According to a local media report this week, Spanish construction heavyweight, OHL, is planning to build a new luxury marina in the Riviera Maya.

Agustín Sarasola, General Director of Development at OHL, told Noticaribe news website that they are working on the marina's plans with the hotels and real estate developers at the Mayakoba project near Playa del Carmen in the Riviera Maya.

OHL has already invested some $1 billion in the Mayakoba project in the Riviera Maya and is also tipped to be bidding for the new Tulum airport project.

Sarasola didn't give any further details about the size or cost of the marina, but if it goes ahead it will be the second luxury marina on the Riviera Maya, Puerto Morelos being the other.

The Mayakoba project consists of five 5 star resorts: Banyan Tree, Viceroy, Fairmont, Rosewood, and the fifth still to be named.

OHL also contiues with its plans to develop the El Jesusito real estate project on 400 hectares (988 acres) of land next to the existing Mayakoba complex, said Sarasola.

Noticaribe said that the El Jesusito project will include condos and a golf course, together with a residential zone for employees called "Mayakoba City".

OHL are one of Spain's largest construction, concession, environmental development, and industrial groups. They have With more than ninety years of domestic and international experience, the OHL is present in twenty countries across four continents.

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