The exterior of both buildings is now progressing nicely as we commence work on all of the interior finishes. Work on external amenities, including the pools has commenced and is scheduled to be completed by June. The work site is a hive of activity, with any given day seeing in excess of 200 workers, many from the local community, working hard to finish Stage 1 before the end of 2010.

We’ve had a number of clients holidaying in Panama come to site for a closer look at our ongoing progress. After a quick tour, most of their time was spent enjoying the beach!

We’ll be in touch again soon for another Bala Beach Resort construction update. If you have any questions or comments, please always feel free to Contact Us.

This past week marked another milestone for the Bala Beach Resort in Maria Chiquita, Panama as heavy equipment began operations to install primary infrastructure on site. Before any individual buildings can be constructed initial water and electric channels must be completed. The access road is already in place and fully functional since June, allowing for trucks and bulldozers to enter onto the beachfront and start with the new task at hand.

A new full time construction workforce will be a common sight alongside this small section of Panama’s Caribbean coast, joining the team who had already been regularly cleaning and maintaining the sandy beach. New changes are already evident as small sections of land are being cleared in order to prepare for the storage of the construction materials. The heavy machinery is beginning to open up pathways which will allow for the drilling of freshwater wells to provide clean drinking water for the resort. Other operators and equipment are starting to mark and dig out new spaces to put in electric and natural gas lines.

The dramatic change in the landscape of this small Caribbean fishing village is just now beginning to take form. After making many trips to the Bala Beach site without seeing any heavy work being done, it was hard to imagine how this raw piece of land would be transformed into the foundation for a large residential development composed of an orchestra of multiple concrete structures. But now with just a little bit of deisel powered action taking place, Bala Beach is taking its first steps toward its final goal.

It is an exciting time to be in Panama and especially exciting if you are in any way following or involved with the progress at Bala Beach. Development and opportunity are on the horizon, and the coming months will start this project on its way to becoming a reality. Almost all of the work still remains ahead of us, but from these first days forward, it will be easier and easier to imagine a new life in Maria Chiquita and at Bala Beach.

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