For sale · Direct from owner · Bogotá, Colombia

Heritage building on Carrera 11, Quinta Camacho

A heritage house with commercial use in Quinta Camacho, the Bogotá neighborhood that grew from a country estate into a district of Tudor-style houses, restaurants, galleries and offices. Three shops and a residence on 473 m², offered directly by the owner to qualified buyers in the United States and abroad.

The building sits in central Chapinero, close to the Avenida Caracas corridor that runs the length of the city, so offices, universities, restaurants and the historic center are all a short trip away. Metro Line 1, 24 km and 16 stations from Kennedy to Chapinero, has stations at Calle 63 and Calle 72 on Avenida Caracas, about a 4-minute walk from the building. Commercial service is scheduled to start in March 2028.

Around it, the neighborhood's English-style houses now hold restaurants, cafés, bars, a bookshop, tailors, galleries and design studios. Dining ranges from fresh pasta and an Argentine grill with a high-end wine cellar to Peruvian ceviche, contemporary cuisine and craft cocktails, so the streets already draw people who come to eat.

Bogotá-Región drew 56 foreign investment projects in the first half of 2026, with the United States in the lead. More than half were in retail, corporate services and software, the same mix found in Quinta Camacho's converted houses today.

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Street facade of the building on Carrera 11: yellow stucco, clay-tile roof, arched shopfront bay and wrought-iron fence

The property

A heritage house with commercial use on a through street

The building stands on a 345 m² lot with 473 m² of construction. The street front has a stone base, arched windows with wrought-iron grilles, clay-tile roofs and a roll-up shopfront bay that opens the ground floor to the pavement. Inside, glass-block windows and doors, an inlaid stone entry floor and terrazzo stairs are still in place.

The building holds three shops and a two-level residential unit, each with its own door on Carrera 11. The Bogotá cadastre lists the property under commercial use on a commercial corridor. Local 1 and Local 3 are leased, with renewals due in April and March 2027. Local 2 is vacant today and the residence is occupied, so a buyer can take the building as an income asset, let Local 2 on new terms, or plan a renovation around the lease cycle.

AddressCarrera 11, Quinta Camacho. Exact address and cadastral data go out with the offering package.
UnitsThree shops and one residential unit, each with its own street door
FrontageFront garden set back from the pavement, behind iron railings
IncomeLocal 1 and Local 3 leased, renewing April and March 2027. Local 2 vacant. Residence occupied.
Held sinceCurrent owner since 2019

Drawn to one scale. Built area is 1.37 times the lot, so the building carries more than one level of construction.

Units and plans

Three shops and a residence under one roof

Each unit has its own street door, so the building can be run as a whole or let and managed unit by unit.

Ground floor. Triangles mark the four street doors.

Upper floor

Unit	Level	Area
Local 1Leased · renews April 2027	Ground	140 m²
Local 2Vacant today	Ground and upper30 + 126 m²	156 m²
Local 3Leased · renews March 2027	Ground	79 m²
ResidenceOccupied today	Ground and upper46.5 + 55.5 m²	102 m²
Total on the marketing plan		477 m²

Schematic, not to scale. The lot is about 17 m wide and 22 m deep on the plan. Unit areas come from the marketing plan and differ slightly from the 473.07 m² cadastral total, which governs.

Heritage and location

Protected character is part of what a buyer is paying for

Status

Bien de Interés Cultural

The building was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) under Ley 1185 de 2008. The declaration was recorded on the property title in October 2017.

What it means

Restore and reuse, not rebuild

Redevelopment is restricted and work on the building goes through heritage review. Restoration, adaptive reuse and interior fit-outs are the practical route.

Ask your Colombian counsel about heritage-related tax treatment and incentives that may apply.

Setting

Quinta Camacho, Chapinero

Thirty blocks between Calle 67 and Calle 72, from Carrera Séptima to Avenida Caracas. Banks, offices, galleries, design shops, theaters and restaurants now fill houses that were built as homes.

From country estate to city district

1812
Potters and artisans settle north of Bogotá in a village first called El Villorrio. It takes the name Chapinero in 1885.
1900s
Enrique Camacho Leyva buys about 20 hectares and builds a quinta, a country estate. The neighborhood later takes his name.
1930s
His family sells the land and the neighborhood develops on it. Tudor-style houses from this decade still stand.
1951
Italian architect Vicente Nasi designs a house here for the Uribe Rocha family. It is now an embassy.
2017
This building is registered as a Bien de Interés Cultural.
Today
The large houses with front gardens have become offices, shops and restaurants in a neighborhood recognized for its heritage.

Why the timing matters

56foreign investment projects in Bogotá-Región, January to June 2026, worth about USD 456 million

28.6%came from the United States, the largest source with 16 projects

57%were in retail and consumer products, corporate services, and software and IT

2028scheduled commercial opening of Metro Line 1, with stations at Calle 63 and Calle 72 on Avenida Caracas

COP 5.3Masking price per built m² here (COP 2.5 billion over 473 m²). Ciencuadras reports neighborhood asking prices averaging about COP 6 million per m².

The walk to the Metro stations is the owner's estimate (about 4 minutes), so confirm it on a map. Investment figures cover Bogotá-Región as a whole, not Quinta Camacho alone. Sources are listed at the foot of the page. Check comparables with your own adviser.

Gallery

Thirteen views of the building

Street front and ground floor

Long ground-floor space seen from inside, looking out through the shopfront gate to the street — Shopfront bay, looking out to Carrera 11

Empty white room with two glass-block windows — Room with glass-block windows

Corner of a white room with glass-block windows and a glass-block door — Glass-block window and door

Empty room with a recessed niche and a dark metal door — Rear room with a built-in niche

Empty room with a red clay-tile floor and a white metal door — Room with a red clay-tile floor

Covered interior patio with white brick counter and a wrought-iron arched screen — Interior patio with a wrought-iron arch

Local 2, upper floor (vacant)

Upper-floor stair hall with a wrought-iron balustrade, wood-look floor and white doors — Stair hall with wrought-iron balustrade

Bright open upper floor with a steel-framed window, iron balustrade and a row of doors — Open upper floor with steel-framed window

Residence

Entry hall with a black-and-white inlaid stone floor, iron lantern and wrought-iron front door — Entry hall with inlaid stone floor

Terrazzo stairs rising to a white door with frosted glass panels — Terrazzo stairs to the upper level

Terrazzo landing lit by a steel-framed corner window — Sunlit landing with a steel-framed corner window

Room with a sloped ceiling under the pitched roof — Upper room under the pitched roof

More interiors and the full set of plans are included in the offering package and shown at viewings.

Walk-through

Walk the building before you plan a trip

Four filmed walk-throughs, about six minutes in all. Pick a chapter from the list.

Investment case

Three ways to hold it, and a calculator for your own numbers

Colombian commercial property is priced and let in pesos, so the exchange rate matters as much as the rent. Change any figure below. The purchase price is the asking price converted at 3,200 pesos per dollar. Rent and costs are examples, not the owner's figures, and nothing here is an offer.

Hold as an income asset

Keep Local 1 and Local 3 trading and let the vacant Local 2 on market terms. Commercial leases in Colombia are commonly indexed to inflation, which helps rent keep pace in pesos.

Reposition the building

Restore it for a restaurant, gallery, boutique office or small hospitality use. Neighbors in Quinta Camacho have done this with similar houses, within heritage rules.

Occupy it yourself

Use it as a regional office, studio or showroom with a protected, street-facing address and your own entrance.

The restaurant case

The strongest repositioning for this building is an exclusive restaurant. Quinta Camacho's dining scene is built in houses like this one, and the building has the features that format needs.

The right kind of building

Restaurants here operate in restored heritage houses with arched windows, patios and stone details. The building has a stone base, clay-tile roofs, an interior patio and a shopfront bay, plus a vacant 156 m² unit on two levels that can be fitted out without displacing a tenant.

A destination, not a drive-by

Diners come to Quinta Camacho for the setting. A distinctive restaurant brings its own customers, and that lifts the value of the neighboring shops, which trade on the same foot traffic.

Rent and lease terms

Hospitality tenants often pay more per square meter than retail or office tenants and fund their own fit-out. A long lease from an established operator also makes the income easier to finance and to sell.

Exit value

A building with a credible restaurant tenant on a long lease can be valued as a premium income asset instead of a house with shops. The Metro opening in 2028 adds a second source of visitors alongside the foreign investment already arriving in the city.

These are reasons the case could work, not a forecast. No restaurant rent is quoted or promised, and returns depend on the tenant, the lease terms and heritage approvals for any works. Test your own assumptions in the calculator below by raising the rent input.

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Figures are before Colombian and US income and gains taxes, and assume no loan. They are a way to test assumptions, not a forecast, valuation or advice. Confirm every input with your advisers.

Buying from the United States

Five steps, handled with Colombian counsel

Foreign buyers hold the same ownership rights as Colombian citizens and typically need a Colombian tax ID (RUT). A power of attorney lets you close without traveling.

01
NDA and document pack
Sign a short confidentiality agreement and receive the title, cadastral record, heritage documentation, lease summary and plans.
02
Visit or video tour
Walk the building with the owner's representative in Bogotá, or review the full video and plans remotely.
03
Offer and promise to purchase
Make an offer in dollars or pesos. When terms are agreed, both sides sign a promesa de compraventa and the buyer pays a deposit.
04
Due diligence
Your Colombian counsel checks title, liens, taxes and heritage compliance. The owner's attorney answers questions and supplies records.
05
Closing
Sign the public deed (escritura pública) before a notary, then register it. Counsel also handles the foreign-exchange registration of incoming funds.

Contact

Request the offering package

Principals and their advisers are welcome. Write in English or Spanish, and say which state you are buying from if it matters for your planning.

Title and cadastral record, with the exact address
Heritage declaration and what it permits
Lease terms for each unit
Floor plans and the full video walk-through
Tax and utility status

Owner

John W. Castro

Sale conducted through the owner's attorney in Bogotá.