Area Near AIFA Attracts Industrial Real Estate Developers

The Huehuetoca-Zumpango corridor, strategically located near Mexico City, Hidalgo, and the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), is rapidly emerging as a significant hub for industrial real estate. Its growing appeal is attracting major companies seeking large-scale warehousing facilities to optimize their supply chains.

Silvia Gómez, a senior market research analyst at the real estate consultancy Datoz, highlighted the area's swift consolidation as a submarket. "We are seeing how the area is consolidating as a submarket in a short time," she stated. Over the past two years, the region has seen the development of substantial industrial parks housing companies like Mercado Libre, Inditex, and Promoda, all requiring large-format warehouses to ensure timely supply chain deliveries.

The demand for industrial space in Huehuetoca-Zumpango is partly driven by limited land availability for new developments in established areas such as Cuautitlán, Tultitlán, and Tepotzotlán. Gómez explained, "As there is little land to continue building new industrial parks in Cuautitlán, Tultitlán, and Tepotzotlán, large warehouses are now arriving in Huehuetoca-Zumpango." Companies are drawn to the area's excellent road connectivity, which is essential for reaching all parts of the country.

In the second quarter, the Central region, encompassing Huehuetoca and Zumpango, added 21 million square meters of industrial warehouse space, marking a 6% increase compared to the same period in 2025. This area also led the nation in new industrial space rentals, with 635,000 square meters leased in the second quarter. The vacancy rate stands at 3.7%, and the average rental price for industrial warehouses is $9.9 per square meter per month, a 7% increase year-over-year, making it the highest nationally.

Datoz anticipates that Zumpango-Huehuetoca will continue to gain traction, potentially surpassing even the Cuautitlán-Tultitlán-Tultepec area due to its competitive pricing, available space, superior connectivity, and tenant benefits. The primary occupants of industrial spaces in the Central region during the second quarter included Amazon, Inditex, Promoda, and various logistics companies. Investment in these spaces comes from Mexican companies (48%), followed by Chinese (21%), U.S. (17%), Spanish (12%), and Danish (2%) firms.