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One of Central America’s First Business Park Is Coming to Honduras

Honduras could become a hot spot for development in Central America when one of the region’s first Class A, intelligent, sustainable business park opens for business next year. Beginning in the second quarter of 2009, the Altia Business Park will offer service sector companies customized office space in pre-wired, “green” buildings.

Grupo Karim’s, a leading developer in Honduras, decided to build the technology park in Honduras to take advantage of the country’s potential for developing the service sector. Honduran bilingual schools will ensure companies in the service industry a continual supply of young, articulate workers who speak and read Spanish and English. Honduras has more bilingual schools per capita than any other Central American country, including Costa Rica and Panama, the two most popular call center destinations in the region.

Businesses that settle in Altia Business Park in San Pedro Sula will be poised to recruit graduates from the five universities located in Honduras’ second largest city and industrial capital. The park should be especially attractive to call centers, back office, and telemarketing operations and to companies seeking regional corporate base offices.
Ruben Sorto, Marketing and New Project Development Corporate Director of Grupo Karim’s, says the recent decision by the Honduran government to allow call centers inside free zones provides another advantage for companies looking to invest there.

“Honduras has huge potential in the coming years. We are just trying to align our business with that,” he says. The park will make starting a business in Honduras easier, according to Sorto, since it will provide companies with all the necessary communications infrastructure in one place, including an optical fiber network for high-speed data transmission, secure-building access, and customized office space.

Situated on five hectares, Altia initially will consist of three, 12-story office towers and a clinic, grocery store, pharmacy, library, gym, food market, restaurants, and ample parking. The site has room for expansion and eventually will include a heliport.