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Residential, Development, Government
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
Development, Infrastructure, Government
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 - Development, Infrastructure, Government
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
San Juan - Development
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
Retail, Development
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
Residential, Development, Government
The executive director of Puerto Rico's Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda said about 1,500 affordable housing units were impacted over the past 22 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
Ceiba - Development, Infrastructure, Government
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