New Real Estate Perspectives from Costa Rica: CRET 2025
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Publication date: 10/04/2025
The Commercial Real Estate Trends (CRET) 2025 will take place from April 21 to 23 in San José, Costa Rica, bringing together key players from the Latin American real estate sector, with a special focus on Central America and the Caribbean.
From April 21 to 23, San José, Costa Rica, will host the Commercial Real Estate Trends 2025 (CRET), an international event that brings together the main stakeholders in the sector to explore the trends reshaping the future of Real Estate in Latin America. With a focus on the Central American and Caribbean regions, CRET has become a key platform for knowledge exchange, business development, and professional insight.
The CRET 2025 program is structured around the economic, technological, and social dynamics defining the future of Real Estate. Over the course of three days, attendees will participate in keynote speeches delivered by international and regional experts, interactive panels centered on digital transformation, sustainability, and public policy, and specialized workshops focused on real estate financing, sustainable design, and PropTech. The event will also feature business matchmaking sessions connecting developers with investors.
Complementing the main program, the CRET Tour will offer a full-day visit to innovative business spaces recognized for their use of design and technology. In the exhibition area, cutting-edge solutions will be showcased, including property management platforms, automation systems, and energy-efficiency tools tailored to the real estate industry.
As part of the CRET Summit 2025, a series of short-format Talks will also take place, designed to inspire and share methodologies, strategies, and tools related to Real Estate. Each talk will last 30 minutes and will be held in an intimate setting for around fifty attendees.
Learn more about the previous editions of CRET
Gómez Platero Arquitectura y Urbanismo will participate in this space with the talk titled “Architecture & Real Estate: New Visions for an Evolving Market,” presented by Ricardo Fernández, Business Development Manager for the Americas. His presentation will offer an updated perspective on the regional landscape, addressing topics such as nearshoring, the expansion of industrial hubs, and new opportunities for architectural projects in a context of productive transformation.
The event comes at a time of significant momentum for the Costa Rican real estate market, which has been showing steady growth in sectors such as logistics, vertical housing, and industrial development. The country's openness to new technologies, focus on efficiency, and commitment to sustainability have positioned Costa Rica as a regional benchmark for innovation applied to Real Estate.
