Arteaga looks to where the lights of Condado stretch below us, like flecks of glitter against the dark sky, and shakes his head.

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Across the bridge from downtown San Juan is the trendy, affluent neighborhood of Condado, and the much-anticipated restoration of the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel is slated to be unveiled this fall.

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In the Condado beach district, Bar Gitano, a Spanish Tapas restaurant is known for a variety of paellas including their very popular Paella Marinera, a rich dish with mussels, chorizo, calamari and sardines.

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De la Cruz is the president and CEO of Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers, and his penthouse apartment in Condado, a stylish coastal neighborhood of San Juan, is so populated with art, one wonders how he lives there.

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