One of the legacies of the Pan American and Parapan American Games will be Villa Santiago 2023, a complex of four condominiums that will be used by athletes. Once the event is over, they will be given to 1,355 families as permanent housing.
President Gabriel Boric inaugurated today the apartment complex located in the municipality of Cerrillos. It includes 17 apartment blocks, as well as a kindergarten and spaces for gardens, play and commerce over 6.4 hectares (15.8 acres).
It will be one of the most emblematic sporting and urban legacies that Santiago 2023 will leave Chile. The president explained that the apartments will become home to families from Cerrillos and other municipalities in the Metropolitan Region. Thanks to Housing and Urban Development Ministry subsidies, they will be able to live in the future Ciudad Panamericana.
Information about Villa Santiago 2023
- The project includes the construction of 4 condominiums with 3 to 5 apartment blocks (17 in total), each between 6 and 17 stories high.
- Villa Santiago 2023 is only 300 meters from Metro Line 6 (Cerrillos station).
- Once the games are over, construction companies will return to the project to make repairs for the families who will arrive (approx. 6 to 8 months).
- The Paseo Panamericano, a 9,500 m2 public space, will be built. It will run through the center of the complex to the Cerrillos Metro station, and will have an investment of close to $3 billion Chilean pesos (US$3,322,995).
- The village will house more than 6,000 of the 9,000 athletes who will participate in the games, representing 41 countries on the continent.
Information about Santiago 2023
- It will be the largest sporting event our country has organized since the 1962 World Cup.
- It will be held from October 20 to November 5, 2023 (Pan American Games) and from November 17 to November 25, 2023 (Parapan American Games).