P.H. Wanders & YOO: Building Market Snapshot

What the Registry Holds on Wanders & YOO

P.H. Wanders & YOO is one of the most actively traded buildings in our Avenida Balboa dataset. Every figure below comes from transactions recorded in Panama’s Registro Público — actual registered sale values, not listing prices. All amounts are in Panamanian Balboas (B/.), which trade 1:1 with the US Dollar.

• 119 verified transactions recorded since 2023, 50 of them in the last three years
• Unit sizes range from approximately 36 m² to 351 m², with most recorded sales between 139 m² and 171 m²
• Most recorded sale prices fall between roughly B/.138,000 and B/.611,000, around a midpoint near B/.440,000

A new building's first registry record

Because Wanders & YOO was delivered in 2023, the registry mostly holds the first closings — developer-to-buyer transfers as units were handed over. Those are the benchmark every resale in the building will be measured against, and they already show a wide spread: compact units at the low end and large bay-view layouts well above the median. The full report tracks each closing by floor and size, which is how you tell whether an asking price today is anchored to what the same layout actually closed at two years ago.

Why Wanders & YOO draws attention

It is the second YOO-branded project on the avenue after Arts & YOO, with interiors and amenities designed by Marcel Wanders, and it delivered into a market hungry for new product on the waterfront. Buyers comparing it against the established towers next door should note that the registry lets them do exactly that — same street, same views, different vintage — rather than relying on the developer's price list.

Buying or Renting Here? Check the Real Numbers First

Listing prices on Panama’s property portals are asking prices — what a seller hopes to get, not what buyers actually pay. The gap between the two can be substantial, and in a building with a resale record as deep as Wanders & YOO’s, the registry tells you exactly where real deals have closed. Walking into a negotiation with verified comps for the specific tower, floor band and unit size is the single biggest advantage a buyer can have in Panama City.

What the Full Report Includes

• Every verified sale since 2023, with dates, unit sizes, and price per m²
• Floor-level premium analysis: which floors achieve the highest price/m² — and by how much
• Year-by-year price trend and closing velocity
• Mortgage data (lender, amount, rate), plus lien and foreclosure records
• Avenida Balboa comparison: how Wanders & YOO’s pricing stacks up against neighboring towers
• Full text of every registry filing, per folio, a downloadable PDF, and 12 months of dashboard access

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About P.H. Wanders & YOO

P.H. Wanders & YOO is a pair of 33-story residential towers on Avenida Balboa at the Marbella end of the waterfront, designed with Dutch designer Marcel Wanders and delivered in 2023. Units face the Bay of Panama and the Cinta Costera park, with the financial district and Calle Uruguay's restaurant strip a few minutes inland.

Figures on this page are high-level ranges derived from transactions recorded in Panama’s Registro Público and will change as new sales are registered. Sale prices reflect actual registered transaction values, not listing prices. Ranges exclude nominal transfers and outliers. For informational purposes only — does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice.

— The Panacomps Team