Edifício Descartes

About the building

Edifício Descartes is an apartment building on Rua das Laranjeiras in Catete, Rio de Janeiro. Public records for this address show that it rises 9 floors. Its postal code is CEP 22240-000. Its 9 floors are in line with the neighborhood's typical scale of about 9 floors. The city register classifies the address as mixed-use.

The surrounding Catete corridor is compact and well-connected — the old presidential palace, the subway and the park all sit close. The sand at Flamengo Beach sits about 18 minutes away on foot (1080 m), while the nearest subway, Metrô Largo do Machado, is a 5-minute walk. For a run or a bench in the shade, Parque do Flamengo is about 17 minutes on foot. It shares its immediate surroundings with 23 other named buildings within 200 m.

For day-to-day needs, the nearest options are Confeitaria Itajaí (bakery, 2 min); Casa do Biscoito (supermarket, 1 min); Casa de Carnes Alentejo (grocer, 1 min). Within about 600 m, the map counts 661 named places to eat and drink, with Lima and Bif Bif nearest. Studio Surya de Yoga is 2 min away and Cacilda Becker is 5 min away.

The market around this address is measurable: 20 apartments are publicly listed for sale within ~300 m, asking a median of about R$ 11,100/m². That is above the neighborhood average — a premium pocket for Catete, where asking prices run roughly R$ 6,000–R$ 10,000/m².

Address: Rua das Laranjeiras, Catete, Rio de Janeiro