The Benito Juárez City Council is focusing on at least eight real estate developments in Cancun for irregularities, which have been identified and mapped using drones. These developments lack necessary licenses for subdivision or condominium registration.
Nayeli Margarita Orozco Lozano, head of the Municipal Secretariat for Ecology and Urban Development, stated that some of these developments already have buildings. The administrative processes will be repeated to monitor and sanction them if necessary. Most of these developments are located on Huayacán Avenue and the 180 bypass, areas known for real estate growth. To detect these irregularities, authorities are updating their tools and using drones to identify properties with modifications.
“We continue with the closure program, but we are moving forward. It is a permanent effort because each time we have information about developments that are for sale or already sanctioned, we carry out operations,” Orozco Lozano explained.
Recent Closures
Last week, the Department of Ecology closed a development bordering the Continental area of Isla Mujeres while land clearing for construction was underway. “We have three closures already made, three complaints to the State Attorney General’s Office, and we continue working. We aim to start with at least one closure per month, but it involves an administrative process,” she stressed.
Orozco Lozano highlighted that many developments in Cancun lack the necessary registration documents for subdivision or condominium licenses, construction licenses, or environmental permits. “Sometimes they haven’t done any activity as such, but we see them for sale, and we can also start closing them down because of that issue,” she explained, adding that there has been no contact with any of the developers after placing the corresponding seals.
Authorities are determined to address these irregularities to ensure proper urban development and compliance with regulations in Cancun.
Source: Posta Yucatan
