Garbe to deliver new German distribution centre for Amazon

Garbe to deliver new German distribution centre for Amazon

Garbe Industrial Real Estate is continuing its long-standing cooperation with Amazon. Together with Honold Logistik Gruppe, the Hamburg-based real estate specialist is developing a distribution centre for Amazon in Giengen an der Brenz (district of Heidenheim in Baden-Wurttemberg), 40 kilometres north of Ulm, with a hall area of around 5,800m². Construction is expected to begin in May. After the planned completion in spring of next year, Amazon will use the new building for parcel delivery on the last mile in the B2C business: the articles ordered by the end customers from the region are then sorted into delivery tours in the distribution centre and delivered from there by delivery vehicles. The hall will be equipped with six ground-level gates for loading and unloading the vehicles. In addition to the hall area, 2,200m² are planned for offices and social rooms. A multi-storey car park is planned next to the distribution centre, which will offer parking spaces for vans and cars on four levels.

 

"Areas of this size with such excellent connections to the motorway are hardly available in the economically strong state of Baden-Wurttemberg. That's why we were quick to make a move," said Managing Director Jan Dietrich Hempel. “The good and cooperative collaboration with the city of Giengen and our locally very well-connected partner Honold was very helpful."

 

The entire property is to be built in accordance with the criteria of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) and certified to the Gold Standard. A major part of the roof area will be greened and a photovoltaic system will be installed on the remaining area to generate renewable energy. In order to avoid journeys to work by car, the site will also be connected to the public transport system by a bus stop directly on the site. Together with the Honold Logistics Group, Garbe Industrial Real Estate is investing €58m in the Giengen location.

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