Tag: Construction
Ground broken for villas-style psychiatric complex
The complex will have a positive impact on the lives of 96,000 potential visitors in a pleasant environment, surrounded by multiple green areas.
39,000 new homes in Mérida’s north, many promising the high-rise ‘Lifestyle’
As the north of the city continues its building boom, new trends and demographic shifts are apparent.
Shopping complex at airport seems to expand before it even begins
Redevelopment surrounding the Mérida International Airport will include more than a shopping center.
Search ends for more victims in construction collapse
After a week of combing through the rubble of a hotel-retail complex being built in the hotel zone, officials on Monday officially ended their search for more victims.
Upscale hotel-office complex is greener than it looks
The MID Center business complex, rising by one of the city's busiest intersections, will be Mérida's first privately owned building with a global certification of environmental sustainability.
Fuel terminal on Progreso pier to be open by May
A $50 million USD fuel terminal on Progreso's pier is on track to be operational by May.
Structural flaws probed at fatal work site; 1 still missing
A missing person's report has promoted rescue workers to continue searching rubble while early assumptions about the accident's cause are being questioned.
Union leader: Paseo 60 work should have stopped after dark
Aided by trained canines, rescue workers on Tuesday resumed the search for missing workers at Paseo 60.
4 dead, 2 missing in accident at Paseo 60 construction site
Four workers died and 10 were injured when part of a huge construction site collapsed on Calle 60.
Unstable cement prices make it difficult to budget for projects
With cement prices up 12-20 percent since July, contractors are struggling to work within their budgets.
H&M nearly ready to open at Galerias Mérida
The city's first new department store in more than a few years is just a few weeks away.
Possible hotel and shops on the drawing board at Mérida airport
A new complex, possibly shops and a hotel, will be built at the entrance to Mérida's international airport, a chamber of commerce official said.
2 fast-approaching malls claim to be southeast Mexico’s largest
The Via Montejo complex just south of the northernmost point of the Periférico is taking shape, and almost 300 units in two residential towers have been sold out since late last year.
Yucatán leads all other states in industrial growth
Yucatan has shown sustained growth for more than a year and a half due to the outstanding performance of the manufacturing sector and construction.
High-tech convention center will include a natural cenote
Samsung will bring high tech to the new convention center, but a natural attraction will also be restored on the site.
3 big projects are ahead of schedule
Three big projects — the maternity and children's hospital, the Music Palace and the international convention center — are reportedly on or ahead of schedule.
Music Palace will be singing by year’s end — report
Believe it or not, the construction site behind the Church of the Third Order will be a gleaming, modern Palace of Music by the end of the year.
Sheraton, Marriott among 12 new hotels in pipeline
Twelve new hotels will rise across Mérida within the next few years, adding 1,600 rooms to the city's supply, according to tourism officials.
Hospitality is booming in Mérida
A second City Express Junior is quickly rising on the Periférico, bringing 106 more hotel rooms on seven floors when it opens in October.
Rain delays? Not at the Music Palace
Despite all the recent rain, the Music Palace — El Palacio de la Música — is quickly taking shape.
Shiny new tower rising on the Prolongación
MID Center will rise along the Prolongación Montejo, towering over the Krispy Kreme donut shop, when construction begins this year.
4,000 new jobs expected this year
As several new commercial projects plod along to their completion, the state is counting how many jobs the new stores and factories will provide.
All signs point to Celestún
Taking a car from Mérida to the beaches and reserves of Celestún will take just 45 minutes by 2017, newspapers announced today, putting the quaint fishing village on the radar of more people looking for beach-living options.
Mérida’s growth threatens Mayan ruins
U.S. and Canadian retirees are fueling growth in some Mérida neighborhoods as much 7 percent a year, but archaeologists worry about undiscovered Mayan relics in the bulldozers' path.
