For this year, Fibra Macquarie plans to add to its current portfolio of properties two new developments in the industrial segment, located in Apodaca, Nuevo León and in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, which together add up to a gross leasable area of just over 85 thousand square meters.

With the project in Apodaca, it is estimated to add 17.2 thousand square meters, which will be finished at the beginning of this year. It expects to develop more than 68 thousand square meters of industrial logistics space and plans the completion of the first phase in mid-2022, which consists of a building of 47.3 thousand square meters.

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For Barclays analysts, the industrial, commercial and office real estate investment trust is off to a good start this year, due to the projects it currently has under development and the strong demand in the industrial real estate market.

The foregoing, they stressed, should drive demand and the increase in rental prices, so the positive and solid line of development should continue to drive the company's positive results throughout 2022.

“We expect Fibra Macquarie's operating metrics to continue to deliver strong results in 2022 thanks to strong market dynamics, while the northern markets and the Mexico City area should continue to be the main catalysts, as demand for Industrial real estate continues to rise, driving up rental prices," Barclays strategists said in an analysis.

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In it, they anticipated a positive market dynamic for the year, driven by the increase in e-commerce and proximity activity.

However, the aspects of attention because they could put some pressure on the results will be the macroeconomic conditions in Mexico and an expected economic stagnation, as well as an environment of higher interest rates.

As of December 31, 2021, Fibra Macquarie's portfolio comprised 236 industrial properties and 17 commercial-office properties, located in 16 states of the Mexican Republic, including Nuevo León, Chihuahua, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, among others.

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