Commercial construction in Puerto Cancún
Works, services and licensing for retail, restaurants and offices with a single contractor.
Puerto Cancún is a master-planned district with a marina, a mall, offices and towers, between the Hotel Zone and downtown. Commercial work here means offices, clinics, showrooms, restaurants and retail inside a development that controls design closely and expects corporate-grade delivery.
Design control and the master plan
Every unit answers to the development’s design guidelines on façades, signage, materials and terraces. We prepare the submission to the master developer together with the Benito Juárez licence, so approvals come back in the same window rather than one after the other.
Corporate fit-outs
Offices, medical consultancies, banks and showrooms need raised floors or ceiling voids for services, efficient air conditioning, data cabling and acoustic separation. We deliver them with drawings and documentation ready for the tenant’s own technical team and for future maintenance.
Fill ground near the marina
Much of the district sits on fill next to the marina and the lagoon, with a high water table. For new structures we work from a soil study and deep foundations; for fit-outs, we check how the building handles water before finishing ground floors.
Budget and programme for a commercial unit in Puerto Cancún
Commercial fit-out in Puerto Cancún runs at MXN 12,000 to 28,000 per m², depending on use and finish; restaurants and medical units sit at the top. A new commercial building starts at MXN 18,000 per m², with deep foundations as a separate line.
A 150–400 m² fit-out takes three to five months. Add four to eight weeks for the master developer’s review and the municipal licence, plus Protección Civil and COFEPRIS where they apply.
Scope: from land use to handover with the unit ready to open
We cover the full cycle: land-use and feasibility checks, executive and services design, licence filing with the responsible engineer, civil works, electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, extraction, voice and data, finishes, fixed furniture and signage. Handover comes with as-built drawings, calculation records and the files Protección Civil asks for.
Where the use handles food, we resolve the grease trap, extraction and washing at design stage rather than as a late adjustment: it is the item that causes the most retrofits and the most expensive to correct once the unit is finished.
How we control cost, programme and opening
A line-item budget with quantities and unit rates, changes signed before execution and payments against verified progress. The programme is organised by work fronts so services, finishes and equipment do not obstruct each other, and the opening date is set once the critical filings are resolved, not when the contract is signed.
Weekly reports with dated photographs and a fortnightly video call from site, in Spanish, English, German, French, Russian or Chinese. Most of our clients live outside Mexico and run the business remotely: the system is built for that.
The ground in Puerto Cancún: what it imposes on the project
- Municipality: Benito Juárez
- Environmental regime: municipal + ZOFEMAT on the marina frontage
- Ground: limestone and sand
- Water table: high next to the canal
- Salt exposure: severe by the basin
- Access: gated access with registration
- Development regime: development rulebook, design committee
Marina development on the waterfront: the canal edge and the moorings carry their own permits on top of the municipal file.
See the 51 mapped zones of the corridor in the zone checker.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need the developer’s approval for a fit-out in Puerto Cancún?
Yes. The master developer reviews façades, signage, terraces and often materials, in addition to the Benito Juárez licence. We file both in parallel.
Why are foundations more expensive in Puerto Cancún?
Because much of the land is fill near the marina and the lagoon, with a high water table. New buildings usually need piles or deep foundations designed from a soil study.
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