Our mission
To Create the Absolute Best Community to Sustainably Live, Work, and Play in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Board of Directors
Nya’s Board of Directors has decades of experience in project development in Costa Rica.
John Scheman
Chairman & President / Founder
Manuel Freer
CEO & Co-Founder
Alberto Kader
Vice President & Co-Founder
Yetty Cortes
Director Legal & Secretary
Ileana Rodriguez
Director & Fiscal
Tom Turner
Vice Chairman, Treasurer & Co-Founder
Josè Miguel Brenes
Director Construction
Jim Scheman
Director & Co-Founder
Investors and Developers
Nya’s investors and developers are highly reputable development companies in Costa Rica with over 195 years of combined experience.
GRUPO DO IT
A Guanacaste-Based Real Estate Development Company with 29 years of experience and founder of El Lagar Do It Center
URBAN PARTNERS
A San Jose Real Estate Development Company with over 30 years of experience specializing in high-end residential, commercial, and business parks.
EDICA
Top General Contractor with 64 years of construction and infrastructure experience with over +1,900,000m² built.
PEDREGAL
A leading Costa Rican Company in the infrastructure, aggregates, and construction industry with more than four decades of experience.
MULTIFRIO
A leading climatization company with more than 27 years of experience and over 27,000 projects designed, installed, and serviced in Central America.
Avolta Energy
A solar panel and power storage company with turnkey solar solutions creating reliable renewable energy.
Consultants
Nya’s consultants are Costa Rican and internationally renowned experts in community planning, development and sustainable design.
GENSLER
LACAYO ARCHITECTS
CRYSTAL LAGOONS
An international technology company that develops unlimited size clear turquoise lagoons.
CINDE
Costa Rica Investment Promotion Agency with more than 40 years of experience attracting 350+ international companies.
MARRIOTT
A leading hospitality corporation with a worldwide portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities.
DEHC
DO IT CENTER
Guanacaste’s leading heavy material and construction wholesaler and retailer for over 20 years.
NEWMARK COSTA RICA
DO IT FOUNDATION
Charitable foundation started in 2005 focussed on health, education and disabilities.
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Decrees
The President of Costa Rica and the former Minister of Environment and Energy, have designated Nya for a decree of national public interest due to the economic impact, creation of new jobs, and sustainability of the environment. The grant of the decree was requested by the Mayor and Regidores of Liberia.
The municipalities of Liberia, Cañas, Carrillo, Bagaces , and the Federation of Municipalities of Guanacaste have also designated Nya for five regional public decrees.
Sustainability
Nya is dedicated to sustainable design, architecture, and green building practices working to create energy-efficient buildings, ecologically appropriate design, and further aligning with United Nations sustainable development goals.
Nya interacts with the Municipality, Universities, and local institutions to strengthen the local economy by creating opportunities, jobs, and supporting tourism, as well as supporting the historical-cultural elements of Liberia.
DO IT Foundation
Nya is a sponsor and partner with the Do it Foundation to apply universal design to the project, giving access to people with disabilities and contributing to the well-being and health of the community by inclusive and social initiatives.
This Costa Rican non-profit organization is leading an effort to create awareness of the needs of people with physical disabilities. The Do It Foundation is delivering a wheelchair to every child, teen, and adult in Costa Rica who needs one but cannot afford one. For those people, we give hope, mobility, and freedom.
Land Grants
Nya is committed to bettering its community through a land grant program, providing a number of opportunities to NGOs, charitable organizations, educational institutions, and health facilities.
– 12 acres of land have been donated to Hospital Clinica Biblica, a Christian non-profit hospital that will distribute profits to the Guanacaste region.
– 30 acres will be donated to develop an educational campus for various levels of education.
– Additional land grants will be made available to qualified parties.
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