He Los Frailes sectorin the municipality Santo Domingo Esteit was positioned for the second consecutive year as the neighborhood with the most active works under construction of the entire Great Santo Domingo, with 239 units – predominantly housing – according to the National Statistics Office (ONE).
The neighborhood is a reflection of Urban growth of Santo Domingo Estemunicipality in which 2,664 of the 7,619 projects New and in progress in the Metropolitan Region (35 % of the total) and the second that covers the largest amount of surface under construction, with 1,601,418 square meters, according to the Building Offer Registry 2025-1.
Eastern Pradoalso in Santo Domingo Esteis located as the second neighborhood with more active works (231), followed by Villa Mellain Santo Domingo Norte (with 217 active works).
On the contrary, communities such as The Guáyiga (Santo Domingo Norte) and the Admiral and El Tamarindo (in Santo Domingo Este), have less than 70 Active works, 1.2 % of the total.
Areas under construction
Meanwhile, The Guaricans (in Santo Domingo Norte) is the neighborhood that concentrates the largest amount of surface destined for these new works, with a total of 632,781 square meters9.9 % of the 5.3 million square meters currently under construction.
This places it even above sectors with greater surplus value, such as Piantiniin it Central polygonwhich has 474,693 square meters of active works.
These were followed by sectors such as The cranesection 3 (353,973), Naco widening (345,484) and The somery (259,816 square meters).
Growth
The amount of works under construction It increased 11 % between the last registration of the ONE, last year, and the new publication of the study with the data of 2025, from 6,855 to 7,619.
- The New works under construction registered a growth 22 %, from 1,387 to 1,692, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Updated works They also increased, although more moderately: from 5,468 in 2024 to 5,927 in 2025, which reflects a greater incorporation of constructive projects this year.
