In recent years, the town has seen incredible development due to the demand of tourism and property development in Costa Rica. For example, the most prestigious supermarket chain, Automercado, just started construction on the corner of the highway of Herradura on January 18, 2006. This boom was started by the initial cornerstone development in 2000 of the Los Suenos Marriott on the beach in Playa Herradura. The Los Suenos Marriott includes an 18 hole golf course, marina and surrounding condos. Los Suenos Resort and Marina offers luxury vacation rentals Costa Rica Luxury Vacation Rentals