Leander Hotel

In addition to the PR DOJ Annex Office Building, the Southeast portion of the Land Mass of the PR DOJ Annex Office Building is occupied by a six (6) story concrete structure with a basement area that was formerly known as the “Leander Hotel”, which at one time was intended to be restored as additional office space for the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (the “Leander Building”). The Leander Building is a derelict structure that has been in a complete state of disrepair for the last 20 years.

SCAN: Ongoing
3D MODEL: Pending
MAPPED: Pending
STATUS: Abandoned

UPDATE 1.1 - added ground floor.

Leander Hotel North Facing View
Leander Hotel North Facing and Plaza
Leander Hotel East Facing View
Leander Hotel South Facing View
Leander Hotel First Floor East wall
Leander Hotel First Floor North wall
Leander Hotel First Floor Stair
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Leander Hotel 1950s
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Please be advised that the Puerto Rico Planning Board recognized the historical value of the Miramar Sector and approved on December 23, 2010, Resolution No. 2007-18-JP-ZH, the Map of the Historical Zone of Miramar, dated as of March 11, 2011. According to the Regulation 9233 of December 2, 2020 (Reglamento Conjunto de Permisos para la Evaluación y Expedición de Permisos Relacionados al Desarrollo, Usos de Terrenos y Operación de Negocios del 2020), any permit application will necessarily require the comments and endorsements of Puerto Rico Institute of Culture (Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña).

For the Leander Building, an Ocular Inspection and Recommendations Report (Inspección Visual & Recomendaciones) was presented on March 31, 2023 by Green Engineering Group, PSC. According to the report, the building was considered unsafe, following the definition of the International Existing Building Code (IEBC-2021). It was also discussed that according to section 202 of the IEBC-2021 its reconstruction or restoration is considered to be impractical or non-viable because the reconstruction and/or restoration of the building would be more expensive than the construction of a new building with similar structure. José M. Green, MSCE, PE, President of Green Engineering Group, PSC, recommended the demolition of the building.

Leander Building Blueprints

Leander Structure blueprints.

Conclusions and recommendations

From the visual inspection and tour of the Old Leanders Hotel it was concluded that the corrosion damage and prolonged general lack of maintenance added to other elements, characterize the structure as unsafe and its rehabilitation, repair and reconstruction is considered "impractical" according to the IEBC definition, putting its cost well above the cost of a similar new construction structure.

For this reason, the demolition of the structure was RECOMMENDED for the best use of space and benefit of the nearby community.