Development, Government
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The Mennonite Health System broke ground on September 28, 2026 on a $51.8 million expansion of the Menonita Aibonito Hospital in Aibonito, in Puerto Rico's central mountains, wjournalpr.com reported on September 29. The governor and the housing secretary were quoted at the groundbreaking, according to the outlet. The same article ran on its sister site theweeklyjournal.com, and noticel.com and metro.pr also covered the announcement.
Source: wjournalpr.com and RED Atlas
Development, Infrastructure, Government
The Municipality of Loíza is pressing ahead with the restoration of a road on Calle 3 in the Parcelas Suárez community, where part of the roadway collapsed from coastal erosion, the mayor said on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, the San Juan Daily Star reported. She also urged the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to expedite its broader coastal erosion mitigation project for the area.
Source: sanjuandailystar.com and RED Atlas
Development
Caribbean University has started construction of 64,461 square feet of projects at its Bayamón campus, a $17.39 million investment to expand the campus and repair facilities damaged by Hurricane María, elnuevodia.com reported on October 20, 2026.
Source: El Nuevo Día and RED Atlas
Residential, Development, Government
Rehabilitating vacant and abandoned properties is one of the most immediate and cost-effective answers to Puerto Rico's housing crisis, the head of a housing nonprofit wrote in an opinion column in El Vocero on October 20, 2026. The organisation invests an average of $75,000 per rehabilitation, has turned a home around in as little as five weeks, and completed 14 units in the last three years without government funds, the column says.
Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas
Development, Infrastructure, Government
Naranjito is asking the Puerto Rico Department of Housing whether federal CDBG-MIT mitigation funds can pay to finish a coliseum that has stood unfinished for more than 20 years, and if not, the municipality will demolish it, with more than 100 affordable apartments as one option for the site, El Vocero reported on October 1, 2026.
Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas
Culebra - Residential, Development
A plan to place three prefabricated residential modules on a lot in the Fraile ward of Culebra, at Carretera 520 Km 0.0, has cleared an early environmental step, according to permit filings analysed by RED Atlas. The project, named Kulebra Enclave, received an environmental compliance determination by categorical exclusion on October 18, 2026 (case 2026-714960-DEC-333033). That determination certifies that a routine action needs no further environmental planning. It is not a construction permit, and the record holds none yet.
Source: RED Atlas
Development, Infrastructure, Government
enr.com reported on October 14, 2026, that the emergency repair of a failing embankment on PR 110 at KM 10.2 in Moca, Puerto Rico, was named its 2026 Texas & Southeast Best Project in Specialty Construction.
Source: enr.com and RED Atlas
Commercial, Development, Infrastructure
Construction has started on BlueSky San Juan, a $54 million private aviation complex at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, financed entirely with Puerto Rican private capital, El Vocero reported on October 14, 2026. The groundbreaking was held that day, Wapa TV reported, and the developers call it the largest private investment in executive aviation infrastructure on the island in more than a decade, according to El Vocero.
Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas
Residential, Development, Government
Puerto Rico's governor said on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, that the average time to process a Consolidated Construction Permit fell from 107 days in 2024 to 62 days in 2026, a 42.1 percent reduction, sanjuandailystar.com reported. She gave the figures at the annual convention of the Puerto Rico Builders Association, held at the Condado Vanderbilt hotel in San Juan.
Source: sanjuandailystar.com and RED Atlas
Commercial, Industrial, Development
Puerto Green plans a $210 million recycling complex next to the El Coquí landfill in Humacao, Puerto Rico, which would process 3,000 tons of unsorted waste per day, metro.pr reported on October 8, 2026. The company's chief officer and chief financial officer lead the venture, according to the outlet.
Source: Metro Puerto Rico and RED Atlas
Barceloneta - Development, Infrastructure, Government
A municipal community center at Ave. MUÑOZ RIVERA, Núm. 75, Bo. PALMAS ALTAS Barceloneta, Puerto Rico 00617 has an approved environmental clearance for interior work. The work is a project of rehabilitation and improvements to rooms the town uses for community services.
Source: RED Atlas
San Juan - Development, Infrastructure, Government
The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) is rehabilitating the De Diego flood-control pump station in Santurce, San Juan, and the project has cleared two early reviews, according to filings in the government permits portal that RED Atlas tracks. The station is at Ave. De Diego, Parada 22, at the corner of Calle Julián Blanco and Calle Estrella. The filings place the work in the department's capital improvements program to rebuild facilities damaged by Hurricane María (federal disaster 4339-DR).
Source: RED Atlas