2023 will be a record year for the industrial real estate sector, motivated by the high demand for industrial buildings from companies attracted by nearshoring in the northern border area, the Bajío and markets near the Trans-Isthmic Corridor and the Mayan Train, as indicated by Ignacio Lacunza Magaña , national president of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI).

This trend is also due to the growth of e-commerce, the real estate developer commented. At the end of the third quarter of 2022, border industrial markets such as Tijuana, Mexicali, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo, as well as the northeastern and western regions of the country, with cities such as Monterrey and Guadalajara, had record absorption figures with surface leases industrial areas of over 200,000 square feet, he explained.

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The Mexican economy has qualified labor, world-class infrastructure, and excellent services to receive all first-rate companies seeking to establish themselves in an agile, orderly, and formal manner to start their operations.

Thanks to the increase in supply chains derived from the exponential growth of digital commerce, he added, Mexico has become a magnet for the arrival of new companies due to its proximity to the United States, which facilitates the logistics of its day-to-day operations. a day.

According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), nearshoring opportunities in the short and medium term for Latin America mean 78 billion dollars (mdd) in industries such as pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, textiles or automotive, where Mexico is taking around 35 billion dollars.

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The National Council of the Export Manufacturing Industry (Index) reported that Mexico will receive 11 billion dollars of new investments in 2023, which come as part of the nearshoring boom.

The national president of AMPI highlighted that there are three regions of the country that benefit most from the phenomenon of "near relocation" or nearshoring: the border area in the north of the country, the Bajío and the towns near the trans-isthmic and Maya trains.

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