A smart city designed from the ground up, built on the experience of leaders in urbanism and technology,
as a prototype of the future.

An urban community with mixed-use residential and commercial neighborhoods, a hospital, schools, a STEAM University and all the amenities needed for creating a healthy, productive and sustainable environment

Who we are

The Zenciti Team consist originally of 18 partners coming from Mexico and USA, with businesses in the following sectors

ICT
Real Estate & Construction
Finance
Tourism
Services

A great opportunity

Nearshore (US east cost)
Free Trade Zone
Lower cost of labor
Best quality of life
Safest city in Mexico

about

Yucatan Growth

Positioned as country’s first place in industry growth with an increase of 11.2% from february 2015 to february 2016.

Yucatan Investment

Yucatan has become a great opportunity for investment for mexican and international firms, particularly the city of merida, ensuring its economic growth and development.

Federal and Local Government Support

Creation of new laws for Science and Innovation to allow collaboration between research centers and private companies.

Public policy of innovation, infrastructure & technology development.

ICT, one of the State Government strategic areas.

Yucatan, home of country’s 1st. public polytechnic ICT Specialized University

A decentralized public university, part of the Subsystem of Technological and Polytechnic Universities of the Secretariat of Public Education, under a Bilingual, International and Sustainable (BIS) model, specialized in Information and Communication Technologies.

Yucatan, 5 strategic government projects for economic development

A Railway Operations Center with new railroad branches to reach the new Brewery Park and the Yucatan Industrial Center
The expansion of progreso’s seaport terminal
The Aerial Logistics Hub near Chichen Itza
The Yucatan Science and Technology Park
The first ICT specialized Free Trade Zone in the country.

Zenciti Testimonials

Ivan Espadas
Zenciti Co-Founder and CEO
It is the passion and desire to create a new way of life what inspired me to start this project.
Rodolphe el-Khoury
University of Miami's School of Architecture Dean
We are fortunate to have the opportunity to design a hyper-connected city where urban infrastructure, municipal services, and social activities are orchestrated into a vibrant and sustainable environment.

Our News

Latest updates from Zenciti progress and events.

Smart Cities Miami Conference

27 February 2017

Zenciti Workshop: Designing a smart city in Yucatan. The University of Miami brings cutting-edge...

IEEE International Smart Cities Conference 2016

15 September 2016

The IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2) is the flagship event of the IEEE...

University of Miami Collaboration Agreement

19 August 2016

Based on the existing collaboration between the University of Miami and the Yucatan Government...

Collaboration Ecosystem of Innovation, Science & Technology

15 November 2015

Zenciti integrates with the Yucatan Science & Technology Park and HEURISTIC IT Innovation Center creating...

Collaboration & Support

We like to think of Zenciti as a movement, rather than a real estate development or smartcity, we want every collaborating person or institution to make it their own.
It is our belief that it’s the only way a project as ambitious as this can happen.