01 Economic and territorial context
Alajuela is the second-largest province and hosts the Juan Santamaría International Airport and Coyol Free Zone, the country's most important industrial park. Combines consolidated GAM, agroindustry, and rural northern zone areas.
02 Price ranges per m² in Alajuela
$150-$1,000/m²: San Francisco and Guácima (near airport) $400-$900, Alajuela downtown $300-$600, Grecia and Atenas $200-$500, Naranjo, San Ramón, Palmares $150-$400, northern zone (Ciudad Quesada, Upala) $50-$250.
03 Market dynamics
Coyol free zone is most valued in country for industrial. Alajuela downtown with stable middle-class residential market. Northern zone (Ciudad Quesada) agricultural-livestock market with slow absorption.
04 Specific risks to consider
Active seismic zone (Alajuela fault). Northern zone with flood risk from Sarapiquí river. Poás and Upala near active Poás volcano.
05 Economic profile
Free zones, pharmaceutical and biomedical industry (Coyol), agroindustry (sugarcane, pineapple, high-altitude coffee), rural tourism (La Fortuna, Bajos del Toro).