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Balboa Tower, Skyscraper on Avenida Balboa, Panama City, Panama.

Balboa Tower is a 138 m residential high-rise of 33 floors completed in 2002 on Calle 45 in Bella Vista, facing Avenida Balboa and Urracá Park. Designed by Jesús Díaz & Asociados, it has a light grey facade, a regular grid of rectangular windows, green-tinted arched windows higher up, stacked balconies with small caps on the right side, and a stepped crown topped by a penthouse with a decorative parapet.

The tower was completed in 2002 during a major construction wave that transformed Panama City's skyline. This period brought substantial growth to the city as both local and foreign investors developed new projects.

The tower's name links it to the Balboa district along Avenida Balboa, the waterfront avenue named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who reached the Pacific in 1513. It stands at Calle 45 in Bella Vista, facing Urracá Park, a neighbourhood of apartment towers rather than offices.

The tower stands at Calle 45 in Bella Vista, facing Avenida Balboa and Urracá Park, with the Cinta Costera waterfront walk nearby. It is a private residential building with 33 floors, so the lobby and pool are for residents and their guests rather than visitors.

Torre Balboa is a residential tower, not an office block: its apartments reach large gross usable areas and residents share sports and social areas plus an outdoor swimming pool. The building was designed by Jesús Díaz & Asociados and completed in 2002 at 138 m with 33 floors.

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8.97610,-79.52770
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