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Which construction sector saw its costs fall to historic lows? - La Nacion Propiedades
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Cuál es el sector de la construcción cuyos costos descendieron a valores históricos
Mientras las subas de los precios en dólares ponen en jaque al mercado inmobiliario residencial, el segmento de las naves industriales y logísticas es la contracara: valores bajos, ocupación alta y rentas en aumento.
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September 02, 2025
While rising dollar prices are putting the residential real estate market in jeopardy, the industrial and logistics warehouse segment is the opposite: low values, high occupancy, and rising rents.
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In a real estate market characterized by a significant rise in construction costs, primarily affecting the residential segment, industrial and logistics warehouses present a very different reality. Factors such as the constant growth in demand , especially from the logistics sector, the decline in dollar values, and the increase in rental rents are once again making them a very attractive investment option.
“Investors returned because today we have historically high prices of $350 per square meter , and therefore rents have risen. Furthermore, occupancy is good, especially in premium locations, with average monthly rents of $6.50 per square meter,” says Christian Fucile, president and founder of IMB Naves Industriales. Adding to this situation is the fact that while a building takes four years to construct, an industrial warehouse is ready in eight months, and there is increasingly less supply.
The construction of industrial and logistics warehouses has once again become a major opportunity in the real estate market.IGNACIO ARNEDO
The decline in the cost of building the ships is based on a marked drop in input costs , led by Ternium, a company part of IMB's value chain. Industrialization and the technology employed in each of the processes also help explain this favorable scenario.
E-commerce as the protagonist
The logistics sector is experiencing a boom driven by the post-pandemic growth of e-commerce. Every home purchase made online involves setting in motion a long chain for the product to reach our homes. From supermarkets to fashion brands, including global e-commerce giants selling every item imaginable, all seek to satisfy customers with fast deliveries. And this requires well-equipped spaces.
Christian and Gastón Fucile, owners of IMB, at their state-of-the-art General Rodríguez plant. IGNACIO ARNEDO
In a broad sense, logistics is a sector in which a wide variety of companies participate. The best-known are the commercial brands whose websites and apps are used for purchasing goods. There are also some courier companies that occasionally handle the delivery of purchases. But at the heart of it all is the real estate sector dedicated to logistics, that is, the owners of the warehouses and spaces necessary for the distribution of goods .
IMB Naves Industriales aims to create new products that can meet growing demand. IGNACIO ARNEDO
Faced with this situation, IMB is aiming to create new products that can meet growing demand. “E-commerce goes far beyond MercadoLibre. Today, for example, we're working on turnkey, triple-AAA warehouses , which we call mini-parks . These are large warehouses with divisible areas of up to 250 square meters, with a market value of around $250,000 and offering double-digit rents. It's a very attractive investment option for both the ticket price and the return,” says Christian Fucile. One of the keys to the success of these investments is proximity to access points. “Today, more than ever, being close to a highway is valued,” says the president of IMB Naves Industriales.
Competitiveness in the industry
Once concerned only with inflation, industrialists now see the opening of the economy as a new challenge. "It's time to become more competitive in the industrial sector , optimizing processes and investing in production equipment with the best available technology," Fucile comments. "At IMB Naves Industriales, we are advising and working with industries that are in the process of becoming more competitive, optimizing and expanding their industrial plants and incorporating world-class technology," he adds.
IMB's triple-AAA turnkey warehouses are large, divisible warehouses that cost around $250,000 and offer double-digit rents.IGNACIO ARNEDO
In fact, the industrial warehouse construction market, and therefore IMB, must compete today with warehouses imported from China. “Although Chinese warehouses appear to be cheaper, there's a huge margin for competition. Why? Basically, because China is far away, there are tariffs to pay, and someone has to assemble them here. So, importing them doesn't always work out. Even the engineering is designed so that all the components fit into a container, and that's often not optimal,” explains Fucile, a second-generation industrialist. “ Our added value lies in the knowledge and advice we provide to industrialists, precisely because we are industrialists. We complement each other and help them make good decisions. In addition, we provide after-sales service that isn't available in China,” he adds.
On a recent trip to the Asian giant, IMB Naves Industriales acquired 16 machines to optimize and gain competitiveness . And the use of Artificial Intelligence is also allowing them to grow in the local market, even at a time of import liberalization. "With AI applications, we save time in design and engineering: what we used to do in 20 days, we can now do in a week," concludes Christian Fucile.
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