Guanajuato at the end of the second quarter of the year remains in third place nationwide with respect to gross demand, reaching 228 thousand square meters, only surpassed by Monterrey and Mexico City with 429 and 287 thousand square meters, respectively.

Of the ten most representative transactions during the first six months of the year, we find sizes from 10,000 to 113,000 square meters and which make up 70% of the demand, where important manufacturing operations in the furniture, metalworking, electrical, electronic and automotive set the tone in the first half of 2022.

This important boost in demand is generated in the midst of a vacancy that averaged 5.9% at the end of 2Q 2022 and represents the highest percentage nationwide combined with relatively stable rental prices that closed July 2022 with $4.07 dollars per square meter per month. .

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It is interesting to note that the average rental prices represent the reality of the five submarkets that make up the market and that they range from a minimum of $3.76 on the Irapuato-Abasolo submarket to a maximum average rent of $4.5 dollars per square meter per month on San Miguel de Allende-San Jose Iturbide submarket.

When we analyze vacancy on the Solili platform and how it is distributed, the Silao-León and Celaya submarkets concentrate the largest footage with 211 and 108 thousand square meters, respectively.

Now, where gross demand has really been concentrated during 2Q 2022 is on the Silao-León submarket and it is there where spaces are still available that the existence of competitive prices will continue to favor the decrease in vacancy.

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Guanajuato has consolidated its effort for internationalization, highlighting the automotive and manufacturing industries as pillars of growth and where the government push has been focused on attracting foreign investment, generating jobs and reconfiguring industrial activities so that they are totally 4.0.

On the other hand, the momentum of construction is present and 414 thousand square meters advance, which has been a record figure for the last 4 years in the entity and which is centralized in two submarkets such as Silao-León and San Miguel de Allende- San Jose Iturbide.

The entity must focus its efforts on raising its competitiveness indicators, which are in the medium-high category according to the 2022 State Competitiveness Index prepared by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), where it would be surpassed by Querétaro, Aguascalientes and maintaining a level similar to San Luis Potosí.