Market Analysis Honors Top Industrial Real Estate Performers at the M.A. Awards 2025

On February 18, at the Safi Metropolitan Hotel, the market intelligence firm Market Analysis hosted the 2025 M.A. Awards, an event that recognizes outstanding performance across Mexico’s industrial real estate sector.

The ceremony was sponsored by AREYA, Constructora GRCC, MillerKnoll, Premaco Asfaltos Básicos, and SERVIFE, consolidating the awards as one of the most relevant gatherings for the national industrial real estate community.

A recognition platform with national reach

The M.A. Awards were launched in 2019 with the goal of recognizing brokers and developers based on objective market data. Since then, the awards have become a benchmark for evaluating market performance, industrial absorption, and regional dynamism.

For this edition, Market Analysis evaluated Class A and Class B industrial buildings, Built-to-Suit projects, and expansions, including both leasing and sale transactions recorded in the company’s platform across multiple industrial markets in Mexico.

Market outlook and infrastructure opportunities for 2026

The event began with the panel “Infrastructure and Industrial Opportunities in Mexico 2026,” moderated by José Luis Benítez, Director of Sales and Public Relations at Amistad Industrial Developers.

Panelists included:

• Enrique Lavín, Managing Director of PGIM Real Estate Latin America
• Ernesto Rodríguez, CEO of JLL Mexico
• José Buganza Debernardi, Director of ENEGENCE
• Octavio López Coronel, Director of Nación Verde

Following the panel, Welester Silva, Chairman of the Board at El Destiladero, delivered a keynote presentation titled “Economic Outlook Amid Trade Uncertainty with the United States,” analyzing the macroeconomic environment and its implications for the industrial sector.

Before the awards ceremony began, Betsabé Rocha, Secretary of Economy for the State of Nuevo León, highlighted the importance of collaboration between government and the private sector to strengthen the country’s competitiveness.

The most dynamic markets and companies

The first recognition of the evening went to the market with the highest industrial absorption, awarded to Mexico City, which registered 10.6 million square feet of absorption in 2024.

Within that market, the following winners were recognized:

• Top Broker by Absorption (Lease): CBRE — 1,217,375 SF
• Top Developer by Absorption (Lease): Parks Industrial — 3,670,649 SF

At the national level, the awards included:

• Largest Broker Transaction: Citius AG — 1,203,718 SF
• Largest Developer Transaction: FINSA — 1,203,718 SF
• Broker with the Most Transactions: Citius AG — 30 deals
• Developer with the Most Transactions: Parks Industrial — 25 deals
• Broker with the Highest Absorption: CBRE — 5,804,179 SF
• Developer with the Highest Absorption: Parks Industrial — 5,423,379 SF

New sustainability category

In partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, the awards introduced the new category Industrial Sustainability Excellence 2025, recognizing projects with EDGE or LEED certification and high environmental performance standards.

The award was presented to:

• VESTA
• STIVA

Both companies operate projects with LEED Gold certification, scoring 63 and 62 points respectively.

A special recognition was also awarded to Gerardo Ramírez Barba for his 33-year career in the sector and his leadership in industrial services at JLL Mexico.

The event concluded with remarks from Marcos Álvarez, CEO of Market Analysis, who thanked participants and highlighted the strategic role of industrial real estate in supporting Mexico’s economic growth.