Colonia Juarez

Colonia Juarez is a gentrified neighbourhood in the Cuauhtemoc borough of central Mexico City. It sits near the Reforma corridor and the historic centre, with a mix of 19th-century mansions, mid-century apartment blocks, restaurants, galleries and nightlife venues that made it a destination for younger Mexican professionals in the 2010s and for foreign nomads and expats in the 2020s. Since 2020, the neighbourhood has lost approximately 4,000 residents as long-term rental properties converted to short-let listings on platforms such as Airbnb, driven by the higher yields available from tourist accommodation relative to long-term contracts.

Colonia Juarez sits within the Cuauhtemoc borough, where between 11 and 20% of all housing now appears on short-let platforms. The neighbourhood is one of the most cited examples of gentrification-through-short-lets in Latin America, and its displacement figure is a frequently quoted data point in Mexican housing-policy debates. The CDMX Tourism Law's three-property cap began implementation on 21 May 2026, but the cap's per-individual framing exempts the commercial operators most concentrated in central neighbourhoods such as Colonia Juarez.