As part of the last three economic recovery packages, the Government of Mexico City announced new administrative changes, among which the agreements for the reconversion of offices, the unification of construction studies, as well as the modifications to the Special Program for Urban Regeneration and Inclusive Housing.

According to the Official Gazette, there are a total of six agreements and resolutions that aim to accelerate the economic development of the city, after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The first is the modification to the guidelines for the Reconversion of Offices to Housing in Mexico City and focuses on allowing an office space to become a home to market.

The new guidelines specify that disused or abandoned properties are those built and in operation until March 31, 2020, when the declaration of a health emergency was issued in Mexico City.

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“The properties that are offices and shops built with occupation with functional obsolescence, those built in disuse or in abandonment, as well as real estate with a low-impact industry built with occupation and with functional obsolescence, and those with an industry line will be eligible. of low impact and disused or abandoned”, stressed the issued document.

To do this, the properties must be located in areas such as the Historic Center, Santa Fe, Polanco, Granadas, Avenida Paseo de la Reforma (in the section from Avenida Hidalgo, to Fuente de los Petróleo), Avenida Revolución, Avenida Insurgentes Sur (in the section of the Caminero Monument to the intersection with the Peripheral Ring), Insurgentes Avenue, North Insurgentes Avenue (in the section of Ribera de San Cosme Avenue and Mexico Tenochtitlán, up to Ricardo Flores Magón) and the Peripheral Ring (in the corresponding sections that are are within the territorial demarcations of Benito Juárez, Coyoacán, and Miguel Hidalgo).

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The second agreement is the Procedure for the presentation of the Urban and Environmental Impact studies through the “Single” and “Digital” windows, as well as the creation of the Single Impact Commission; Action that aims to integrate the different construction evaluation processes in a single digital file, and the simultaneous issuance of urban impact reports and environmental impact authorizations.

The “Single Window” is created to submit applications for urban impact reports and environmental impact authorizations in person; this will be located in the facilities of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing.

Meanwhile, the Single Impact Commission is created as a collegiate body of the Government of Mexico City in charge of monitoring requests and evaluating Urban and Environmental Impacts.

By 2022 there will be seven zones that will be included (Historic Center: polygon "A" and "B", Atlampa, Vallejo I, Tacubaya, Granadas, Zona Rosa and Calzada de Guadalupe) and 18 corridors.

In Solili you can consult available offices in Insurgentes, Norte y Reforma

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