Guanajuato and Querétaro are the main markets that projected the growth in demand for the shoal in the year that just ended. The gross demand of the shoal went from representing 15% of the national industrial demand in 2021 to 21% at the end of 2022.

Guanajuato closes 2022 with $2,379 in investment concentrated mainly in the automotive and auto parts, new technologies, metal-mechanic, and plastic sectors.

Part of this investment is directed to the real estate sector where this market played a prominent role at the end of 2022 with 545,000 square meters of industrial buildings that were rented during the year, an amount 74% higher than the amount reported during 2021.

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Of this total, a dozen transactions make up 60% of the demanded areas whose surfaces range from 10 to 113 thousand square meters, the latter corresponding to a manufacturing company that represented the largest transaction in 2022.

With more than fifteen developers competing in this market, Guanajuato currently manages to expand its offer of available space by almost 76,000 square meters with warehouse sizes ranging from 1.6 to 25,000 square meters, which you can consult by accessing the Solili platform and contacting the developer or authorized marketer directly.

During June 2022, this market reached its highest historical level of industrial works in progress, closing the year with 17 industrial properties that group more than 300,000 square meters of which 23% is currently available.

If we analyze the net absorption of Guanajuato, we realize that in 2022 it will have 420,000 square meters, which places it in fourth position nationwide, surpassed by Monterrey, Ciudad de México and Guadalajara.

Due to its geographical position, Guanajuato is separated by 170 km of highways and a little more than 2 hours in travel time with San Luis Potosí and Querétaro, it has important advantages to be selected as an operations center in the lowlands, which could play in its favor in 2023.

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Also, the distance that separates it from Guadalajara of 3 hours and 220 kilometers by highway gives it the possibility of connecting cargo from the southwest, going through León and from there to the northern border.

Another key element is the government support that both in Querétaro and Guanajuato we saw actively develop in the year that ended, when the main authorities have gone out to seek investments outside of Mexican territory.

This action has been accompanied by an effort to understand and integrate private investment from developers, builders and suppliers that play a role in completing the supply chains of each of the main industries in the area.