Calidad Inmobiliaria announced that it will build in Condado Naranjo, municipality of Mixco, a logistic center of 72 warehouses distributed in a four level tower.
According to information provided by the project's directors, the new industrial complex will be called "Districentro" and is currently in the launching stage.
On October 22nd, Nestle inaugurated its new 21,000 square meter distribution center located in the municipality of Villa Nueva, Guatemala, a project that required an investment of close to $11 million.
At the beginning of March of this year CentralAmericaData reported that the construction of the new industrial park, which has logistic services for the import and export of finished products, storage, distribution of products to supermarket chains, wholesalers and retailers, was expected to be completed in August 2020.
In a 30-hectare lot located five kilometers from the Container Terminal in Moin, Costa Rica, construction will begin in the first half of 2021, a logistics complex that will focus on the management of local or imported cargo.
The project, called "Plataforma Logística Caribe" (PLACA), will be placed near Route 32, the road section from Limón to San José.
The Walmart supermarket chain plans to expand and remodel its distribution center located in the municipality of Villa Nueva, department of Guatemala.
According to the interactive platform "Construction in Central America" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, Operadora de Tiendas S.A., submitted to the Ministry of Environment the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to develop the project called, "Distribution Center of Guatemala."
In the municipality of Villa Nueva, Nestlé began the construction of a new distribution center of 12 thousand square meters.
The construction of the new industrial park, which will have logistics services for import and export of finished products, storage, distribution of products to supermarket chains, wholesalers and retail, will be completed in August 2020.
Ofibodegas California logistics park, consisting of 15 industrial buildings and located at kilometer 63 of the Puerto Quetzal highway, will begin operations in November.
The company which developed the new industrial complex of 19 thousand square meters was Construcciones Modernas, S.A. (Comosa), investing about $10 million in the project.
The Peruvian group Ransa built in the municipality of Amatitlán, Guatemala, a logistics center dedicated to the distribution of perishable products.
Company representatives detailed that the new industrial complex, which is located at kilometer 29.5 of the road to the Pacific, has a frozen and refrigerated area of 1,500 m2, which is equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
As soon as the third set of locks starts operating, the Canal Authority plans to develop logistics and industrial projects in the thousand hectares located west of the waterway, near the former Rodman base.
Building a roll-on roll-of port, an industrial area and an area to store refrigerated cargo are part of the recommendations that Antea Group made to the Panama Canal Authority, after it requested a study to determine the feasibility of developing the area. The main objective of the Panama Canal Authority is to take advantage of the expansion of the road and increase its value, providing complementary services to local and multinational companies.
A group of local businessmen have announced the start of construction of the first stage of an industrial park in 18 hectares of land in San Carlos, Alajuela.
They indicate that Parque Muelle will offer the possibility of operating under the free zone regime and they are aiming to attract companies from the sectors of agribusiness, technology and logistics, explained Victor Perera, founding partner of the project to Nacion.com.
The project Parque Industrial del Caribe in Costa Rica, includes the construction of an industrial free zone measuring 41,000 m2, an 8,300 m2 office center and an 11 000 m2 shopping center, as well as Ofibodegas and a hotel.
The companies behind the project announced plans to begin construction of the Caribbean Industrial Park (PIC by its initials in Spanish) in the first quarter of 2016.
The government has given approval for a free trade zone in the province of Herrera, where what is described as an eco-industrial park will be constructed, which will require an investment of $30 million for its first phase.
The project is being led by a group of Panamanian businessmen and European investors, who with the construction of the eco-industrial park intend to attract agribusiness firms and companies from other sectors such as logistics and technology.
The incentives for investment by multinational companies and free zones explain part of the increase in demand for space by the industrial sector.
The development of new industrial parks run by large companies seeking to position themselves as logistics centers, has become the main driver of the property market, which in reports for the last half of 2013 showed an absorption rate of 92%, higher than the 86% recorded in the previous semester.
It has been estimated that there are 80 million square meters of space in unmet demand for use as warehouses, industrial buildings and Office-warehouses by logistics companies.
In response to this lack of supply identified by Colliers International new projects have appeared west of the capital, near the logistics centers of companies which distribute their products nationwide.
During the first six months of 2013 there was a total of 215,000 m2 in construction of logistics parks, where there are already more than 539,000 m2 and an available area of 106,000 m2.
An Industrial Market Report for the first half 2013 prepared by the firm CBRE Panama reflects an increase in the construction of logistics parks mainly in the East periphery with 115,803 m2 under construction and 218.182 m2 already constructed, areas which are near Tocumen Airport and which are very accessible to the main location of the projects.
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