IL’s Panama Editor, Jessica Ramesch brings you on a video tour of a “new city” arising outside Panama City. Across the Bridge of the Americas, Panama Pacifico is formerly Howard Air Force Base, and is being transformed into a Special Economic Zone and residential community. The project is one of the world’s biggest mixed-use developments, and new state-of-the-art housing will soon be coming online.

This is no small undertaking. The government of Panama will work with London & Regional Panama Development Corporation for the next 40 years to create what they call a “dynamic business center and residential Mecca set in a lush tropical environment” that includes:

* 1,400 hectares, with nearly half of the land to remain in its natural state or to be devoted to new parks and open space

* 1 million square meters of commercial space

* 20,000 homes

* 40,000 new jobs

* Retail centers and hotels

* Schools and places of worship

* Parks, recreational amenities, and a championship golf course

You can read more about it here.