I’ve noticed that in every city we’ve been to—Cusco, Lima, Paracas—there are many buildings that have been partially constructed. Often, the bottom floor is complete (but perhaps vacant) and the top floor(s) still have exposed rebar and are roofless. This trend appears to be for both residential and commercial structures.
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I can’t speak for Peru specifically, but a similar thing happens in Jamaica. My family and I took an off-the-beaten-path tour with a local guide and he explained that families either can’t afford or are opposed to taking out a loan to complete their house construction all at once. So they build the bare minimum to get started and add on to the structure over many years. We only noticed this for residential structures outside of the city/tourist areas. I don’t recall seeing any commercial buildings in progress.
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