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At Rua Álvaro Ramos, Botafogo, stands Edifício Balzac — an apartment building in the BuyInRio directory. Public records for this address show that it rises 6 floors. Mail here is addressed under CEP 22280-110. At 6 floors it is lower-rise than the typical named building in Botafogo (around 10 floors) — the fourth-tallest of the 10 named buildings on Rua Álvaro Ramos in this directory.
Botafogo Beach is roughly 1020 m from the door, 17 minutes on foot, while the nearest subway, Metrô Cardeal Arcoverde / Copacabana, is a 12-minute walk. It shares its immediate surroundings with 16 other named buildings within 200 m. The city block itself holds 22 buildings named in the register.
The everyday basics are close by — Naziras X (bakery, 7 min); Zona Sul (supermarket, 4 min); Americanas Local (grocer, 5 min). Within about 600 m, the map counts 81 named places to eat and drink, with SULT and Encarnados nearest. Academia Corpo Molhado is 7 min away and Centro Cultural Solar de Botafogo is 5 min away.
The market around this address is measurable: 8 apartments are publicly listed for sale within ~300 m, asking a median of about R$ 11,900/m². That is in line with the neighborhood average for Botafogo, where asking prices run roughly R$ 8,500–R$ 14,000/m². Botafogo mixes office towers, century-old streets and a strong bar-and-restaurant scene, anchored by the subway and the Rio Sul mall.
Address: Rua Álvaro Ramos, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
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