The Guadalajara industrial market managed to accumulate a gross demand of 66 thousand square meters during the months of July and August 2023. This amount exceeds the 56 thousand square meters that it reported during the third quarter of 2022, a figure that does include the month of September from last year.

That is to say, the demand with which the 3Q of 2023 will close will be above what was reported during this quarter of 2022. If we analyze the lines that occupied spaces in this market we find the pharmaceutical, logistics and storage industry of some of the main retailers. at the national level.

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Another phenomenon that occurs with respect to the closings of the period is that it corresponds entirely to speculative operations, which shows a more institutionalized market and whose offer is made up of modern industrial warehouses, whose sizes and facilities compete with markets that exceed the Guadalajara demand levels.

Although so far this year, demand is leaning towards Class A ships, the same behavior that indicates the demand for the months of July and August, where more than 90% is concentrated in this category.

In the specific case of the demand that was registered in Q2 2023, we see a behavior that extends rents throughout the industrial submarket of Guadalajara. 

However, the submarkets with the greatest activity in rentals are Nueva Zona Financiera, Providencia and Puerta de Hierro, which manage to participate with 40%, 23% and 20%, respectively.

In the remainder of the year, the arrival of new investments is expected due to the progress of negotiations with foreign companies interested in settling in Jalisco. 

The projections issued by the Secretariat of Economic Development (Sedeco) estimate a record figure of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of 3,000 million dollars (mdd) for 2023.

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Just at the end of the first half of the year, the entity attracted foreign capital for 1.4 billion dollars, and currently, the agency is serving the interest of foreign companies whose investment, if materialized, totals an additional 2.5 billion dollars.

The sectors that stand out are high-tech investments mainly related to electromobility, but also the tequila industry has been growing with investments in various municipalities of the state.