Eight Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), known as “Fibras,” listed on the Mexican capital market have a portfolio of industrial properties throughout the country. These properties collectively encompassed 18.8 million square meters of gross leasable area (GLA) during the first quarter of 2023, according to data provided by Fibraspy.  By the end of the first […]

Vesta, the industrial developer, has positioned itself as the largest constructor of speculative industrial buildings in Mexico, adding 4 million square feet (ft2) over the last 15 months, according to Datoz’s Analytics 2.0. These buildings are distributed across six of the most dynamic industrial real estate markets in the Northern and Bajío regions of the […]

By: Silvia Gómez, Market Analyst In the last couple of years, Mexico has been one of the preferred countries for companies that require a data center for their operations. These types of investments have concentrated in the Bajío region, specifically in Querétaro.  Lately, there have been recurring announcements of data center investments in Querétaro. In […]

By the end of the first quarter of 2023, the asking prices of industrial buildings in the 21 most dynamic markets in Mexico reached their historical highs. The national average asking price per square meter per month was $5.16 USD, which is 10% higher than the same quarter in 2022, according to information from Datoz’s […]

In March 2023, the real estate investment trust  Terrafina, celebrated ten years listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange. In its initial offering, Terrafina placed 318 million real estate trust certificates at a price of $28 MXN per certificate, raising approximately $8.904 billion MXN, or $716 million USD.  With the proceeds from this issuance, Terrafina acquired […]

Investment announcements for the manufacturing and assembly of electric cars in Mexico by companies such as Tesla, BMW, General Motors, Ford, and Volkswagen, among others, have also encouraged investments from Tier 1 suppliers. One such example is ZF Group, which is one of the world’s largest suppliers.  ZF is a global technology company based in […]

Datoz, a leading real estate intelligence company in Mexico, has received an investment from the real estate consulting firm, 4S Real Estate.  The investment will mainly focus on Datoz’s industrial business division, seeking to take advantage of the industrial real estate industry’s historical growth and the expansive outlook derived from nearshoring.  For this purpose, both […]

During 2022, Querétaro received $753.2 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to Mexico’s Ministry of the Economy. The countries that invested the most in Querétaro during this period were United States (38.5%), France (22.8%), Canada (16.1%), Japan (7.5%), and Spain (6.0%), respectively, totaling 91% of all investments in the state.  Likewise, of the total […]