Federal Court Halts Macondo Playacar Construction, Voids Building Permit

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — A federal district court has granted a definitive suspension that keeps construction at the Macondo Playacar development on hold and strips the project of its building permit along with any extensions granted.

The Fourth District Court issued the ruling in the incidental hearing of case 638/2026, ordering that the site be maintained in its current condition. The project calls for 80 apartments across five levels.

Work at the site has been frozen since July, when the court granted a provisional suspension. Hernán González de los Santos, the municipal secretary of territorial planning, confirmed that the halt remains in place.

The property bears closure seals from municipal, state and federal authorities. The developer had sought to overturn the measure by arguing the project does not sit within a federal zone, but the definitive suspension blocks any resumption of work.

Other Requests Denied

In the same ruling, the court denied the suspensions requested on three other points of the case. Among them were adding the condominium to the list of irregular developments kept by SEDETUS, the state sustainable urban development department, and ordering the Federal Attorney General’s Office for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) to impose a temporary closure with surveillance.

The judge held that those requests must be weighed when the case is decided on its merits, since granting them at this stage would prejudge the matter at issue.

The definitive suspension keeps construction stopped, but it does not constitute a final ruling on the amparo petition.