, which can be commercial, residential, educational, or even a graveyard. A very important detail of this property is that it has environmental viability for the construction of a country club recreation and recreation, with plan and designs thereof, approved by Serena and The Municipality of Liberia, which includes a restaurant, gym, Meeting room, bowling, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball, football and an 18 hole par 72 golf course, among other things. The property consists of 12 lots, with different sizes, so if you want, you can sell part of it, where you listen to offers, depending on the area you want.
NYA project Price $ 17 m². 21 hectares
- Price
- $3,730,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 13
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 21.92 ha (54.17 acre)
Area 21,8 hectares. There are three properties with a measure of 9,7 hectares the first, 4,9 hectares the second, and 7,2 hectares the third, for 17 dollars per square meter. We listen to offers. These properties are located in Liberia, five kilometers from the airport. The main entrance is two miles from the NYA project and two miles from downtown Liberia, right in the middle. The properties are properly registered and have immediate availability of water, for a supply of 715 straws already authorized by the A y A, the owner counts with a design for a residential, with a variety of land use, which can Be commercial, residential, educational or even a graveyard. In addition, the buildings are part of a project that includes the construction of a country club for recreation and recreation, with plans and designs, approved by Serena and The Municipality of Liberia, which includes a restaurant, gym, meeting room, bowling, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball, soccer and an 18 hole par 72 golf course, among other things.
Property close to Liberia and Discovery Park
- Price
- $435,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 17
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside, Urban
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 2.90 ha (7.17 acre)
Area 28,987 m² (2.89 hectares) Price of $ 15.- m². This big property is a real opportunity to acquire land for commercial use, only five minutes from Discovery Park and Liberia. This property is located in an adjacent street, which connects Liberia with Daniel Oduber Airport. It has availability of all public services and by its location, can be of residential or commercial use.
Great opportunity: Big property in Palmira de Carrillo
- Price
- $600,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 14
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Palmira, Palmira, Carrillo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 3.00 ha (7.41 acre)
FOR SALE $ 600,000 - Area 30.000 m² or 3 hectares. This property is located Palmira de Carrillo, in front of the main road that connects Liberia with Philadelphia. It has a total of 242 meters in front of main street and 152 meters in front of another public road. This property is completely flat and ready to develop or build. The entire property has availability of all public services.
Commercial property in Liberia: Big property in Liberia, close to Airport
- Price
- $423,000
- Status
- Active
- Listing Type
- Land Listing
- Images
- 16
- Property Type
- Development Parcel
- Location
- Liberia, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Location Type
- Countryside, Urban
- View Type
- Greenbelt View
- Total Lot Size
- 3,847.00 m² (41,408.60 sq ft)
For sale property of 3,847 m² or 41,408 sq ft, at $ 110 m². This property is located off the main road that connects Liberia with the Airport, just three minutes from Discovery Park. It has 47 meters in front of the main road, has a cellar of approximately 12 x 30 meters and a billboard own double-sided at the entrance of the property. It is ideal for a commercial or industrial activity.