Real Estate in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean

Claudia Murray is a research fellow at the Department of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading. Claudia’s research interests focus on urban development in Latin America, taking into consideration the region’s unique cultural and political milieu. Combining historical and contemporaneous knowledge of Latin America, Claudia’s work contributes to wider discussions on urban and peri-urban transformations in the Global South. Her main interest focuses on the region’s changing socio-political relations with the land and its natural environment. Camilla Ween is an architect, urbanist and Harvard Loeb Fellow. She works at the intersection of transport and urban design, aiming to create sustainable and pleasant cities. She lectures regularly at universities and International forums, is a Built Environment Expert at the Design Council, a member of the Ebbsfleet Design Forum and on the Steering Group of the newly established United Nations Urban Economy Forum. Yadira Torres-Romero is the Director of Research for CBRE Mexico since 2012 and Director of Sales Management since 2017. CBRE Mexico Research & Sales Management, under her leadership, has been recognized as the fastest organic growing office throughout CBRE worldwide for more than 5 years and a market reference through its publications and market information. Before her experience at CBRE, Yadira was Director of Information for the Ministry of Tourism for 3 years. Yazmin Ramirez is the Director for CBRE’s Labour Analytics & Location Incentives Group based in Mexico City. Yazmin has specialised in delivering labour strategies and identifying, negotiating and securing economic incentives for CBRE’s corporate clients in Latin America for the last 10 years. Prior to CBRE, Yazmin worked for Ayming in France where she led the consulting strategies of key market opportunities to reduce operating costs, payroll and R&D tax credits in the United States, Portugal, England and Spain.

Introduction 1. Comparative Overview of Key Real Estate Drivers 2. Commercial Real Estate in CAMEC 3. Residential Real Estate in CAMEC 4. Real Estate Funding in South America 5. Delivery and Finance of Infrastructure in CAMEC 6. Barriers to cross-border investment in CAMEC 7. Guiding Improved Urban Development: UN Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.