Maderera Donestevez plans $3 million expansion of Carolina store
Maderera Donestevez, Inc., a family-owned Puerto Rican distributor of construction materials, announced an investment of more than $3 million to remodel, expand and modernize its main store and facilities on 65 de Infantería in Carolina, Sin Comillas reported on November 4, 2026.
A bigger showroom on 65 de Infantería
The expansion includes a new showroom of more than 6,000 square feet and new product lines, the outlet reported.
The company was founded in 1961, employs more than 130 people and is run by the fourth generation of its founding family, the outlet said. Its exports to Latin America and the Caribbean grew 50% over the last five years. The company's president told the outlet that the investment reflects its confidence in Puerto Rico and its people.
The store and the warehouse next door
The company's latest operating permit for the retail and wholesale sale of construction materials at Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 7.0, Barrio San Antón, Carolina was filed on December 16, 2024 and is recorded as approved. An earlier permit for the same use was filed on August 20, 2023, also recorded as approved.
On the property next door, a consolidated construction permit for a steel and structural metal warehouse shell, which the filing says the company will use to store construction materials, was filed on July 22, 2026 at Avenida 65 Km 7.0, San Antón, Carolina and is under inspection. An earlier construction permit under the same case was filed on December 5, 2024.
A steel warehouse on that property has appeared in filings since May 25, 2021, under four separate cases.
