Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Title in Mayagüez is public in the Puerto Rico Property Registry at $5–$10 a parcel online, but CRIM's cadastre could not be reached; the open record shows a Kimco-owned Western Plaza, a family-owned Mayagüez Mall, and the Municipality owning its port, its 2010 Games stadium and the Hospital San Antonio.
10 buildings · 9 with an owner established · 24 sources · 10 tier A · prepared 2026-10-31
Can you find out who owns it?
Puerto Rico registers title in the Registro de la Propiedad, part of the Department of Justice; its law says the Registry 'es público para quienes tengan interés en conocer el estado jurídico' of a property. Mayagüez is served by the Registry's Sede Oeste in Mayagüez (sections Aguadilla, Mayagüez and San Sebastián). Since 7 March 2016 the Registry has been searchable online through Karibe, which needs an account and charges $5 a parcel for a plain sheet ('hoja simple') or $10 to view the inscription folios; a certification costs $15. Property tax is assessed separately by CRIM, whose Catastro Digital parcel viewer would not open for this research, and no bulk owner file is published.
Is ownership public?Public, but one paid search at a time
Cost of one title search$5.00 per finca to view the 'hoja simple', $10.00 per finca to view the inscription folios, on Karibe (Reglamento 8714, Art. 6.1); $15 per certification, $25 per finca for a negative certification (Ley 91-1970, Art. 1, Núm. 3)
Bulk ownership dataNone published
Sale pricesNo transaction data published
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayagüez Mall 975 Hostos Ave, Mayagüez (the site also extends into Hormigueros) 1,050,000 sq ft (Wikipedia) · 1 floors |
Retail | Empresas Villamil Wikipedia's infobox gives the owner as 'Empresas Villamil', the developer as 'Empresas Puertorriqueñas de Desarrollo, Inc.', 1,050,000 sq ft, 120 stores and 6,000 parking spaces; the article calls it 'the third largest shopping center in Puerto Rico' and 'the main shopping center in western Puerto Rico', located in the municipalities of Mayagüez and Hormigueros. It opened on 4 Oct 1972 at a cost of $12 million on a planned 38-acre tract, financed by a $6.5M, 27-year permanent mortgage arranged in Oct 1970. Former Sears space was re-let in 2025–26 to Burlington, Planet Fitness and Mueblerías Berríos. No Registry entry was bought and the company files nothing with the SEC. |
Family / private | —A |
| University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez) Mayagüez 315-acre campus (Wikipedia) |
Institutional | University of Puerto Rico Wikipedia: 'a public land-grant university in Mayagüez', 'the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system'; 'The UPR-Mayagüez campus encompasses approximately 315 acres'. 10,071 students (9,251 undergraduates, 820 graduates). The University of Puerto Rico is the Commonwealth's public university; the title holder of the campus land was not checked in the Registry. |
Government | —A |
| Western Plaza (Mayagüez One and Mayagüez Two) PR-2 (Carr. Estatal #2), Mayagüez |
Retail | Kimco Realty Corporation Kimco's 2025 10-K Schedule III lists 'WESTERN PLAZA - MAYAGUEZ ONE' (initial land $10.858M, building $12.253M, gross $24.002M, net of depreciation $12.323M) and 'WESTERN PLAZA - MAYAGUEZ TWO' (land $16.874M, building $19.911M, gross $40.372M, net $20.471M), both acquired 2006, no encumbrance shown. The notes say Kimco 'owns seven shopping center properties located throughout Puerto Rico ... acquired in 2006 partially through the issuance of $158.6 million of non-convertible units and $45.8 million of convertible units'. Kimco's 30 Sep 2026 10-Q (s19) does not mention Western Plaza or any Puerto Rico sale. Ownership is as at 31 Dec 2025. |
REIT | $59.9M initial cost (land $27.7M, buildings $32.2M) 2006 Schedule III 'initial cost to company' for the two parcels combined; part of a 2006 seven-centre Puerto Rico acquisition paid partly in OP units. Book cost, not a sale price. A |
| Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ) 4 miles north of downtown Mayagüez Runway 9/27, 4,998 ft |
Civic | Puerto Rico Ports Authority Wikipedia infobox: airport type Public, owner Puerto Rico Ports Authority; 'a public use airport 4 miles (6 km) north of Mayagüez' offering 'limited, domestic commercial service, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program'. It was once the main air gateway to western Puerto Rico until Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla took that role. |
Government | —A |
| Hospital San Antonio Downtown Mayagüez (centro urbano) |
Institutional | Municipio Autónomo de Mayagüez Ordinance 18 (2024-25), approved 11 Apr 2025: 'El Municipio Autónomo de Mayagüez ("Municipio") es el dueño del terreno, edificios, los equipos y demás propiedad mueble e inmueble de las facilidades conocidas como el Hospital San Antonio'. From 1 Jul 1998 the Municipality leased it to Hospital San Antonio Inc., which said on 8 Apr 2025 it would hand the facilities back on 14 Apr 2025. The ordinance authorises a 35-year lease without auction to Mayagüez Medical Center - San Antonio, Inc. (two 10-year options) at $300,000 a year ($25,000 a month), rising 5% every five years. A reported deed dispute is listed under unverified. |
Government | —A |
| Port of Mayagüez Mayagüez Bay, northwest of downtown (PR-64, PR-341, PR-3341) 4 wharfs; 3.8 miles of coast (Wikipedia) |
Civic | Municipality of Mayagüez (Mayagüez Port Commission) Wikipedia's infobox gives 'Owned by Mayagüez Port Commission', 'Operated by Holland Group Port Mayagüez Inc.'; the history section says it was built as the 'Mayagüez Shipping Terminal' in 1935, 'In 1959 it became property of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority', and 'It is presently owned by the Municipal Government of Mayagüez and since 2007 it is administered by Holland Group'. The date and terms of the transfer from the Ports Authority were not found in an opened document. |
Government | —A |
| Estadio Centroamericano (Estadio José Antonio Figueroa Freyre) PR-63 (Av. Colby William Dunscombe), south Mayagüez 12,175 seats |
Civic | Municipality of Mayagüez Wikipedia: 'The stadium is owned and operated by the City of Mayaguez.' It hosted athletics and soccer at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. The adjacent Estadio Isidoro García (10,500 seats, cost $48.7M, opened 8 Feb 2010) was built at the same time, but its Wikipedia article does not name an owner (s15). |
Government | $43,840,564 2010-01 Construction cost as stated in Wikipedia's infobox; groundbreaking 26 Dec 2007, opened Jan 2010. A build cost, not a purchase price. A |
| Palacio de Recreación y Deportes Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez Barrio Miradero, across from Parque de los Próceres 5,500 seats |
Civic | Municipality of Mayagüez Wikipedia infobox: owner and operator 'Municipality of Mayagüez'; opened 1981, remodelled for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games; home of the Indios de Mayagüez (BSN) and Indias de Mayagüez (LVSF). |
Government | —A |
| Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo (Mayagüez Zoo) Barrio Miradero 45 acres (Wikipedia) |
Land | Government of Puerto Rico (Department of Natural and Environmental Resources) Wikipedia: 'a 45-acre (18 ha) zoological park located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, owned by the Government of Puerto Rico and operated by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources'. It closed to the public after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and ceased operations in February 2023; FEMA had assigned $6.2 million for hurricane repairs in 2020. What becomes of the site was not established. |
Government | —A |
| Mayagüez Resort & Casino (former Mayagüez Hilton) Route 104, Km 0.3, Barrio Algarrobos 140 rooms (Wikipedia) |
Hotel | Not established a paid title search would answer it Wikipedia calls it 'the largest hotel resort in western Puerto Rico', built by Hilton in 1963; Hilton sold it and it 'was then purchased by a private group and ... renamed The Mayagüez Resort and Casino'. The source does not name the group, and no filing was found; the owner would need a $5–$10 Karibe Registry search. |
Not established | —A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
Puerto Rico taxes real property on 1957-based values set by CRIM, so assessed figures are far below market and are not comparable with a US mainland roll. CRIM's parcel viewer was unreachable and no Mayagüez roll total or principal-taxpayer table could be opened, so the figures below are what the Municipality's own budget and the filings that did open state.
A land benchmark: Western Plaza at book cost$64.4M gross ($28.1M land)
Kimco 10-K Schedule III at 31 Dec 2025, two parcels: gross $24.002M + $40.372M, land carried at $11.242M + $16.873M; net of depreciation $32.8M. Cost since 2006, not a valuation (s18).
Municipal rent from its own property, FY2024-25 budget$1,052,250 (plus $270,000 from the Centro Médico and municipal hospital)
'Renta de locales y propiedad municipal' and 'Renta de loc y prop mun-Centro Médico y Hosp Mun' in the Municipality's FY2024-25 budget report; the Legislatura certified on 21 Jun 2024 that the budget did not pass, so the prior year's governed (s21).
Hospital San Antonio lease to the private operator$300,000 a year for 35 years
Ordinance 18, Serie 2024-2025, 11 Apr 2025; +5% every five years (s20).
Construction excise budgeted (arbitrios de construcción)$6,500,000
FY2024-25 municipal budget report, a proxy for building activity in the municipality (s21).
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Much of Mayagüez's landmark ground is public. The Municipality owns its port, its 2010 Games stadium, its coliseum and the Hospital San Antonio; the University of Puerto Rico holds a 315-acre campus; the Commonwealth owns the 45-acre former zoo and, through the Ports Authority, the airport. The federal government owns no building in Mayagüez on GSA's inventory: all six GSA records there are leases. No private landowner total could be computed, because the cadastre was unreachable.
| Name | Type | Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Municipio Autónomo de Mayagüez Port (Wikipedia, s10), stadium (s11), coliseum (s12), hospital (Ordinance 18, s20). The FY2024-25 budget also books rent from municipal premises ($1,052,250), from the Centro Médico and municipal hospital ($270,000) and use permits for stadiums, coliseums and the Teatro Yagüez (s21). |
Government | Port of Mayagüez; Estadio Centroamericano (12,175 seats); Palacio de Recreación y Deportes (5,500 seats); Hospital San AntonioA |
| University of Puerto Rico Public land-grant campus, the second-largest in the UPR system (Wikipedia). |
Government | 315 acres (UPR Mayagüez campus)A |
| Government of Puerto Rico (Department of Natural and Environmental Resources) Owned by the Government of Puerto Rico, operated by DRNA; closed 2023. |
Government | 45 acres (former Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo)A |
| Puerto Rico Ports Authority Owner per Wikipedia. The Authority owned the port from 1959 until it passed to the Municipality. |
Government | Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (one 4,998 ft runway)A |
| United States of America (GSA) GSA IOLP buildings file of 23 Oct 2026: PR3904, PR4000, PR4021, PR4045, PR4047 and PR4069 in Mayagüez are all LEASED (2,179 + 9,544 + 2,678 + 9,349 + 2,381 + 2,650 sq ft). Agency-held federal land such as USDA's is not in this file and was not checked. |
Government | 0 owned buildings; 6 leased (about 28,800 rentable sq ft)A |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
There is no new-home league table for Puerto Rico, and the US Census permit files carry no Puerto Rico rows. What opened for Mayagüez is small, subsidised downtown rental work by a local non-profit; private subdivision builders could not be identified from an open source. Rows are what a named source states for a dated project, not a ranking.
| Name | Type | Units in a named Mayagüez project |
|---|---|---|
| INDESOVI de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Instituto para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y de Vivienda de Puerto Rico) HUD (2016): Plaza Casals, a restored mixed-use downtown building with eight low-income rental homes, $1,080,335 total cost including $500,000 HOME and $139,000 CDBG; 'The rehabilitation work was executed by INDESOVI of Puerto Rico, a non-profit organization'. INDESOVI's January 2019 New York Fed proposal describes a 3-storey, 37-apartment complex with commercial space near the Mayagüez Marketplace at an estimated $10.5M, saying 'At this moment INDESOVI owns the land subject of the development'. Whether it was built was not established. |
Institution | 8 apartments (Plaza Casals, 2016); 37 apartments proposed (2019)B |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Mayagüez's two big retail properties sit with one mainland REIT (Kimco, Western Plaza) and one Puerto Rico family company (Empresas Villamil, Mayagüez Mall). None of the island's listed banks (Popular, First BanCorp, OFG) lists a Mayagüez building among its principal properties in its 2025 10-K, and Simon's 10-K lists nothing in Mayagüez.
| Name | Type | Mayagüez holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Empresas Villamil Owner as given in Wikipedia's infobox; developer Empresas Puertorriqueñas de Desarrollo, Inc. The mall straddles Mayagüez and Hormigueros. |
Family / private | 1,050,000 sq ft (Mayagüez Mall)A |
| Kimco Realty Corporation One of seven Kimco shopping centres in Puerto Rico, all acquired in 2006. As at 31 Dec 2025. |
REIT | Western Plaza (two parcels), $64.4M gross book costA |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- A January 2026 commercial broker listing (totalcommercial.com), seen only in search results and not opened, described Western Plaza as 'under contract'. Kimco's filings through 30 Sep 2026 name no sale; if it closes, the owner changes.
- Hospital San Antonio title: search results show El Nuevo Día reporting that a deed transferring the property to a private company was registered and that the Municipality calls it void; the article was not opened, so the record relies on Ordinance 18's statement that the Municipality is the owner.
- Centro Médico de Mayagüez (Hospital Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances): the municipal budget books rent from the 'Centro Médico y Hosp Mun', and search results say Mayagüez Medical Center operates it, but the title holder was not established from an opened document.
- Mayagüez Resort & Casino: Wikipedia says only 'a private group' bought it from Hilton; no owner name was found.
- Estadio Isidoro García: built for $48.7M for the 2010 Games next to the municipal Centroamericano, but its Wikipedia article names no owner.
- Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico (Cervecería India) brews in Mayagüez and is a family company, but no opened source states that it owns its plant site or its acreage.
- New housing: 'The West House', a $23M adult-housing complex by WCP Management LLC, and the UPR Mayagüez Housing Facilities Inc. RFP to redevelop the Darlington Building (165 Méndez Vigo St), appear only on sites that were not opened (newsismybusiness disallows ClaudeBot; pasquines.us 403).
- Western Plaza GLA: Kimco's property page reportedly gives 354,675 sq ft; the page was not opened.
- CRIM roll value for Mayagüez's most valuable parcel, the municipal roll total and any principal-taxpayer table: the cadastre host reset every connection and the municipality's audited statements were not found at an open URL.
- PRIDCO industrial land and the former tuna-cannery sites in Mayagüez were not enumerated.
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Sources
- Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria (Ley Núm. 210-2015, según enmendada), Art. 3 — Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto, Biblioteca Virtual · openA
- Reglamento General para la Aplicación de la Ley Núm. 209-2015 (7 Mar 2016), Art. 6.1 — Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico · openA
- Ley del Arancel del Registro de la Propiedad (Ley Núm. 91 de 30 de agosto de 1970, según enmendada), Art. 1 Núm. 3 — Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto, Biblioteca Virtual · openA
- Registro de la Propiedad (sections, Sede Oeste en Mayagüez, Karibe since 7 Mar 2016) — Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico · openA
- CRIM portal: Servicios (certificaciones, Catastro Digital) — Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales · openA
- CRIM Catastro Digital (parcel viewer) — Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales · blockedC
- Mayagüez Mall — Wikipedia · openA
- University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez — Wikipedia · openA
- Eugenio María de Hostos Airport — Wikipedia · openA
- Port of Mayagüez — Wikipedia · openA
- Mayagüez Athletics Stadium (Estadio José Antonio Figueroa Freyre) — Wikipedia · openA
- Palacio de Recreación y Deportes — Wikipedia · openA
- Mayagüez Resort & Casino — Wikipedia · openA
- Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo — Wikipedia · openA
- Isidoro García Stadium — Wikipedia · openA
- Mayagüez, Puerto Rico — Wikipedia · openA
- Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico (Cervecería India) — Wikipedia · openA
- Kimco Realty Corporation Form 10-K for 2025: Schedule III and note on Puerto Rico properties — U.S. SEC (EDGAR) · openA
- Kimco Realty Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 Sep 2026 — U.S. SEC (EDGAR) · openA
- Ordenanza Núm. 18, Serie 2024-2025 (Hospital San Antonio lease to Mayagüez Medical Center - San Antonio, Inc.), Legislatura Municipal de Mayagüez, 11 Apr 2025 — Municipio Autónomo de Mayagüez (copy hosted by LexJuris de Puerto Rico) · openA
- Informe de presupuesto original, Año Fiscal 2024-2025 (with Legislatura certification of 21 Jun 2024 that the budget was not approved and the prior year's governs) — Municipio Autónomo de Mayagüez, via Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto · openA
- Inventory of Owned and Leased Properties (IOLP): 2026-10-23 buildings file — U.S. General Services Administration via data.gov · openA
- Revitalizing Downtown Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Plaza Casals) — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (archived 16 Jan 2018) · openA
- Investment Connection Puerto Rico proposal: INDESOVI (37-apartment downtown Mayagüez project) — Federal Reserve Bank of New York · openA