Viva Vivo! Puerto Escondido retreat on display at Recreation Properties Show
Matt Payette and his wife Betty-anne had never heard of Puerto Escondido. For the Calgary couple seeking a sun-soaked retreat, that element of obscurity worked just fine. The Payettes purchased a three-bedroom penthouse condo through Vivo Resorts last year and are looking forward to the experience of their tucked-away piece of paradise.
“The fact that it was ‘out of the way’ was very appealing to us,” Matt says.
“We aren’t big fans of the hustle and bustle like you might find in more developed areas.”
Vivo Resorts is a 150-unit development in southern Mexico by Calgarian and former Olympic skier Cary Mullen. The units are set to be spread across nine buildings that stretch along 1,300 feet of beach.
Vivo Resorts is one of the developments that will participate in the Calgary Herald Recreational and Investment Properties Show next Friday through Sunday at the BMO Centre in Stampede Park.
The first building at Vivo is expected to be ready for occupancy in February.
Phase 2 sales at the development opened in December of 2010 and have gone very well, says Chuck Ashton, sales and marketing manager for Vivo Resorts.
Many of the purchases have come from Canada, specifically Calgary and Edmonton.
“I’d say 85 per cent,” Ashton says of the Canadian content among owners at Vivo.
“We are a Canadian company, and attracting Canadian buyers, with a really heavy slant toward western Canada.”