The installation of a Tesla mega plantin the state of New Lionnorthern Mexico, will require the construction of some 13,000 homes in the municipality of St. Catarina to ensure stays for its employees, said Monday the director of the State Housing Institute (IVNL)Eugenio Montiel.
The state official stressed that given the proximity of Santa Catarina to the municipalities of Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe and Arteaga, in the neighboring state of Coahuila, it is contemplated that part of the personnel that the electric car manufacturer will hire also come from that state.
Currently the state is receiving a significant flow of both Mexican and foreign migration, only from 2010 to 2020, Santa Catarina experienced a population growth rate of 13.9% and almost a quarter of this growth are young people, who will demand housing to avoid transfers
Montiel assured.
Two weeks ago, during the celebration of “Investor Day 2023”, held in Austin, Texas (United States), the CEO of Tesla himself, Elon Musk, confirmed the installation of a plant in Mexico, in the state of Nuevo León, north from the country.
According to data from the state governor, Samuel García, this mega-plant will generate between 35,000 and 40,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The director of the IVNL explained that given the number of jobs that could materialize, “it is very likely that all housing segments to a greater or lesser extent will experience a rebound in Santa Catarina and surrounding municipalities.”
He established that in order to supply this demand for housing, the role of public entities will be fundamental, but also of real estate developers and banks.
He proposed the vertical format as an option for the optimization of housing in Santa Catarina.
He added that given the existing roads and travel times, in addition to the increase in demand for housing in Santa Catarina, other municipalities likely to experience growth are: García, General Escobedo, Monterrey and San Nicolás.
For now, there is no certain date for the assembly plant in Nuevo León to start operations, but it could be by the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024.
The plant will be Tesla’s first car production plant in Latin America and the fifth in the world, after those already operating in Fremont and Austin (United States), Shanghai (China) and Berlin (Germany).
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