Panattoni Europe, Poland's leader in the industrial property market, has officially opened Panattoni Business Center Łódź II - a multi-tenant manufacturing and warehousing complex. The 33,000 m² facility took seven months to build and has already been fully leased. Customers of the park include manufacturers as well as transport, forwarding and logistics businesses: HUTCHINSON, DSV, FARUTEX BIDVEST POLSKA, PEKAES and DS Smith.
Panattoni Business Center Łódź II, completed by Panattoni Europe, is a multi-tenant project dedicated to manufacturing and warehousing applications. The centre, located in Łódź, Poland, occupies a space totalling 33,000 m² and consists of two buildings - 17,000 m² and 16,000 m² respectively. Each building features flexible solutions allowing tenants to conduct light manufacturing as well as warehousing operations. The complex is expected to lead to the creation of approx. 400 new jobs. The facilities are now fully leased to tenants such as: HUTCHINSON, DSV, FARUTEX BIDVEST POLSKA, PEKAES and DS Smith.
The official opening of Panattoni Business Center Łódź II took place on 23 October 2015, and was attended by the representatives of the developer and the tenants, in addition to a number of local officials: Hanna Zdanowska - Mayor of Łódź and Marek Cieślak - Vice-Mayor of Łódź.
The portfolio of facilities erected by Panattoni Europe in Central Poland includes five distribution centres in total - Panattoni Business Center Łódź II, Panattoni Park Łódź East, Panattoni Park Łódź South, Panattoni Park Business Center Łódź and Panattoni Park Stryków. Additionally, the developer has completed two build-to-suit (BTS) facilities in the region for Castorama Polska and UPS. In total, the completed facilities account for approx. 450,000 m² of modern warehouse space in one of the most attractive locations in Central Poland. This marks another milestone on Panattoni’s continued investment plan for logistics facilities across Europe.
"The multi-functional nature of Panattoni Business Center Łódź II has enabled us to introduce a variety of solutions, e.g. arranging the manufacturing space to meet the most stringent work environment requirements. This is what happened with HUTCHINSON - their space has been equipped with compressed air and chilled water installations, a special ventilation system ensuring four air changes per hour up to 4 m, and guaranteed daylight access. In the case of DSV and PEKAES, their spaces have been adapted to serve as cross-docking platforms, with a much higher number of docking gates and ground-level gates than in standard facilities. In turn, the section leased by FARUTEX BIDVEST POLSKA has been modified to allow for a deep freeze installation taking up more than 66 per cent of the leased space. When it comes to DS Smith, the key determinants included location and grade A warehouse space" – said Maciej Krawiecki, senior development manager Panattoni Europe.
The mayor of Łódź - Hanna Zdanowska commented: "We are very pleased with the fact that Panattoni has put their money on Łódź and is developing their business in our city. The opening of Panattoni Business Center Łódź II proves that Łódź is worth investing in, which in our eyes adds even more value to the presence of Poland's leader in the industrial space market, who is opening their fifth distribution centre in our region. Equally importantly, the opening of this new complex will ultimately give jobs to about 400 people. We believe that the tenants, with some large international corporations among them, will be satisfied with locating their business in the facility we are opening today".
Source: Panattoni Europe
