This appeal is reflected by the high number of industrial parks found in these two areas.
Querétaro houses 20 parks, of which eight are located in the Marques municipality, another eight in Querétaro, Querétaro, three in Nuevo San Juan and one more in Corregidora.
All of these parks offer high-quality infrastructure and a specific space to cater to the needs of the different companies that reside there.
The aforementioned parks bring together around 627 manufacturing and logistics companies.
The Bernardo Quintana Park stands out among them for converging 105 companies on its land, including such notable companies as Daewoo Electronic Corporation (three plants), Hubell of México, Irzar of México, ITW Polymex, Johnson Controls, Quaker State, Saint Gobain Euroveder México and Wood of México, among many others.
Another two parks also stand out for housing a high number of companies: the Benito Juárez Industrial Park, which is home to 65 companies, and the Marques Industrial Park, which brings together another 62. The former contains companies as advanced in technology and manufacturing as Servilamina Summit, Praxair, Mabe México, Hitec Máquinas CNC, Industrias Michelin, Pepsi y Nestle, among many others, whereas the latter boasts companies of such distinction as Bombardier, Engel, GW Plastics, Hoq Hitachi, ITT Industries, Makino, Meggit, Moeller and Siemens, among others.
It is noteworthy that Querétaro not only is remarkable for its high concentration of businesses, but also for the high number of developers that are interested in constructing industrial spaces there that comply with current requirements.
There are 11 companies competing in the development and construction of industrial parks in Querétaro and one, the Settlers’ Association, is known for its presence in six parks.
Nuevo León does not lag behind Querétaro in development. On the contrary, it is one of the States in which the highest numbers of industrial real estate developers compete, with 27 organizations there that have focused on creating parks.
Kalos owns eight parks, two of which are located in Apodaca, three in Guadalupe, one in Escobedo, one in Santa Catarina y another one in San Nicólas de los Garza.
Kalos is followed by the Garza Ponce Group, who has a total of seven parks: six in Apodoca y one in Escobedo. Among these parks, the Apodaca I Park, Apodaca II Park, Kronos Industrial Park, Monterrey Industrial Park GP, Monterrey Business Park and Pueblo Nuevo Industrial Park are all noted for housing high-level companies, such as Tempel Steel, General Electric, LG Electronics, Carplastic, Smiths Medical, ACS, Denso, Parker, Emerson Laminations and Abinsa, among many others.
Nuevo León brings together around 93 parks, and Apodaca houses 40% of them, since 38 parks are located there, 13 in Santa Catarina, 12 in Escobedo, 11 in Ciénega de Flores and 10 in Guadalupe. The other parks are distributed between the municipalities of San Nicolás, Salinas Victoria, García, Montemorelos, Monterrey and Pesquería.
According to the Industrial Map published by Somos Industria, all of the aforementioned parks house nearly 617 companies.
304 of these companies are located in the Apodaca municipality, the majority of which are located in the Regio Industrial Park, 114 in Escobedo and another 66 in the Ciénega de Flores municipality.
All of the above information demonstrates that the Apodaca municipality continues to attract the most industry, thanks to its infrastructure.
“When the Apodaca industrial zone began, it was very appealing to have two airports. The anchor companies, such as Metalsa, Hylsa and Vitro, among others, were put in charge of the manufacturing to Apodaca, unlike the other municipalities such as Santa Catarina or García that were focused more on heavy manufacturing or the manufacture of more sophisticated products,” said Sergio Resendez, Executive Director of Colliers International Monterrey, who later added, “Nowadays in Apodoca there are a lot of housing developments in the area, and this works in conjunction with the industry. It helps to strengthen the Apodaca properties.”
Resendez emphasized as well that the northern zone has started to take on a little more activity because of logistics, the exit to Laredo, and the connections through the beltway and the bow road, all of which have given the zone the importance that it has today.
“We believe that many of the new investments carried out in the future may be located in this logistics belt and be for local as well as international supplies,” said the director, who mentioned that, even though Apodaca is one of the municipalities that stands out the most for its industrial parks, other areas like Guadalupe, García and Santa Catarina, are working to change this trend, and have been successful in bringing the industry to where the labor is located, that is to say, to their doorsteps.
“For some time now, Guadalupe and Ciénaga de Flores have been sending support to the industrial zone and in this way generating employment,” said Resendez.
Value-Added Industrial Developments
Developing industrial spaces that address the needs of large foreign and Mexican companies is one of the key tasks of industrial real estate developers.
Because Nuevo León is one of the most highly competitive zones for developers in México, the added values will attract more investors in the future.
Having parks with excellent infrastructure as well as services in water and drainage, electricity, and public transportation, plus a labor force close at hand, are the main factors that any investor – whether developer or final client – looks for when considering a park. However, in this day and age, these factors alone are not enough for a successful business deal. More perks are necessary, such as having private industrial parks with guard booths, security cameras, only one access point, sustainable infrastructure, water treatment plants, and wind or solar-powered energy generation zones, as well as amenities such as soccer fields, clinics and daycare, among many others.
“There are other states that are more advanced than Nuevo León, that have developers who are looking toward the future and implementing technology in their parks, such as Bajío and Aguascalientes,” said Resendez, who emphasized that, nonetheless, the Prologis Industrial Park in Nuevo León is currently competing with all of the aforementioned benefits, the same as Vynmsa en Santa Catarina and the Finsa Park in Guadalupe.
Note: All figures used in this article are taken from Somos Industria’s Monterrey and Queretaro Maps.
