Goodman, the global property group that owns, develops and manages logistics space, will develop a fulfillment center in Wrocław for Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce provider. The new development will be the largest free standing logistics facility in Poland, and will be built in record time to meet Amazon’s requirements. The transaction represents the biggest contract for a logistics warehouse in central Europe to date.
The development of Amazon’s first fulfillment center in Poland will have a footprint of approx. 95,000 m². Construction of the facility commenced in October 2013 and it is planned that the fulfillment center will be fully operational in the second half of 2014.
“We are proud that Amazon chose to enter the Polish market in partnership with Goodman. The facility we are developing will be the largest free standing logistics property in Poland. Construction will be rapid, to allow Amazon to make full use of the warehouse’s logistics capabilities in under a year,” said Błażej Ciesielczak, Regional Director Goodman Poland.
“We have decided to partner with Goodman in Poland due to the firm’s extensive experience in building similar warehouse facilities for Amazon in Western Europe and its knowledge of the local logistics market, based on numerous projects completed in Poland,” said Raimund Paetzmann, Director Real Estate of Amazon.
Since 2006,Goodman has completed over 900,000 m² for Amazon across 11 developments in Germany, France and the UK. Amazon’s new distribution center will be located in Wrocław’s Bielany Wrocławskie suburb 5 km from the city center.The distribution center for Amazon will be Goodman’s fifth development project in the Wrocław area. Previous facilities, totaling over 70,000 m², have been constructed for Whirlpool, TJX Europe, Walki Group and Casetech.
Source: Goodman
