Throughout 2026, Mexico City’s industrial real estate market has maintained a solid and steadily expanding trajectory, demonstrating remarkable resilience in the face of international trade volatility, marked by tariff pressures under the USMCA and the current geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz that are affecting the global industry. This adaptability has allowed the capital to firmly establish itself as one of the most dynamic hubs in the entire country, attracting the interest of investors and developers seeking spaces with high operational efficiency and strategic connectivity to meet the demands of today’s commerce.

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At the close of October 2026, activity indicators showed an extremely fast pace, with monthly gross absorption reaching 108,000 square meters, bringing the cumulative total to 1.02 million square meters in the first ten months of the year, representing a year-over-year increase of 22% compared to the same period in 2025. This performance reflects that demand for industrial space remains strong with no signs of slowing, driven mainly by the need for distribution centers and logistics warehouses that optimize both local and regional supply chains.

Alongside this momentum in absorption, the vacancy rate has evolved favorably toward levels of greater operational balance for the market. After hitting a post-pandemic historic low of 0.7% in the third quarter of 2023, vacancy currently stands at a healthy 4.4%, below the national average of 5.5%. These market conditions spurred the development of new industrial space, adding more than 2 million square meters built between 2024 and 2025, while in 2026 construction activity totals 771,000 square meters, which, although it represents a year-over-year contraction of 8.5%, keeps the capital as one of the most dynamic hubs in the country alongside Monterrey.

Mexico City’s total inventory currently stands at 22 million square meters, a volume driven by the addition of just over one million square meters so far this year, which is 11% more than in 2025 and places it as the second-largest market by portfolio nationally, behind only Monterrey, which has held the top spot since 2025. This current pace contrasts sharply with the 2023-2024 period, when deliveries averaged just 500,000 square meters per year due to the lag and slowdown resulting from the COVID-19 health crisis, which severely affected the global economy.

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The marked growth seen in the capital’s market is largely due to the completion of projects that were under construction and now become part of existing inventory, meeting the sustained demand for logistics space and consolidating the capital as the market reports the largest growth in the country, especially in Class A industrial spaces or properties. This transformation shows that metropolitan infrastructure has responded with agility to the needs of an increasingly sophisticated sector, where proximity to major urban consumption centers is a determining factor for corporate profitability.

Toward the end of the year, the outlook suggests the capital could regain national leadership in total inventory, an achievement that would be backed by the upcoming scheduled delivery of developments in the final phase of construction in the market’s submarkets. Added to this is the start of large-scale BTS projects set to begin in the main zones in the coming weeks, which will strongly support the expansion of the capital’s portfolio and close a historic period for regional economic development.