Tag: Barajas airport

Iberian Capital & AEW Logistics Invest €150M in Torrejón de Ardoz

14 February 2019 – Eje Prime

E-commerce needs logistics and Torrejón de Ardoz is getting ready to host a new platform. The property developer Iberian Capital Corporation (ICC) and the US investment fund AEW Logistics are going to invest €150 million over the next four years in the development of a logistics park in the new Los Almendros Industrial Estate in Madrid.

The new platform will have a surface area of 37,818 m2 and will be available from the second quarter of 2020, according to Iberian Capital. The logistics park will be able to accommodate up to eight tenants, will have a free storage height of twelve square metres and 38 loading docks.

The location of the new platform is one of its main strengths, according to its promoters. Located in the Henares industrial and business corridor, the complex will be 13 kilometres from Madrid Barajas Airport and 21 kilometres from the centre of Madrid (…).

Original story: Eje Prime (by Roger Arnau)

Translation: Carmel Drake

Segro Purchases 44,500 m2 of Land for Industrial Development in Madrid

11 October 2018 – Eje Prime

Segro is increasing its commitment to the Spanish logistics sector. The British Socimi, which specialises in the industrial segment, has purchased 44,500 m2 of land on which it is going to build two urban distribution centres in Madrid.

The first logistics space is going to be located in the south of the Spanish capital. The centre, spanning a surface area of 33,500 m2, will be located in the district of Villaverde, an area that is home to multinationals such as Telefónica, Repsol and Air Liquide.

The Socimi is also planning to build a second warehouse measuring 11,000 m2 in the Madrilenian municipality of Coslada, where it already owns a business park. The company has chosen that location due to its proximity to Barajas airport, the centre of the Spanish capital and motorways such as the A-2 and the M-40.

This operation reinforces the good times that the logistics sector is enjoying in Spain, driven by the rise in e-commerce in the country. Not in vain, in 2017, the sector achieved an investment record, exceeding €1.5 billion.

With demand constantly growing, above all due to the arrival of international funds and investment firms that are keen to enter the logistics segment, encouraged by the high yields and stability, operators are also looking for land in the last mile space to respond to current demands. That means the development of sites on the outskirts of large cities, with assets that are no more than 50km away from the city centre.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake

Leche Pascual Group Leases 11,000m2 Warehouse In Madrid

20 January 2017 – Mis Naves

ProEquity has leased 11,220 m2 of space in the Casablanca logistics platform in Torrejón de Ardoz, to the Leche Pascual Group. As such, the dairy group has become the first tenant at the site.

The operation includes offices covering 669m2, which have been adapted to suit the operator’s requirements, as well as 149 parking spaces.

The Casablanca logistics platform has been developed on a plot of land measuring 84,968m2, of which 47,500 m2 corresponds to leasable surface area. It comprises two independent warehouses and it is located in the main hub for logistics and distribution operations in Madrid, 20km from the city centre and 10km from Barajas airport.

The site has direct access to the A-2 motorway connecting Madrid and Barcelona, which represents a key factor for distribution and logistics companies.

The platform is owned by the investment fund Rockspring which, according to John Thompson, Director of the branch in Spain, is in negotiations to lease another 20,000 m2, which could result in an occupancy rate of more than 60% of the available space.

Rockspring currently manages a portfolio of logistics space amounting to €800 million across France, the UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands. It also has a reserve of land with potential to develop up to 240,000 m2 of space.

Original story: Mis Naves

Translation: Carmel Drake

Rockspring’s New Logistics Platform In Getafe Ready By YE

1 August 2016 – Mis Naves

Construction of the logistics platform that Inbisa is building for the UK fund Rockspring in Getafe is progressing nicely, and all indications are that it will be completed by the end of 2016 or beginning of 2017, just nine months after the first stone was laid at the site.

In fact, as at July 2016, just four months after construction began, almost 50% of the structure has been built, and the workmen have now started to construct the platform’s walls and roof.

Located in the Puerta Mayor “Los Gavilanes” business and logistics park in Madrid, the new platform will cover an area equivalent to eight football pitches, with a total constructed surface area of 58,000 sqm, on a plot measuring 88,000 sqm. The platform may be split into eight modules measuring more than 7,000 sqm each.

Both Rockspring and ProEquity, the real estate consultancy responsible for the exclusive marketing of this project, are excited about the new platform, which is particularly suitable for major retailers and e-commerce specialists that need to base their logistics operations close to Spain’s capital city.

In this sense, the logistics park in Getafe is located at the junction of the A-4 Madrid-Andalucía motorway and the M-50 ring-road, 27 km from Barajas airport and 20km from the centre of Madrid.

The platform will be equipped with the highest quality standards, a certificate of sustainable construction and complete facilities with a dock ratio of 1/860m2, which means 64 docks, concrete structure and walls, wide handling bays measuring more than 35m, an interior height of 12m and LED lighting, amongst other state-of-the-art features.

Original story: Mis Naves

Translation: Carmel Drake