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Panama City to Develop New Metropolitan District in Albrook
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Panama City to Develop New Metropolitan District in Albrook

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Panama City will transform 38 hectares in Albrook into a new metropolitan district with public institutions, housing, and commercial spaces.
  • The project, led by the Ministry of Public Works, aims to redevelop deteriorating areas and improve transportation links, with the first phase costing an estimated $20 million.
  • Key components include a government building complex, a public plaza with a gastronomic market, and the future Judicial City, consolidating justice system dependencies.

Panama City is set to undergo a significant urban transformation with an ambitious project to create a new metropolitan district in Albrook. Spanning 38 hectares, the initiative will repurpose existing, deteriorating structures into a mixed-use neighborhood featuring public institutions, housing, commercial areas, and recreational spaces. This development leverages Albrook's proximity to the Panama Metro lines, promising enhanced mobility and new services for residents.

We are considering the infrastructure to leave the lots serviced; we are looking at whether we can create an institutional complex where we can put at least 6 ministries.

— Luis SosaDirector of the Public Investments Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), highlighting plans for a government building complex.

The project, managed by the Public Works Ministry's Public Investments Coordination Unit, will proceed in stages. Luis Sosa, director of the UCIP-MOP, highlighted plans for an institutional complex to house at least six ministries. The initial phase, estimated at $20 million, will cover eight hectares between the Albrook Metro station and the Curundú Urban Renewal project, with construction potentially starting next year.

Chris Lam, deputy director of UCIP-MOP, emphasized the area's strategic importance for urban mobility, noting planned boulevards connecting to Curundú and a new road leading to the Metro station. The development also includes a large public plaza with a gastronomic market designed as a central gathering point. Additionally, the master plan incorporates the future Judicial City, a complex intended to centralize various justice system offices currently dispersed throughout the city. The Supreme Court of Justice is spearheading this component with support from the Inter-American Development Bank.

This point becomes a hub of urban mobility for the city. It begins with a Boulevard that connects with the existing Boulevard in the Curundú area and will connect with a new road that will reach the Metro station.

— Chris LamDeputy Director of the UCIP-MOP, describing the project's connectivity and mobility improvements.

The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning will update urban development norms for Albrook to align with the new sector plan. This comprehensive redevelopment aims to revitalize a key area of Panama City, integrating essential public services, commercial activity, and residential living with improved infrastructure and connectivity.

We will have a point here where many activities for the city can be developed, in this way we begin this analysis and formulation, developing new rules of the game for this area.

— Chris LamDeputy Director of the UCIP-MOP, on the strategic importance and planning for the area.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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