In the Jalisco real estate sector, the development of last-mile industrial parks has registered exponential growth in recent years, as a result of the pandemic.

Due to its geographical location and the consolidation of the pharmaceutical, automotive, technological and logistics clusters, in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, made up of nine municipalities, the last mile model of industrial parks has turned out to be a phenomenon, Luis Montes De Oca, founding partner of Grupo Industrial Elite.

He said that in the last 5 years the demand for these buildings exceeds 300 thousand square meters per year and more than 70% of that area corresponds to foreign companies.

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The main characteristic of last-mile industrial parks is their strategic location for delivery to the final consumer with warehouses from one thousand square meters.

The main industries have their large distribution centers or transformation or assembly establishments, either in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara or in nearby points such as the Bajío automotive corridor.

"Mexico's door to Asia is the Port of Manzanillo and Colima does not have the infrastructure, but Guadalajara is two and a half hours from the port, so Jalisco becomes a very important point to distribute its products throughout Mexico," he explained. Sergio O'Farrill, another of the founding partners of the company.

He also pointed out the proximity of two and a half hours to Bajío, where the most important automotive corridor in the country is located.

Only this group currently has parks of these characteristics in the municipalities of Zapopan, Tlajomulco, Tlaquepaque and Tonalá, and this 2022 will invest 900 million pesos in three more developments that will be available from October.

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Montes De Oca from Grupo Industrial Elite highlighted that its last-mile centers include characteristics and equipment of large-format industrial parks, such as advanced security systems, technology development, and services such as coworking areas, meeting rooms and outdoor dining areas. .

Although most of the companies correspond to the logistics sector, the last-mile parks of this corporation house companies from other sectors such as packaging, veterinary, medical products and the furniture industry, since the company manages land uses for light industry in the municipalities. of low impact and not exclusively for storage and distribution.

In Solili you can consult industrial warehouses available in Ciudad de México, Querétaro and Guanajuato

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