Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker We tell you how long it will take you to get there and how much you'll spend Stay to know all the details and schedule your next short trip you’ll be happy to know that you won’t have to spend money on toll booths According to the Ministry of Communications and Transportation is 57 minutes and there are no tolls; this if you go through the urban zone Take into account that the arrival time depends on your departure point and time how to get to the magical town of Tepotzotlán by public transportation but here is a route that starts at the Zócalo in Mexico City 🚇Abord the Zócalo/Tenochtitlán Metro station in the direction of Cuatro Caminos get off at Cuatro Caminos station and exit the Metro 🚶🏽Walk to public transportation and get on the bus that says Cuatro Caminos-Palomas and get off at Puente Peatonal Autopista México-Querétaro get on the transport that says Tlanepantla-Zumpango and get off at Hotel City Express Tepotzotlán 🚶🏽Walk about 20 minutes in the direction of Tepotzotlán downtown You should know that there are many tourist attractions in this town One of the most emblematic sites is the Museo Nacional del Virreinato You will find around 15,000 pieces from the viceregal era and learn about its history The access cost is 💵 $90 and is located at 📍 Plaza Hidalgo 99 Service hours are 🕒 Times: Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 am to 4:45 pm Now that you know a little bit more about Tepotzotlán, get ready to check off your list of mexico’s magical towns Prologis delivered a 997,000 SF (92,615 SQM) build-to-suit for Amazon in Park Grande The sustainably designed build-to-suit is part of the e-commerce giant’s consolidation and growth plan in Mexico where they are aggressively expanding operations in the country’s largest cities Given the exponential growth of e-commerce in Mexico City where Prologis is the only developer doing such large-scale industrial projects Amazon approached long-time partner Prologis to start the planning process for this build-to-suit Prologis leased Amazon’s first building in Mexico City to them in 2014 It was a 200,000 SF distribution center at Prologis Park Tres Ríos. Prologis was able to help Amazon with their space requirement of almost 1 million SF combined with Amazon’s other buildings in operation will allow the e-commerce leader to meet its growth plans in coming years The two companies have partnered on build-to-suits like the one at Park Grande in the past Prologis is very familiar with Amazon’s advanced technical requirements and automation systems. This sustainable warehouse was designed with increased ventilation low emitting building materials and ample daylight to improve the indoor air quality Water efficient landscaping and indoor fixtures reduce the burden on the municipal water supply and wastewater systems This build-to-suit for Amazon is one of the two million square foot distribution center in the Park Grande complex. Prologis Park Grande is located just off Highway 57 which is also known as the NAFTA highway. The Park is in a growing industrial area in Tepotzotlán Municipality With a total land area of over 9 MSF and net rentable space of 4 MSF (370,173 SQM) Park Grande will be the largest master-planned logistics park in Mexico upon completion It is in a prime CTT location with toll-free access to México City as well as easy access to the main highways (Mexico City – Querétaro Arco Norte and Circuito Exterior Mexiquense). Every connection starts with a conversation MEXICO – The Cuautitlan-Tultitlan-Tepotzotlan (CTT) corridor has not only positioned itself as the largest and most dynamic of the nine that make up the industrial market of the Valley of Mexico but has also positioned itself as the most important logistics hub in the country The consulting firm reported that currently the region of the Valley of Mexico ranks as the largest in the country in terms of rentable area since it has totaled 14.3 million square meters (m²) at the close of the third quarter of 2021 70% are located in the CTT corridor that contains about 8.4 m² "The gross absorption recorded from January to September 2021 in the CTT corridor was 590,438 square meters representing 71% of the gross absorption recorded in the entire market in the region as 836,128 square meters were marketed in this period 5% higher than what was recorded during the entire 2020," the company's new report added at the end of the third quarter of the year 224,365 square meters were developed throughout the Valley of Mexico market 67% of which are located in the CTT corridor with 148,687 square meters in five buildings to be delivered before the first quarter of 2022 it is expected that the CTT industrial corridor will continue to show a positive trend in the market and conclude with great dynamism in 2021 The other eight corridors in the zone are Centro We’re in the business of providing relevant information through print and electronic media organizing events to bring industrial value chain actors together and services to create new business relationships Our goal is to improve our clients’ competitiveness First phase due live before the end of the year Latin American firm Scala Data Centers is developing a new campus outside Mexico City The DigitalBridge-owned company this week announced plans to develop SMEXTP01 the company’s first data center in the country Located in the municipality of Tepotzotlán the facility will have an initial critical capacity of 5MW across 142,130 sq ft (13,200 sqm) Scala's new site is projected to begin operations in Q4 2023 and is already anchored by a 'large hyperscale client' The company said it will be investing $80 million in the project "This new project underscores our commitment to enabling new markets in Latin America either in unexplored locations or in regions with data center presence but still lacking a dedicated approach to large IT capacities that truly serve the hyperscale segment," said Marcos Peigo "We are proud to spearhead this expansion and create unique conditions for massive colocation clients in the region through innovation the company has since invested around $1.6bn in hyperscale data centers across Brazil The company expects its data center portfolio to reach 500MW in the next five years 2023 has seen Scala launch data centers in Curauma, Chile, as well as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil The company said it has construction projects underway in Tamboré Campus (São Paulo Porto Alegre city (Rio Grande do Sul state as well as advanced projects to implement other data centers in Fortaleza city (Ceará state Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Latin America’s e-commerce and financial services behemoth announced plans to invest US $2.45 billion in Mexico this year its largest-ever expenditure in the country said the funds would serve to boost the company’s technical and logistical capabilities while also demonstrating its commitment to Mexico “This continues the upward trajectory of our investments in Mexico dating to 2017 when we invested more than US $100 million,” Geisen told reporters at a press conference Last year, Mercado Libre invested US $1.6 billion in Mexico where it has 90 distribution centers as well as a fleet of 900 electric vehicles Thursday’s announcement comes on the heels of a banner year for e-commerce in Mexico Growth in Mexico’s e-commerce sector in 2023 was the highest in the world according to the Mexican Association of Online Sales (AMVO) E-commerce profits in Mexico soared to 658 billion pesos (US $39.4 billion) last year The company also saw the number of users soar in 2023 spurred by a rapidly expanding consumer base in Mexico Mercado Libre reported 144 million active users across all of its platforms last year Total sales last year grew to 1.4 billion units and the company reported profits of US $1.2 billion in 2023 Although Mercado Libre and its rival Amazon are confronting regulators in Mexico who accuse the companies of monopolistic practices the threat of legal action has not negatively impacted stock listings Mercado Libre’s stock price closed at US $1,550 on Wednesday and financial analysts project share prices will reach US $1,900 this year With reports from El Economista and Mundo Ejecutivo ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information a move intended to give employment to some of the thousands of foreigners who have in recent years settled in the Latin American nation Haitians and others are among the population of migrants that they would seek to contract the organization said in a statement on Wednesday Amazon plans to expand its operations in Mexico with a new distribution center in Tepotzotlán “The expansion of Amazon reflects our commitment to Mexico and our obsession with improving the buying experience of customers at all times,” said Diego Méndez de la Luz This will be the second Amazon distribution center in the México state city. The first, currently Amazon’s largest such center in the country, began operations in May 2018 and employs over 1,500 people The announcement is a continuation of the rapid expansion that the online retail giant began announcing in Mexico throughout the last half of 2020, spending US $100 million in extending its logistics reach outside of the Mexico City/México state area Amazon announced it would open centers in Umán Amazon opened its online retail store in Mexico in 2015 Its main online retail competitor in Mexico, Mercado Libre, has also been expanding. In December, it revealed that it had spent US $50.5 million on a new fleet of four cargo planes operating out of the Querétaro international airport to speed up deliveries In September Walmart spent 140 million pesos to open its first logistics center in the country in Mérida The new distribution center in México state will also mean more local jobs ranging from floor positions to a variety of administrative jobs It did not specify how many jobs the new location would provide México state Governor Alfredo Del Mazo Maza said the center will help his state recover from the economic effects of the pandemic “Amazon has become one of the principal allies and a strategic partner in the economic recovery and the fulfillment of objectives that have been laid out by the current administration to improve the level of well-being of Mexican families,” he said Sources: El Financiero (sp), La Prensa (sp) please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription Amazon has inaugurated its third distribution center in Mexico the company’s biggest in Latin America Amazon México operations director Luis Correa said the new facility covers more than 100,000 square meters in Tepotzotlán “This is the fourth building we have in México state where we’ve made a total investment of over US $125 million.” Amazon’s two other distribution centers are also in the state of México Correa added that the Tepoztotlán facility employs more than 1,500 people and that it started operations in May 2018 you don’t start all at once,” he said México state Economic Development Secretary Enrique Jacob Rocha thanked Amazon for investing in the state “Amazon trusted us since they got here in 2015 with their two centers in Cuautitlán Izcalli This is an important investment for México state which has been growing as a center for logistics.” Governor Alfredo del Mazo spoke about the importance of investing in projects that make use of technology like the Amazon distribution centers and said his government will continue to support similar projects in the future Amazon held the top spot in Mexican e-commerce for the second year in a row compared with 35.26% for Mercado Libre and 15.38% for Walmart Source: El Financiero (sp) Amazon announced a US $100-million expansion of its operations in Mexico that includes the opening of new fulfillment centers in Apodaca the first ones located outside the Mexico City area The company will also open a support building in the state of México as well as 12 new delivery stations throughout the country the new buildings represent 69,000 square meters of construction equivalent to a space larger than the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City The company said the expansion represents the creation of more than 1,500 direct and indirect jobs across Mexico “The opening of these new buildings represents an opportunity to forge a career in Amazon México from day 1 having a wide variety of jobs and positions available with competitive salaries in the industry and comprehensive benefits with the possibility of developing and achieving long-term growth,” the company said This will bring Amazon’s presence in Mexico to a total of five fulfillment centers two sorting centers and 27 delivery stations The company first began operations in Mexico in 2015 and inaugurated its third fulfillment center in Tepotzotlán Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez said Amazon’s presence in the state will help small and medium-sized businesses adapt to new market demands and market their products through electronic channels faster and at a lower cost Source: Reuters (en), El Universal (sp) 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English Argentina’s e-commerce giant Mercado Libre has announced an investment of US$275 million in Mexico to further bolster its logistics The first US$100 million will be for two distribution centers in Cuautitlán Izcalli and Tepotzotlán The distribution centers alone can create as many as 3,000 jobs in Mexico The remaining US$175 million will be invested into improving the service experience such as the loyalty program and the provision of free shipping and returns “Mexico is one of the countries with the biggest e-commerce industry growth of the region,” Marcos Galperin Mercado Libre’s chief executive and founder “We want to accelerate the pace of this advance.” Mercado Libre has been locked in a compettitve race with US behemoth Amazon enjoying twice as much website traffic in Mexico as its American rival last year according to digital measurement company comScore yet is quickly increasing its pick-up points posing a greater threat to thousands of brick-and-mortar businesses across the country For Mercado Libre, Mexico is the third largest market after Brazil and Argentina As of now, online retailers control a small piece of (2.5 % to be precise) of Mexico’s retailing industry, but analysts expect e-commerce sales to grow several fold as the growing number of smartphone buyers and internet users in the country is signalling a new era for e-commerce platforms Narayan Ammachchi is a career journalist with a decade of experience in politics and international business He works out of his base in the Indian Silicon City of Bangalore and website in this browser for the next time I comment The Caribbean’s tourism industry roared back in 2024 welcoming an estimated 34.2 million foreign visitors — a 6.9% increase over pre-pandemic levels and a clear sign of a full recovery and wider Central and South America are experiencing a surge in interest from international students These institutions are attractingRead more Panamanian software vendor Izertis has acquired a 50% stake in regional competitor Coderland The deal strengthens Izertis’ presence in Central America Copyright © 2025 Nearshore Americas, a division of Next Coast Media and Marketing Services [gravityform id=”60″ title=”true” description=”false”] [gravityform id=”61″ title=”true” description=”false”] [contact-form-7 id=”7″ title=”Newsletter”] Two armed robbery suspects and a bus passenger died in México state Thursday morning after other passengers on the bus apparently rose up against a pair of alleged would-be robbers who had tried to steal their belongings El Universal newspaper reported that while the bus was traveling on the Mexico City–Querétaro highway a pair of thieves began shouting threats and shooting off firearms in the bus wounding an unidentified male passenger whom police described as in his 60s he died on the bus before the driver could contact police Police said they believe that after the man was wounded some of the passengers eventually managed to overcome the pair and shoot them routinely travels between México state and Mexico City The incident took place between Coyetepec and the Metro Polytechnic and Metro Valle subway stations in Mexico City After passengers threw the bodies off the bus witnesses say the driver continued until reaching the Tepotzotlán toll plaza where the passengers exited the bus to find other connections and the driver notified authorities One recent tally of robberies with violence on public transit in the state revealed there had been on average 19 per day since January Source: El Universal (sp)