When Stella Maris church reopens in Condado as a brand new building, sometime within the next year and a half, it will fully integrate with its neighborhood and even turn into a tourist draw.
Once a vigorous part of the economy, Puerto Rico's construction sector remains mired at its lowest point in more than a decade with little hope of improvement in the next year, when activity is expected to stay at its present level of under $2 billion, said a spokesman for the industry.
As if securing a permit to open a business in Puerto Rico weren’t hard enough, the government's digital platform connecting the public to agencies and permitting information is proving a stumbling block for many would-be entrepreneurs.