Querétaro

Querétaro’s growth as a Bajío manufacturing and aerospace hub has pulled real estate activity along with it: industrial parks, logistics facilities, corporate campuses, and land acquisitions by companies expanding operations in the region. Because Querétaro sits well outside the coastal and border restricted zone defined by Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, foreign investors can generally acquire real property here by direct deed, after filing the required agreement with the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores; no fideicomiso (bank trust) is required, which simplifies both the acquisition structure and the ongoing compliance load compared with a coastal or border purchase. IBG Legal has an office in Querétaro, the firm’s base in the Bajío.

Real estate lawyer in Querétaro

IBG Legal advises companies and investors acquiring industrial, logistics, and corporate real estate in Querétaro as part of a broader Bajío operation. The work sits alongside the firm’s corporate advisory practice in the region: structuring the acquiring entity (a Mexican subsidiary, a joint venture, or another vehicle suited to the investor’s tax and liability profile), running title due diligence on the target property, including chain of title and registered encumbrances, negotiating purchase and lease agreements, and coordinating the notarial closing and Public Registry filing.

For manufacturing and aerospace tenants, the real estate transaction rarely stands alone: it needs to align with supply agreements, environmental and land-use permits, and the corporate structure already in place for the Mexican operation, whether a company of its own or a shelter or IMMEX arrangement. Tax exposure on the transaction (ISR on the transfer, IVA where construction is involved, and the municipal transfer tax) is reviewed as part of the same engagement, not as an afterthought once the deed is signed.

Local authorities and the industrial market

Title and liens are checked at the Querétaro State Public Property Registry. Land use, construction licenses, subdivision and condominium approvals, and the transfer tax belong to the municipality where the parcel sits: Querétaro, El Marqués, or Corregidora, each with its own rules. Water feasibility comes from the State Water Commission or the municipal provider serving the area, and environmental impact for industrial parks is generally decided by the state’s Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable, moving to SEMARNAT when the project falls under federal jurisdiction. In build-to-suit leases, the clauses that matter most cover delivery, specifications, the mandatory term, guarantees, and exit; part of the land now feeding industrial parks is of ejido origin and needs its full-ownership conversion verified before anything is built on it.

Litigation and arbitration in the Bajío

When an industrial lease or a purchase ends in a dispute, the firm litigates before the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Querétaro and the federal District and Collegiate Courts seated in the city, and represents clients in commercial arbitration when the contract provides for it.

The team works in Spanish, English, and French, with partner-level attention on every file. Complimentary initial fit assessment, subject to scope review.