Mexico’s construction industry is changing gears in 2017. After recording GDP growth of 1.8% in 2016, the sector faces some short-term challenges. Austerity in public sector budgets has reduced the value of infrastructure projects. There are some macroeconomic concerns including the prospect of higher inflation and tighter interest rates. The...
The Mexican railway system was privatised in 1995, with the government dividing the country into three major areas, and offering 50-year concessions to operate rolling stock and maintain the tracks in each.
About 90% of large companies present in Mexico secure their office space by renting, leaving just 10% owning their facilities. In 2016 most rents in central Mexico City ranged from $17 to $26 per sq metre, depending on the quality of the space. An estimate by Colliers International placed total office space inventory close to 8.3m sq metres....
How will Mexico City’s new airport bolster the country’s ambitions to become a regional hub?
Temperature-controlled logistics services are emerging as an important growth area in Mexico, as a result of a number of factors. One of these is that, as more countries transition to predominantly middle-class consumption patterns, global demand for, and international trade in, a wide range of temperature-controlled goods has expanded.
Mexico’s transport sector has witnessed rapid growth in recent years. Question marks over economic integration with the US – one of the driving forces of transport growth – are introducing a period of relative uncertainty. However, the fundamentals remain positive for the sector, based on demographic growth, rising living standards, a growing...
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