Prologis announced plans on Tuesday to develop its first distribution centre in the Middle East. The company has signed an agreement to design and build a 798,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) facility in Dubai for the transportation solutions provider Aramex. The new facility is being developed in Dubai Logistics City (DLC), a new logistics hub located less than 20 minutes from the Port of Jebel Ali and the future Dubai World Central International Airport. Construction work on the distribution centre has already commenced and is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2008.
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