Logistics central

Europolis, one of the largest investor's in Poland's real-estate market, has signed an agreement with Poland Central to build a logistics park in Piotrków Trybunalski. Plans envision a space of 530,000 sqm for warehousing and light production, which would make it Central and Eastern Europe's (CEE) largest logistics park. Investment outlays will total EUR 172 (zł.658) million, and the resulting Poland Central Logistics Park could provide as many as 6,000 jobs.

"We appreciate the stimulus that this project will have on the labor market in the surrounding region," said the chairman of Europolis, Bernhard Mayer. "We are glad to become a partner of this outstanding logistics project in the region. It is a perfect strategic location for Poland as well as for the whole [of] Europe. Poland Central will definitely strengthen our significant position in the industrial real-estate segment in CEE."

The park will be located some 47 kilometers south of Łódź, and 137 kilometers southwest of Warsaw, close to the A1 highway, which links Gdańsk, Warsaw and Katowice. That location has already helped to attract international companies such as Ikea, Unilever, Ahold and Auchan to the site.

The first warehouse will begin construction later this year and is scheduled to open for tenants in December.