The 2020 period was the hardest due to Covid-19 and determined a 9% contraction in the real estate market worldwide, while the 2021 cycle presented a significant recovery at a rate of 23 percent.

Arturo Bañuelos, Executive Director of Projects and Developments of JLL Mexico, affirmed that among the trends observed in 2021 stand out projects based on eco-sustainable strategies, adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in buildings, tourist complexes, offices, large operating centers and industrial, digitization and e-commerce.

He pointed out that these are some of the global trends that gained great strength during 2021 and that will continue during 2022, "in order to adapt each real estate development and construction project to the new global conditions."

The JLL executive added that during 2021, even in a pandemic period, “it triggered the acceleration of the transformation process of various sectors, migrating towards constructions and projects where there was greater flexibility and integration of new technologies, especially seeking to generate projects eco-sustainable ”.

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Industrial properties were impacted by the exponential growth that electronic commerce had during 2020 and 2021, modifying consumer trends, which is why large companies are currently installing distribution centers in strategic points of the country, in order to increase efficiency. your logistics and delivery processes.

For its part, the hotel and tourism industry in Mexico are completely transforming the travel experience, based on digitization, emerging technologies and augmented reality.

Many of these technological innovations were launched as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and have been a success, so they will be maintained and it is even expected that in an accelerated way, technological innovations will increase for the benefit of national tourists and foreign.

The challenge for the corporate office sector is and will be to attract employees to innovative spaces that foster creativity and productivity, but in a safe work environment.

The office will continue to be the center of the labor ecosystem, dedicating physical spaces to socialization, collaboration, face-to-face meetings and people management, but adapted to spaces with technological insertions that adapt to new work models such as hybrid and flexible connectivity.

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In global terms, all buildings in various real estate sectors will have the need to adapt increasingly higher sustainability standards, accelerating the incorporation of sustainable technologies, environmental care and the transition to the consumption of clean energy in real estate projects.

Sustainability and resilience go hand in hand, since the continuity of company operations will depend on this, and for this reason more and more real estate projects have prioritized and reinforced their mechanisms for protecting the health and well-being of employees. .

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