Prologis starts 42,000 sqm development in central Poland

Logistics real estate developer Prologis announced on Tuedsay that it has signed a 42,170 sqm build-to-suit (BTS) agreement with furniture producer Agata at Prologis Park Piotrków II in Poland. Real estate agency CBRE facilitated the transaction. Agata is one of the leading and longest-operating Polish distributors of furniture, interior furnishings, decorative items, lamps and textiles. It currently operates 19 large retail outlets in all major Polish cities and two central warehouses. "Our desire to optimise our operational costs and processes, resulting from the dynamic growth of our company, has led us to establish a single national distribution center in Central Poland, located at Prologis Park Piotrków II" said Grzegorz Ćwik, vice president, Agata. Prologis Park Piotrków II currently comprises a single 17,500 sqm building. It is located on the outskirts of Piotrków, 40 kilometres from Łódź, the capital of the Central Poland region. The park is located at the intersection of two main transport routes: the A1/E75 motorway, linking northern and southern Poland, and the 8/E67 express road, linking Prague, the Silesian agglomeration and Warsaw with Białystok and Vilnius.