Lo de Marcos, Nayarit, June 17, 2026 – A large condominium and tourism project planned for Lo de Marcos has revived public-access concerns along the Riviera Nayarit coast.
The project, Condominio Pueblitos Nayar, was presented in Bahía de Banderas with a stated investment exceeding $1.1 billion. Public summaries describe hotels, residential villas, condominiums, and medical-tourism infrastructure as part of the plan.
The scrutiny comes after the Playa Las Cocinas dispute near Punta de Mita, where residents and activists challenged coastal works they said threatened public beach access and federal maritime land.
A large project in a small coastal town
Lo de Marcos sits north of San Pancho and Sayulita, in a part of Nayarit where coastal growth has moved steadily up the map.
The project is being promoted as an investment for tourism, housing, and medical services. Reports from the first-stone event said construction would create about 3,000 jobs and strengthen hospital infrastructure in Bahía de Banderas.
Kory Reimann, identified as the project’s director, said at the announcement that “Pueblitos Nayar is the equilibrium between economic, social, and environmental development.” The same announcement described a wastewater treatment plant, green areas, and a claim that about 70% of the land would remain natural or open.
Those claims are now the point residents want documented.
PVDN reviewed the public information available this week. The summaries reviewed did not include permit numbers, a federal environmental authorization file, or a detailed plan for protecting public beach access during and after construction.
Las Cocinas changed the local standard
The Lo de Marcos project is being viewed in light of the recent Las Cocinas conflict.
At Playa Las Cocinas, residents and environmental defenders challenged coastal works linked to a luxury development. They argued that public access and the Zona Federal Marítimo Terrestre were at risk.
The company involved in that dispute has said it had the required permits and that beach access remained intact. Residents and activists disputed that, pointing to machinery near the shoreline and alleged environmental damage.
The conflict later expanded to protests, police presence, legal complaints, and claims that demonstrators were being criminalized. Legal representatives cited in follow-up coverage said several protesters faced arrest warrants.
PVDN has also followed the case as part of a wider coastal-access dispute in Nayarit, including the state’s later retreat from actions against demonstrators after the conflict drew broader attention. That earlier coverage is available here: Nayarit backs down after Las Cocinas beach fight grows.
That history helps explain the reaction in Lo de Marcos. Residents are not only looking at the size of the project. They are looking for written proof of access, permits, and environmental safeguards.
The issue to watch is access and paperwork
Mexico’s federal law protects public access to maritime beaches and the adjacent federal maritime zone, except in limited cases set by regulation. The law says access may not be inhibited, restricted, obstructed, or conditioned. The rule appears in the Ley General de Bienes Nacionales.
PROFEPA defines the Zona Federal Marítimo Terrestre as a 20-meter-wide strip of firm, passable land next to the beach. The agency also describes ZOFEMAT oversight as part of its environmental enforcement work. Its public explanation is available through PROFEPA’s ZOFEMAT guidance.
That does not make every coastal project improper. It does make public access, concessions, coastal works, and environmental conditions central questions before construction moves too far.
For Pueblitos Nayar, the public record still needs more detail.
Residents will likely watch three things closely: the environmental authorization, the treatment and water plans, and whether existing routes to the beach remain usable.
A project involving hotels, villas, condominiums, and medical tourism services can also affect traffic, water demand, wastewater capacity, land prices, and local jobs in a town the size of Lo de Marcos.
