The arrival of Covid-19 had very important effects on the real estate segment in all its branches; however, the industrial market has shown an immediate recovery, a good dynamism in recent months with good prospects for 2022.

For this year, factors such as the development of the Treaty between the United States, Canada and Mexico (T-MEC), as well as the interest of the European and Asian markets to bring investments to the country, give good prospects for this segment.

However, there are challenges for this industry, such as the availability of electricity, security and inflation that could reduce the dynamism observed.

According to data from the real estate information firm Solili, during 2021, the industrial real estate segment reported a demand of close to 6.6 million square meters, of spaces both class A, B and C, that is, 70% more than used in 2020.

According to Pablo López Gallardo, Director of Market Research at Solili, one of the main characteristics of the industrial sector, and one that has helped in its full recovery, is its resilience and institutionality, which have been mixed with the high levels of demand that occur in some areas of the country.

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For the director of Solili, although at the national level the behavior of the industrial segment has been good, there is a disparity with respect to entities and regions, since both the north of the country and the center show positive numbers, the Bajío has remained stagnant and It has been difficult to recover the dynamism it had a few years ago with the arrival of investments from the automotive industry in this part of the country.

“Growth has not occurred homogeneously in the country, some regions have grown more than others: we have the border strip, which has been the main claimant today, or the north of the country; Mexico City that continues to grow and we have a Bajío that is practically stagnant and has not been able to recover the levels that they had in the pre-pandemic”, pointed out the Solili analyst.

López Gallardo noted that there are factors that give one region a better perspective than another, for example, border cities have attracted the attention of Asian and European companies to install their work spaces, due to their proximity to the United States. In addition, the T-MEC has generated tax incentives for exports to the neighboring country to the north or Canada.

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In contrast, according to López Gallardo, is the Bajío region, where although the logistics industry has increased its presence, the manufacturing industry has been more withdrawn due to the fact that there has not been a total reactivation of the automotive sector.

The specialist attributed the issue of the dynamism of electronic commerce to the growth of the industrial real estate market that has taken place in Mexico City. "In the center of the country we are having important demands from the logistics industry, rather from electronic commerce."

Despite this favorable scenario, López Gallardo indicated that certain challenges facing the industrial segment must be taken into account, such as meeting the demand for electricity, inflation in construction supplies, insecurity and even low availability. of spaces that are already beginning to be noticed in entities such as Tijuana.

In Solili you can consult industrial warehouses available in Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez and Guadalajara

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