The local Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI) considered that it is time to promote the recovery of office buildings in the Historic Center of Puebla for the benefit of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

Fabrizio Pizar Rojas, president of the organization, said that although he maintains his position that there are still no conditions for investments in new office buildings to land this year, since the space available at present is limited, due to which is rented at 60%, however, there is an opportunity to recover real estate in the "heart of the city".

He considered that MSMEs have turned to the coworking service to rent spaces and hold business meetings when needed, which generates savings and this scheme can work by taking advantage of the spaces that are in the center of the city.

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However, he explained that there will be businessmen who want to return to face-to-face operations through the hybrid model, that is, they rotate personnel to work in offices and at home, while this year they expect a better economic recovery that allows them to be permanently in a rented space.

However, he said, the real estate professionals who have offices available in the Historic Center, being at 60% occupancy, have understood the economic situation and are offering spaces at special prices or giving some type of promotion to further encourage rents this year. They have even been applying that measure since 2021.

He indicated that those who had large offices made the decision to occupy half of the space and, with it, rent the other part to another business, to reduce operating expenses.

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Pizar Rojas stressed that in the center of Puebla there are offices for all types of businesses, those who want to start a business and corporations who are looking for an alternate headquarters to handle operations for the southern part of the country, considering that the entity is a strategic step.

The leader of the Puebla AMPI stated that the economy in general is subject to the incidence of Covid-19, which this year manifested itself with a regrowth that has been controlled.

He shared that of 100% of available spaces, between 30 and 40% are large offices in the Historic Center, but they stopped being used because the corporations migrated to the south of the city, where investments in new developments are taking place.

He explained that entrepreneurship is gaining more and more strength, which represents a captive market that must be served with accessible rents for greater occupation, because it will be the way to give more dynamism to the sector that at the time opted for offices in the center.

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