Panattoni Europe, the leader in industrial real estate in Poland, has laid the cornerstone for a logistics center for Sanden Manufacturing Poland. The investment, covering approximately 6,500 sqm, will be built in Polkowice next to the existing production plant and will be integrated with it via a connector. The international advisory firm Colliers International brokered the signing of the agreement.
Panattoni Europe has begun construction of a BTS-type logistics center for Sanden Manufacturing Poland. The official cornerstone laying ceremony for the investment took place on September 15th. The ceremony was attended by representatives of both companies, Colliers International, the general contractor MIRBUD S.A., as well as local government officials: the Mayor of Polkowice, Wiesław Wabik, and the Starosta of Polkowice, Marek Tramś.
Sanden Manufacturing Poland is a company belonging to the Japanese holding group SANDEN, a global manufacturer of automotive air conditioning compressors. The investment, with a total area of nearly 6,500 sqm – with the possibility of further expansion by another approx. 3,300 sqm – will be built in Polkowice within the Legnica Special Economic Zone. The facility will be divided into warehouse space, which will occupy 6,211 sqm, and office and social space totaling 268 sqm. The warehouse will fulfill orders for the largest car manufacturers, including Volkswagen, GM, Ford, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, and McLaren. The facility is scheduled to be commissioned in January 2017, with the first shipment from the warehouse planned for April. The transaction was brokered by the international advisory firm Colliers International.
It is no coincidence that Sanden Manufacturing Poland is leasing industrial space in Polkowice. The new investment will be built next to the existing production plant and will be Sanden’s first logistics center in Europe. A connector for transporting goods, which will be partially overhead, will be built between the factory and the warehouse.
– The modern complex will provide Sanden with flexible and efficient management of goods turnover. Thanks to numerous projects involving both warehouse facilities and investments for the automotive industry, we were able to offer the client solutions precisely tailored to their needs. This project is also an excellent example of diversifying solutions regarding the ownership structure of the hall: part of the space will be owned by Sanden, and part will be implemented based on a lease agreement – confirms Marek Foryński, Managing Director of BTS Group at Panattoni Europe.
The Sanden production plant has been operating since 2005. Over 40,000 sqm of space is used for main production processes, including the production of housings using high-pressure aluminum die casting, mechanical processing of aluminum castings and pistons, and the assembly of complete compressors. The construction of the warehouse in Polkowice is an important and strategic decision in the company’s development.
– Sanden is growing dynamically and thus acquiring new clients in the automotive industry. The main goal of creating the center is to optimize and streamline logistics processes in Europe, as well as to meet the needs and expectations of our clients – comments Joanna Patera, Logistics Department Manager at Sanden Manufacturing Poland.
– Although Sanden has been producing compressors at its own plant in Polkowice for many years, it has now decided on a long-term lease of a logistics center. The structure of the transaction fits into the trends currently observed in the industrial space market. Many investors are analyzing the possibility of leasing industrial facilities, and the offer of developers in this regard goes beyond the main warehouse markets – adds Łukasz Pańczyk from the Industrial and Logistics Agency at Colliers International, who was responsible for the transaction.
The Lower Silesian Voivodeship is one of the best-developing and most industrialized regions in Central Europe. Properties located in the Legnica Special Economic Zone are strategically situated between Prague, Warsaw, and Berlin. The investment site is conveniently connected to the A4 motorway, which links the eastern part of Poland with the western border. The S3 national road, which is part of the international E65 route leading from the north to the south of Europe, also runs through Polkowice. The developed infrastructure will facilitate the transport of goods. Shipments from the Sanden logistics center will be made to countries including Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Hungary (as well as to China). Additionally, an industrial railway line runs through the Polkowice municipality, serving companies operating in the region.