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Walmart broke ground on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, on a $65 million supercenter at the intersection of PR-167 and PR-828 in barrio Buena Vista, Bayamón, joined by the governor and the mayor of Bayamón, elnuevodia.com reported. The store is expected to open in the second quarter of 2028 with 600 employees, and it will be the company's second store in the city.

Source: El Nuevo Día and RED Atlas

Puerto Rico's governor delivered a rebuilt two-bedroom home to its owner in Bayamón on Friday, October 9, 2026, a house rebuilt for $424,000 in federal money that drew sharp criticism on social media, notiuno.com reported. The housing secretary, a representative and a senator joined the governor at the handover.

Source: NotiUno and RED Atlas

The US Department of Homeland Security opened a joint facility worth nearly $22 million for US Customs and Border Protection and the US Coast Guard at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to the department's announcement as published by the World Border Security Congress. The new complex stands next to the historic United States Custom House.

Source: world-border-congress.com and RED Atlas

Yabucoa cemetery entrance remodeling clears environmental review in Barrio Pueblo

Yabucoa's municipal cemetery is the site of a public works project to remodel its entrances, and the project has cleared an environmental review, according to permit filings analysed by RED Atlas. The sponsor is the Municipio de Yabucoa, and the project, Rehabilitación Cementerio Municipal, Yabucoa, sits at Calle, Núm. 1, Urb. Reparto Horizonte, Bo. Pueblo Yabucoa, Puerto Rico 00767.

Source: RED Atlas

Capitol Building in Santurce gets approvals for an 1,854 m2 office remodel on its eleventh floor

An office remodel called Workspace Renovation Initiative - 11th floor has two approvals for the Capitol Building at 800 Ponce de León Avenue in Santurce, San Juan, according to permit filings analysed by RED Atlas. The filing describes 1,854 m2 (19,955 sq ft) of interior work under case 2026-706381-PCOC-330084.

Source: RED Atlas

Walmart Puerto Rico broke ground on a Tuesday on a $65 million project for the first Walmart Supercenter in Bayamón, at the intersection of PR-167 and PR-828 in the Buena Vista ward, El Vocero de Puerto Rico reported at elvocero.com. The outlet did not give the date of the ceremony.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas

The executive director of Puerto Rico's Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda said about fifteen hundred affordable housing units were impacted over the past twenty-two months, and he singled out a project for older adults on Ponce de León in San Juan, elvocero.com reported.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas

The public body redeveloping the former Roosevelt Roads naval station has two approved filings for a project of improvements to the station's electric power grid, according to permit filings analysed by RED Atlas. The project is Roosevelt Roads Electrical Power Grid Improvements - FEMA PA DR-4339 Project 95275, at Carr. PR-3, Km 51.4, Bo. Ceiba, Puerto Rico 00735.

Source: RED Atlas