L-ion looks toward the Americas for growth

building the model

Ciudad Modelo, the “model city” being built around the Audi plant in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico, is planned in 3 major phases taking several decades. The first phase, which is under construction, is projected to be finished in 2030 and will include:

• 50-acre strip of parkland running 4 miles through the city center, providing a “green belt”
• 90-acre university campus, with a federal research facility and a sports center
• Educational campus for students in kindergarten through high school
• About 5,000 apartments and houses to start; 1,500 with government subsidies
• Shopping center with supermarket, movie theater, stores and restaurants
• Public hospital and doctors’ offices, about 100,000 square feet
• Conference/convention center and ground-transportation hub/bus station
• 3-star and 4-star hotels with a combined 400 rooms

The city is expected to eventually grow to 100,000 residents or more, becoming perhaps the second-largest city in Puebla state — after the state capital, also called Puebla — and a model for Latin America

Sources: Puebla state government and engineering firm IDOM