Pep Boys opens remodeled Bayamón service center, a $573,584 job
Pep Boys opened its first remodeled location on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at Plaza del Sol in Bayamón, turning the site from its former sales-and-repair-shop model into a center devoted entirely to servicing customers' vehicles, El Nuevo Día reported.
Besides a renovated facade, the center has a larger, more comfortable waiting area for customers who stay while their cars are serviced, the newspaper reported. The company did not disclose what it invested in the remodel, but the digital file for the work at the Permits Management Office estimated the construction cost at $573,584, the newspaper reported.
The company's vice president told the newspaper that the opening is meant to show the company is committed to the island, after rumors that it would leave. She said the company benefits from inflation and slower new-vehicle sales, because people tend to keep their cars longer.
Almost a year and a half of filings
The vice president said the store took almost a year and a half to complete. The single permit for the store's use, covering the sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories, a tire shop and a mechanic shop, was first filed on January 30, 2025, and is approved.
A consolidated construction permit for the store, filed on April 21, 2025, is approved. A later construction filing in the same case, dated May 7, 2026, is pending.
A busy shopping center
The store is not the only space being reworked at the shopping center. Filings tied to 37 permit cases at the property carry dates in 2026, through November 14, and 22 of those cases include a single permit for a business's use.
Four other businesses filed consolidated construction permits at the shopping center this year, three of them to remodel existing retail spaces. One of those remodels is approved; the latest, filed on November 6, 2026, is incomplete.
Four more stores next
After this store, the company plans to remodel four more locations, in Altamira, Trujillo Alto, Hatillo and Humacao, the newspaper reported. Each of the four already has a consolidated construction permit filing.
The construction permit for the Altamira store in San Juan, to remodel an existing structure, is approved, and the Hatillo and Humacao construction permits are under inspection. The latest Trujillo Alto construction filing is dated April 28, 2025.
The remodels are not expected to create additional jobs right away, the newspaper reported, though the company is opening retraining opportunities so employees can update their skills or move into other roles.
