Guanajuato has managed to maintain an annual gross demand that increased by 26% when compared to that accumulated in 2020 and closes 2021 with 313 thousand square meters, being the entity with the highest demand in the Bajío only below Querétaro.

Guanajuato, through its authorities, has made a significant effort to project the entity outside the country, in the midst of a non-recovery for the industrial real estate segment, but in an entity where there is a significant presence of the automotive industry, which has been a slower recovery.

The figures at the end of 2021 indicate that the automotive sector nationwide had a 2% drop in production compared to 2020, as a result of the logistics and supply difficulties experienced by the sector, mainly affected by the lack of semiconductors.

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Being the Bajío region with a high presence in this turn, it is evident that part of the investments that were projected for 2021 have been out of phase and are expected to mature for this year that has just begun.

The logistics sector played an important role in this year's demand where companies such as NKP, Derramate and Bajo Cero settled in the entity.

For the closing of the last quarter of the year, Guanajuato registered 37 thousand square meters of gross absorption, in a period in which no new construction began.

The new offer registers 72 thousand square meters almost entirely of projects made to measure (BTS).

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In turn, it is these projects in the form of BTS that make the inventory grow by leaps and bounds and that are located in the main industrial parks of the state.

The Silao-León submarket is the one that during the quarter has presented an increase in terms of its inventory, it is also the corridor in which most of the transactions of the quarter were carried out.

The expectation for this 2022 is high and the occupation of speculative spaces is expected to give rise to developers to start with new projects, although it should be noted that the state is also characterized by growth driven by BTS and expansions of already established companies.

The state of Guanajuato as a pillar of the Bajío area will continue to bring together the largest and most important developers that have a presence in the country, in addition to the interest that the entity continues to arouse in direct foreign investment by 2022.