los aires del quinto piso

English translation: air rights over the fifth floor

18:32 Jan 11, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Peruvian will
Spanish term or phrase: los aires del quinto piso
Does this mean rooftop? Penthouse?

dos oficinas en el cuarto piso Nos. 401 y 402 y *los aires del quinto piso*
Reed James
Chile
Local time: 06:42
English translation:air rights over the fifth floor
Explanation:
air rights (el derecho de vuelo, o "el vuelo", se dice en España) refer to the right to built on top of the existing or planned construction, i.e. on top of the 5th floor, by cantilevering, adding new floors, enclosing flat terraces and thus raising the roof or making the building taller.

There are many examples of air rights and "vuelo" in the Internet.
"Los aires del quinto piso" is a peculiar way to refer to "el vuelo", but I would bet it refers to the same thing.

En España se habla del derecho de vuelo o sobreelevación, pero en México se dice que no son la misma cosa:

El vuelo y derecho de sobreelevación no son una y la misma cosa. ...... que cualquier otra finca, integrado por subsuelo, superficie y columna de aire. ...
www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/rev/boletin/cont/88/art/art13... - 182k -

El derecho de vuelo en nuestro Ordenamiento ...
El derecho de vuelo en nuestro Ordenamiento (Consideraciones a propósito de ... a favor del superficiario el derecho de construir edificios en suelo ajeno ...
vlex.com/vid/328170 -

Derecho de vuelo y valoración [Archivo] - Foros Sólo Arquitectura... en dicho solar se puede construir tres plantas, en este caso, ... plantas de arriba (por el derecho de vuelo) serían de mi propiedad (16 m2 + 16 m2), ...
www.soloarquitectura.com/foros/archive/index.php/t-3431.htm... - 4k -

que el derecho de vuelo faculta para construir más de una planta de obra, .... piso en el edificio futuro sometida a la condición suspensiva de que la ...
www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/08/10/pdfs/A28100-28101.pdf -

Developers could use the air rights, without going through public review, to increase the floor area of new towers by 20 percent. With a review and special ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E6D7163BF936A15752C0A96E958260 - 49k -

Small building owners' ambitions soar as the air rights boom ... "If you're building a floor, a small site will require corridors, and mechanical space that ...
www.turettarch.com/pdfs/real_deal_062006.pdf -

The city had never allowed them to purchase the air rights, however, ... Pre-construction sales begin this week off floor plans and are expected to garner ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_43_46/ai_62927708 - 26k -


By acquiring the air rights – and permission from his neighbors to cantilever his building over theirs – Cosentini could have a more flexible floor plate. ...
www.therealdeal.net/issues/NOVEMBER_2005/1130901424.php - 21k -

Is there a way to find out about the sale/plans for air rights construction on a co-op building? I'd like to buy an apt. with an especially good view, ...
propertygrunt.blogspot.com/2005/12/air-rights-question.html - 20k -

Valuation of air rights
Before the developer provided his plans to the city's building department ... The air rights have become a liquid asset with the owner having the right to ...
www.aicanada.ca/e/articles/valuation_of_air_rights.cfm - 25k

Commercial Real Estate Forum - Legal Topics: <strong>MONEY FROM ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]One solution is that the owner of the High Rise Parcel might acquire the "air rights" over the Entertainment Parcel (by purchasing from the owner of the ...
commercial-realestate.blogspot.com/2006/07/money-from-thin-air-developing-urban.html - 34k


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Note added at 1 hora (2008-01-11 19:41:30 GMT)
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Rights of air are assets that can be bought, sold, inherited, etc.

The Sky's the Limit
"In an urban area, air rights are just as much an asset as a piece of property," said the Rev. John M. Buchanan, pastor of Fourth Presbyterian in Chicago, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/28/AR... -
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Antonio Castillo González
Local time: 12:42
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air rights over the fifth floor


Explanation:
air rights (el derecho de vuelo, o "el vuelo", se dice en España) refer to the right to built on top of the existing or planned construction, i.e. on top of the 5th floor, by cantilevering, adding new floors, enclosing flat terraces and thus raising the roof or making the building taller.

There are many examples of air rights and "vuelo" in the Internet.
"Los aires del quinto piso" is a peculiar way to refer to "el vuelo", but I would bet it refers to the same thing.

En España se habla del derecho de vuelo o sobreelevación, pero en México se dice que no son la misma cosa:

El vuelo y derecho de sobreelevación no son una y la misma cosa. ...... que cualquier otra finca, integrado por subsuelo, superficie y columna de aire. ...
www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/rev/boletin/cont/88/art/art13... - 182k -

El derecho de vuelo en nuestro Ordenamiento ...
El derecho de vuelo en nuestro Ordenamiento (Consideraciones a propósito de ... a favor del superficiario el derecho de construir edificios en suelo ajeno ...
vlex.com/vid/328170 -

Derecho de vuelo y valoración [Archivo] - Foros Sólo Arquitectura... en dicho solar se puede construir tres plantas, en este caso, ... plantas de arriba (por el derecho de vuelo) serían de mi propiedad (16 m2 + 16 m2), ...
www.soloarquitectura.com/foros/archive/index.php/t-3431.htm... - 4k -

que el derecho de vuelo faculta para construir más de una planta de obra, .... piso en el edificio futuro sometida a la condición suspensiva de que la ...
www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/08/10/pdfs/A28100-28101.pdf -

Developers could use the air rights, without going through public review, to increase the floor area of new towers by 20 percent. With a review and special ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E6D7163BF936A15752C0A96E958260 - 49k -

Small building owners' ambitions soar as the air rights boom ... "If you're building a floor, a small site will require corridors, and mechanical space that ...
www.turettarch.com/pdfs/real_deal_062006.pdf -

The city had never allowed them to purchase the air rights, however, ... Pre-construction sales begin this week off floor plans and are expected to garner ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_43_46/ai_62927708 - 26k -


By acquiring the air rights – and permission from his neighbors to cantilever his building over theirs – Cosentini could have a more flexible floor plate. ...
www.therealdeal.net/issues/NOVEMBER_2005/1130901424.php - 21k -

Is there a way to find out about the sale/plans for air rights construction on a co-op building? I'd like to buy an apt. with an especially good view, ...
propertygrunt.blogspot.com/2005/12/air-rights-question.html - 20k -

Valuation of air rights
Before the developer provided his plans to the city's building department ... The air rights have become a liquid asset with the owner having the right to ...
www.aicanada.ca/e/articles/valuation_of_air_rights.cfm - 25k

Commercial Real Estate Forum - Legal Topics: <strong>MONEY FROM ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]One solution is that the owner of the High Rise Parcel might acquire the "air rights" over the Entertainment Parcel (by purchasing from the owner of the ...
commercial-realestate.blogspot.com/2006/07/money-from-thin-air-developing-urban.html - 34k


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hora (2008-01-11 19:41:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Rights of air are assets that can be bought, sold, inherited, etc.

The Sky's the Limit
"In an urban area, air rights are just as much an asset as a piece of property," said the Rev. John M. Buchanan, pastor of Fourth Presbyterian in Chicago, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/28/AR... -


Antonio Castillo González
Local time: 12:42
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erin DeBell
9 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  Nelida Kreer: Impressive background and web references. "Air rights" seems a splendid translation.
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Niki.

agree  Cecilia Welsh: Indeed!
7 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  AllegroTrans: "rights of air"///"rights of air" just sounds more formal & correct to my legal ears!
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thank you. "air rights" have 231,000 hits in Google and "rights of air" 135,000. I think either way is right.

agree  Patrice
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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