Club Marena Oceanfront Condos for sale in Baja

Club Marena Oceanfront Condos for sale in Baja 300,000- 900,000
Address: 325A-11091411 Type: Condominium Style: Bedrooms: 2 "one master bedroom!" Bathrooms: 2 "one master w/ tube" Garage: "one car parking space" Size: 1,739 sq. ft. Lot Type: Rectangular

Description

This outstanding Jr. Pent House offers breathtaking oceanfront views, with 1,739 Sq. Ft. of living space and high end finishes, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, gourmet kitchen, family room and a 69 ft. wide ocean front terrace.

This is one of the last two units available!

A prestigious yet affordable lifestyle awaits you at Club Marena. This is your chance to own a superb beach front condominium with spectacular, panoramic ocean views and lush grounds in the most exclusive Baja real estate development in the region.

Built to exacting American standards, with exceptional workmanship, these ocean front homes offer modern day conveniences in a romantic setting.

Club Marena began almost 15 years ago with the development of 24 split level town houses overlooking the blue Pacific. This unit is in the 6th phase and the next phase is in development. This is one of only three units left in this tower.

Located just 15 minutes south of Rosarito and 30 minutes away from Ensenada at the world famous surf spot K38, Club Marena is strategically located.

Rosarito Beach is a popular destination in the heart of Baja’s Gold Coast, the perfect stage for all types of recreational events, including sports, social and cultural meetings, karaoke bars, coffee shops, fine dining and more.

And because you are only 30 miles from the border you have access to the best of Mexican and American life styles.

Highlights

▪ Club house with game room, wet bar, poo tables anf T.V. room ▪ Exercise Gym
▪ B.B.Q. area ▪ Access to beach
▪ 24 hour security ▪ Swimming pools and SPA
▪ Tennis courts ▪ Fishing deck
▪ Water Reservoir

Features
Interior Features
▪ Fireplace ▪ Hot Tub / Spa ▪ Laundry Room
Heating
▪ Forced Air
Exterior Finish
▪ Aluminum-Steel ▪ Concrete Block
Sewer/Water Systems
▪ Public ▪ Water District
Roof
▪ Concrete Tile
Lot Features
▪ Clubhouse ▪ Courtyard ▪ Deck
▪ Garden Area ▪ Landscaped ▪ Swimming Pool
▪ Tennis Court ▪ Trees / Shrubs
View
▪ Ocean View ▪ Panoramic
Extra Features
▪ Balcony ▪ Cable Available ▪ Central Elevator
▪ Covered Parking ▪ Fitness Center ▪ High Speed Internet Available
▪ Lobby ▪ Reserved Parking ▪ Security Guard on Duty
▪ Semi-Private Elevator ▪ Unfurnished
Appliances
▪ Dishwasher ▪ Double Oven ▪ Dryer
▪ Microwave ▪ Refrigerator ▪ Stove
▪ Washer ▪ Washer/Dryer Hookup

Earthquake

Did not phase my son. I called him and told him there was an earthquake but he did not feel it.

Rosarito Fast Response Leads to Vehicle Recovery

Fast Response Leads to Vehicle Recovery

Before Owner Even Knows It Was Stolen



ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---An alert security guard and fast police response led to the vehicle of a San Diego County tourist being recovered before its owner even knew it was stolen.



“It was amazing,” said Gary Pimentel of Vista, California, whose Ford F350 was stolen from the dirt road leading to the popular Popotla fishing village just south of downtown Rosarito.



The suspected thief was arrested within minutes after a very brief police pursuit and Pimentel got his vehicle back the next day.



Pimentel, who also has a home in Baja, had gone to the area of shops and restaurants to buy some shrimp on the afternoon of Jan. 9. He parked on the dirt road past the landmark white arch to the popular tourist attraction.



About 3:30 a security guard saw a man apparently break into Pimentel’s vehicle and drive it away. He immediately called the emergency 066 number and officers from Rosarito’s tourist police force quickly converged on the area.



Four tourist police officers --- Victor Ángel Vela Gazca, Christian Arturo Franco Balderas, Edgar Servando Luna Morales and Christian Fabián Preciado Arreola --- spotted the vehicle a short distance away, near the 7-Eleven by the Scenic Road entrance.



The driver of the stolen vehicle tried to flee on foot. But tourist police officers arrested a suspect, Rodolfo Hernandez, 35 of Tijuana.



“You guys are doing a great job,” Pimentel, the happy owner of the recovered vehicle told police and city officials who assisted him with the recovery. He said it was the first time he’d ever had a problem in eight years of visiting the region.



“Cars get stolen everywhere but it’s very unusual to see one recovered this quickly,” Pimentel said,

Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres, who started the tourist police force two years ago, praised the effort of both the security guard and the officers who responded so quickly.



“This is how exactly how the response system is supposed to work,” said Torres, who also formed a city office for tourist attention, a citizens’ watch program with 400 members and an ombudsman’s office to assist visitors with any problems.



Torres also began the system of issuing bilingual tickets to visitors which can be mailed in with fines from the U.S.



Crime in Rosarito the first 11 months of 2009 declined 21 percent from the previous year, to its lowest level in five years.

Rosartito Crime reaches five year low

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2010

Rosarito Crime Declines 21%

To Reach A Five-Year Low

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---From January to November of 2009 Rosarito had the largest year-to-year decline in crime of any city in Baja California --- 21 percent --- to its lowest rate in five years, according to state figures.

The tourist and retirement destination 35 miles south of San Diego was the only one of Baja California’s five cities to achieve a five-year low. Baja Gov. Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan has praised it as a success story,

Overall, Baja California crime declined by an average of 10 percent in 2009 from the same 11-month period in 2008 and was lower than the level of the previous two years.

“These are very encouraging figures for Rosarito, especially in difficult economic times, when crime historically increases,” said Mayor Hugo Torres, who ran in 2007 largely on a platform of improving public security and police reform.

Rosarito led all Baja cities in major categories for 2009, recording a 25 percent year-to-year decline in robbery and burglaries, 36 percent in violent crimes and 52 percent in murders, from 54 to 26, according to the January-November state figures.

Five of the killings were between members of rival drug cartels as the government makes it more difficult for them to operate, and three were of police officers.

“Other people simply are not targets of the violence connected to the organized crime crackdown,” Torres said.

Torres added that the drug-related killings are very troubling but even with them Rosarito has a lower homicide rate than some U.S. cities, including New Orleans, and about the same as Washington, D.C.

“Understandably, much of the media coverage in the U.S. has focused on the crackdown on organized crime --- it’s a vital international issue,” he said. “But that has created a misleading impression about security here.”

“These latest crime figures show that for our typical resident and visitor, Rosarito is as safe or safer than ever. We hope these statistics will be well reported to convey a more realistic picture of life and safety here.”

Since taking office, Torres has led efforts to replace more than half of the city’s police force while expanding its size from about 150 to 230 officers and establishing a special tourist police force which uses bilingual traffic tickets.

The mayor also brought in former Army Capt. Jorge Montero to lead the police department as director of public security.

Torres praised Montero’s work in improving police performance and reducing crime, as well as the support of the City Council. Montero was honored in a ceremony Saturday night as part of National Police Day.

Torres also cited federal and state support plus a close working relationship with the Rosarito office of the state attorney general, which is responsible for most reporting and investigation of crime.

“Prevention is the key to crime reduction,” said Torres, who added that the city’s focus would remain on public security, including increased efforts in sections of the city where crimes were higher than the average.

Rosarito also is working on expanding positive activities including sports and drug prevention programs for youth. Torres has personally talked to about 15,000 of the city’s 23,000 school children and plans to visit the remainder this year.

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Construction begins at San Diego border crossing

Construction begins at San Diego border crossing

By ELLIOT SPAGAT (AP) – 47 minutes ago

SAN DIEGO — The federal government has begun replacing the nation's busiest border crossing, promising shorter waits into California for tens of thousands of people who enter daily from Tijuana, Mexico.

The $577 million blueprint unveiled Thursday calls for increasing the number of lanes into San Diego to 30 from 24 and equipping each lane with two inspection booths instead of one. Six existing lanes into Tijuana will be moved slightly to the west.

Construction is scheduled to finish in September 2015, though the date hinges on money. Congress has funded about half — $293 million — none of it from the federal stimulus package.

Waiting times for the 50,000 vehicles that enter San Diego daily often reach two hours, clogging Tijuana roads. And as the Mexican government has beefed up inspections for guns and cash this year, motorists can wait more than an hour on California Interstates 5 and 805 to enter Tijuana.

Waits for California-bound motorists will drop significantly, but it's too early to say by how much, said Oscar Preciado, the program manager for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The first phase, beginning this month, calls for an 800-foot pedestrian bridge that crosses Interstate 5. It is expected to be finished by June 2011.

Critics said the design is unfriendly to pedestrians, who will still have only one entry to Mexico, on the west side of Interstate 5. Pedestrians leaving the San Diego Trolley's last stop on the east side of the highway must walk across the bridge. Under the new design, government officials say that walk will be about 200 yards longer.

The General Services Administration said it is negotiating with Mexico to add a pedestrian entry to Tijuana on the east side of the highway.

"It's not a question of if, it's a question of how and when it will happen," said Anthony Kleppe, asset manager in the GSA's Pacific Rim region.

Vehicle lanes will be partially closed late evenings for short periods when the bridge is being built, authorities said. In the worst case, all Mexico-bound lanes will be closed at night for a week and motorists will be directed five miles east to San Diego's other border crossing with Tijuana.

First Group of Baja Tourist Police Set to Graduate on December 18

First Group of Baja Tourist Police

Set to Graduate on December 18

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---The first group of a new Metropolitan Police Force to help patrol Baja’s tourist corridor from Tijuana to Ensenada is scheduled for a graduation ceremony Dec. 18 (tomorrow) at the San Diego Police Department.

The ceremony will be at 11 a.m. for the 15 officers, five each from Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada. The new uniforms for the special force also will be introduced at that time and the force will have specially marked patrol cars.

The duties of the Metropolitan Police Force, expected to be on duty by early 2010, will be to help other regional departments protect and assist the millions of visitors along northern Baja’s popular 70-mile coastal tourist corridor.

On Dec, 17 (today) the 15 officers will undergo special training in working with out-of-area visitors at the San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute under the direction of San Diego Police Sgt. David Landman.

Those officers in turn will provide training to 30 fellow officers from each of the three Baja cities who will comprise the force. The San Diego Police Department also will provide ongoing monitoring and training.

The police force in San Diego, a popular tourist destination, has extensive experience in working with out-of-town visitors and is considered an expert.

The graduation ceremony will be attended by San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos, Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres and Ensenada Mayor Pablo Lopez Nunez Alejo, as well as Consul General Remedios Arnau from the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, General Consul Steven Kashkett from the US Consulate in Tijuana and San Diego police officials.

The mutual cooperation agreement was formalized in a letter of intent signed in October at San Diego City Hall by San Diego Mayor Sanders and mayors of the three Baja California cities.

“We’ve always prided ourselves on our working relationship with our friends to the south,” Sanders said, adding that the economies of the two regions are closely tied and both benefit from binational tourism.

“What’s good for Rosarito and Tijuana and Ensenada is good for San Diego,” he said.

Rosarito Beach Mayor Torres said that having San Diego police, who are very experienced in dealing with international and U.S. tourists, assisting with training will be a great benefit.

“It will help us find out how American police work so we can provide better services,” Torres said.

Torres said that visitors always have been safe in Baja but the new metropolitan tourist police would help make them feel more comfortable, secure and welcome.

Rosarito in 2008 started its own 30-member tourist police force, a special city department for attention to tourists, an ombudsman’s office to assist visitors and now issues bilingual traffic tickets that can be mailed in with fines from the U.S.

100% Construction Financing Now Available In Mexico including the Lot, Furniture And Appliances

100% Construction Financing Now Available In Mexico including the Lot, Furniture And Appliances

Want to build your dream home in Mexico but don't want to spend all of your cash to do it? Already own a lot in Mexico? Looking to buy a lot in Mexico? Don't want to deal with the frustrations of finding and managing a builder in Mexico?

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Our new mortgage package offers the unique opportunity with a minimum down payment to acquire a lot and to build your custom vacation home in Mexico. The Custom Construction Loan offers either fixed or adjustable rate mortgages with terms from 10, 15, 20 or 30 years. The 10, 15 and 20 year loans are 5 years fixed and then adjust to the LIBOR index. The 30 year loans are fixed and due in 15 years. Loan rates are between 7.59% for 10 year and 8.75% for the 30 year. ALL FINANCING IS BASE ON FUTURE VALUE OF THE HOME AT TIME OF COMPLETION.

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