Panattoni is to deliver 44,000m2 to the Raben Group. The City Logistics Poznan III park, which is to be the largest development in this sector, will be built on the outskirts of the city on ul. Obodrzycka. This is not the first time the two companies have worked together this year in the Wielkopolska region.
“Poznan is one of the most important logistics centre in Europe and acts as a stepping stone between Warsaw and Berlin. Players with international reach are always going to take interest in locations in this region. The Raben Group is not only going to receive a park that, since it is so close to the A2 motorway, will allow it to serve many markets in both Poland and Europe, but also a development located on the outskirts of the city, which will be of significant benefit in the hiring of workers. Poznań provides fantastic conditions for the development of the City Logistics sector,” commented Marek Dobrzycki, the Managing Director of Panattoni.
The project is to be developed to extremely-high sustainable construction standards, which are to be validated by botha BREEAM certificate with a rating of ‘Excellent’ and FM Global certification awarded by the world’s largest insurance association based in the US. The tenant will have a host of energy and water saving solutions as well as many others to improve user well-being. Furthermore, Panattoni is to provide for the biodiversity of the site by creating green areas. The centre will be perfectly aligned with the climate policies of the Raben Group, which recently received a silver EcoVadis award and is one of the top 25% of companies in the world that best integrates its non-financial (ESG) commitments into its strategy and operations.
“The new warehouse in Wielkopolska will make it possible for us to further develop our relationships with our long-standing clients, while also increasing our possibilities to run new projects in what is a key location for both Poland and Europe. This space will not only meet the Raben Group’s highest requirements in regard to safety, operations and the environment, but will also complete our portfolio in the Poznań area with a specialised storage area for urban logistics as well as with space for temperature and moisture controlled storage. With the new warehouse, we will be able to provide comprehensive logistics services comprising both storage and a full range of value added services, such as container, customs and distribution services. Because of the good connections to Germany and Scandinavia that our distribution network has as well as to other Western European countries, we may decide to locate further Central European warehouses in Wielkopolska,” – added Lucyna Zaborowska-Princ, the Regional Director for Raben Logistics Polska in Poznan.
