P.H. H2O on The Ocean

P.H. H2O on The Ocean rises 33 floors at the end of Avenida Balboa in Calidonia, facing the Cinta Costera, and was finished in 2009; Casco Antiguo is about five minutes away. The name is filed with a zero standing in for the letter O, which is why the building sometimes fails to turn up under the spelling everyone else uses.

A pool, a concierge and a rooftop are on file, and the rooftop is where the pool sits — an infinity pool with a bar, a spa and a jacuzzi. Shared services like those carry a running cost month after month, and here that cost is spread across 153 apartments, each one individually titled and individually saleable. The apartments run from studios to four-bedroom penthouses.

Five commercial premises and one common-area title complete the building. Commercial neighbours shape the hours a building keeps and the traffic through its entrance, and their share of the maintenance budget is settled in the same assembly as every apartment owner's.