Planet Smart City has launched its fourth smart project in the country: Smart City Aquiraz.
The 200-hectare site, which is located just 29km from Ceará’s capital Fortaleza and 6km from the popular tourist beach of Praia Bela, will be home to more than 18,000 residents and easily accessible by public transport.
Planet has integrated smart solutions, digital technologies, services and social innovation to enhance quality of life via Planet App, Planet Smart City’s digital platform which enables residents to engage with each other and the neighbourhood around them.
Following the successful launch of Smart City Laguna, also in Ceará, Smart City Natal, in Rio Grande do Norte, and Viva!Smart in São Paulo, Planet Smart City will invest a total of U$40 million to design and develop the new city.
Smart City Aquiraz will feature a host of social and digital solutions including a free library, cinema, outdoor fitness areas, cycle lanes, urban gardens, a football pitch and some shared kitchen facilities for residents as well as technological features such and free Wi-Fi across communal areas.
Construction of infrastructure in the first phase has started and the first residents are expected to move in by the end of 2020.
Located on the CE-040 highway, with daily public transport available, Smart City Aquiraz is close to the state’s second-largest hotel park and many beautiful beaches as well as Beach Park, the largest water park in South America.