Segro is considering rolling out its 'urban logistics' concept in Warsaw alongside it larger logistics facilities in Poland. The urban logistics strategy involves multi-unit estates of 2,500 to 7,500 m[sup]2[/sup] located in the inner ring of major cities.
Segro is considering rolling out its 'urban logistics' concept in Warsaw alongside it larger logistics facilities in Poland. The urban logistics strategy involves multi-unit estates of 2,500 to 7,500 m2 located in the inner ring of major cities.
Segro has already developed such centres in London, the south-east of England, Paris and major cities in Germany. The tenants include retailers and parcel delivery companies who require distribution warehouse space, often with cross-docking, to service the population of a conurbation.
'Warsaw could be the next candidate,' Andrew Gulliford, Segro's chief operating officer, told PropertyEU. The urban logistics centres are typically larger than Segro's multi-tenant light industrial estates that can range in size from 50 m2 to 10,000 m2.
The London-listed company also develops and owns large logistics of 10,000 m2-plus as well as specialist facilities such as data centres.
'Poland until now has largely been a logistics play for us in the usual spots like Silesia Lodz, Poznan and we are getting bigger in Warsaw,' Gulliford said.
Segro has recently completed a 31,300 m2 logistics centre for sports retailer Decathlon in Gliwice; 12,200 m2 of space for logistics solutions provider Flexlink in Poznan and 7,600 m2 of warehouse space for Polish courier company Opek in Lodz.
‘Polish pre-letting activity was very good last year and exceptional this year,’ Gulliford added.