Monterrey continues to project itself as the most dynamic market at the national level, leading the indicators of gross demand and construction.

Regarding demand, it managed to reach 391 thousand square meters at the end of the second quarter of 2023, surpassing its closest competitor, Mexico City, by 1.4 times.

During the last two years, Monterrey has shown significant momentum in industrial leasing, even surpassing Mexico City since the second quarter of 2021, with the only exception being the third quarter of 2022, where Mexico City exceeds 627,000 square meters and took the lead. above the royal city.

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If we focus on where the demand for 2022 was concentrated, the Apodaca corridor groups 34% of the number of operations, followed by Santa Catarina and Escobedo with 16% and 15%, respectively. If this analysis is carried out on the total areas, the Salinas Victoria corridor leads with 26% followed by Apodaca with 23% and Santa Catarina and Guadalupe with 14% and 13%, respectively.

During 2022 in this market, large-scale operations were observed where just over a dozen warehouses that exceed 30,000 square meters grouped 37% of the net areas demanded. These large surfaces correspond to the manufacturing and logistics sectors in sectors such as the automotive, furniture, sanitary parts, electronics, mainly.

The characteristics that accompany this important market in the north of the country, where qualified labor is present together with the development of specialized clusters, are a guarantee for the investments that arrive there.

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Recent announcements from Nuevo León point out the efforts to not only guarantee greater air connectivity, but also to satisfy the needs of electrical service and white and sewage water demanded by the new investments announced in this market.

The arrival of Tesla in Santa Catarina continues to promote joint activities between the public and private sectors that will allow the successful development of a supply chain associated with the electromobility processes that will be developed upstream of the main process.

The size of this investment, which exceeds 5 billion dollars, will create a multiplier impact not only in Monterrey but throughout the chain of suppliers that already work with the automaker to supply products and services to the United States.