"Life's a Beach"

Great Hotels of the World has announced one of its new member properties, Acanto Boutique Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico has just completed a $5 million refurbishment following a two year rebuild. Acanto Boutique Hotel has rebuilt the entire hotel with 14 added bedrooms, making it fully equipped with 21 luxurious one, two and three bedroom ...

 Team Lemmus Takes Home the 2011 Copa del Rey Polo Tournament! The 5th Annual Copa del Rey International Polo Tournament was played this year in an exciting multi-day contest at El Rey Polo Club in Puerto Morelos. Set in the middle of the jungle, this world class field brought six teams face-to-face in this highly anticipated ...

   •  "Perfect for Eco-Park" - $10,000,000 USD - 47 hectares of raw land Cozumel, Quintana Roo  -  An amazing opportunity to build your own community or business on the ever popular island of Cozumel! This 47 Hectare plot of land is a developer’s dream! ...

[photo:listing:23682449] Health and Wellness Center       • $269,000 USD - Exclusive Golf Course Residences for Sale Bahia Principe Golf & Residences, Akumal  -  Set beside the new 36 hole Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course, just moments from the pristine ...

Last week, Rob and I were invited to an Open House and cocktail reception to celebrate the completion of the condominiums at Oasis 12 in Playa del Carmen. While Rob had been inside during the build and had been through with customers many times, this was my first visit to Oasis 12 and I was curious to see how it had all come out. I had been told ...

Tuesday evening, long time Playa del Carmen resident and the area's most recognizable developer, Jack Perlman, invited the local Real Estate community to the job site at El Taj Oceanfront Condominiums to celebrate the completion of the beautiful model showroom. Everyone is familiar with Jack's very popular residential buildings. ...

I will never cease to be surprised by the twists and turns of the development industry in Playa del Carmen. While the rest of Mexico is reeling from the whole Swine Flu debacle and most businesses are scrambling for money, it seems that Real Estate in Playa del Carmen is as hot as ever. Almost all of the projects that have ...

Better late than never, here is the most recent set of construction photos from various projects of interest going up in Playa del Carmen. While sales are definitely down from last year, I was pleasantly surprized to see that most of these job sites were a buzz with activity and moving ahead at a steady pace. The notable exceptions in this ...

After thinking long and hard about poverty, the subject of Blog Action Day 2008, I find myself with more questions than answers. First and foremost is "What IS poverty?" and secondly "Who makes that determination?” Can we categorize poverty solely in economic terms? It certainly seems that our American politicians, on both ...

Good news - The plans and drawing for the house are moving along splendidly and we are really pleased with our architect. He has strong opinions but is still open to our crazy ideas and doesn't mind sketching and re-sketching as we go along. We still have issues with lack of storage space. Three kids with countless bikes, boogie boards and ...