The corporate market of Guadalajara almost reached 800 thousand square meters of inventory at the end of 2021, it registered an annual gross demand of just over 52 thousand square meters that manages to exceed the gross demand of 2020 by 183%, a year of great affectations for the national corporate sector and the entity.

It is well known that as a result of the pandemic, a large number of technological processes in companies were accelerated with the advancement of Industry 4.0, the deployment of 5G networks and the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), which has driven the digitization of multiple sectors belonging to manufacturing and logistics.

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The automotive and pharmaceutical sector advanced in a notable way, while the growth of electronic commerce influenced the changes of a large number of transport and logistics companies. All this strong momentum of the industrial sector in Guadalajara has also mobilized the demand for corporate spaces, whose number of operations was concentrated in 71% in sizes less than 500 meters during 2021.

Only in the last quarter of the year the gross demand reached 20 thousand square meters where the Puerta de Hierro corridor stands out with 50% of the total. New Financial Zone and Providencia group another 47% in demand preferences during 4Q 2021.

This quarter, in general, the rental operations stood out with respect to the sale operations, with pre-sales being the ones that concentrated the most transactions in the latter.

The vast majority of the occupants of these spaces make up the ecosystem of technology companies and startups and find in Guadalajara the incentives to carry out their work.

The entity brings together nearly 700 high-tech companies, including Continental, IBM, Intel, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle, Flex, Sanmina, Foxconn, Tata and Igate, as highlighted by Inmobiliare at the event held in Guadalajara at the end of August 2021.

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Another factor that influences is the confluence of innovation centers and institutes and universities that seek to support the entrepreneurial culture in Jalisco hand in hand with initiatives such as those developed by the Jalisco Institute of Information Technologies (IJALTI) that promote the creation of business opportunities. through the development of the link between companies and technology entrepreneurs.

Currently, Central Park Guadalajara, Torre Helix and Torre Niba have office space availability of over 10,000 square meters, which would allow any global corporation to settle in the area.

The range of offers is very varied with large corporate buildings, through mixed-use buildings complemented by coworking of the stature of Wework that started in 2022 with the opening of its new facilities in the Punto Sur Complex where it invested 4.8 million dollars to adapt more than 800 work centers.