With this project, La Poste chooses:
- A strategic warehouse, accredited BREEAM Very Good answering to the latest standards.
- An eegle equipped, intelligent and connected warehouse.
- A flexible warehouse with an extension capacity of 2 500 square metres.
This project comes eight months after the SIZIAF partnership announced the development of a 45-acre Logistics Park within the industrial Park at Artois-Flandres, totalling 460 acres. Project expected to be delivered second quarter 2019.
PARIS (4 December 2017) - Prologis Inc., global leader in logistics real estate, today announced the development of a 26 300 square meter build-to-suit agreement in Prologis Park Douvrin with Poste Immo, real estate subsidiary of La Poste Group. In order to support its market growth, La Poste will invest, in the Pas-de-Calais department, installing a new logistics hub dedicated to France’s home delivery leader Collissimo, at Douvrin. It will replace the existing platform in Carvin whose treatment capacities have become too limited to absorb volume growth. This investment illustrates La Poste’s ambition to further develop Colissimo in the growing e-commerce market and secures long-term activity in the region. Equipped with the latest sorting technologies, the new building will also improve employee working conditions. It will be one of the most important Colissimo platforms in France, connected to a national network of sorting and distribution platforms. The transformation and modernization of the network will answer the client need for faster deliveries and offer a high-level, quality service which can adapt to the continuous parcel volume growth.
This new hub will include a latest-generation sorter able to deal with up to 25 000 parcels per hour, almost twice the current volume.
A strategic building with a BREEAM Very Good accreditation
The building at logistics Park Douvrin, will benefit from a BREEAM Very Good accreditation and will have 100% LED equipped units.
« We were looking for a building with exceptional scale, able to support La Poste’s business growth, ideal for the installation of latest-generation equipment and systems. », declares Rémi Feredj, General Director, Poste Immo « Prologis’ offer immediately appealed to us in terms of excellent location and building quality. Its 2 500 m² extension capacity and the implementation of a system able to navigate the building remotely, optimizing operating expenses and end energy costs will take our logistics operations one step further. »
An intelligent building connected by eegle, an innovative digital tool developed by Prologis
The building will be « eegle » equipped, a technology created by Prologis in collaboration with Resolving. eegle enables customers to manage their logistics buildings remotely, helping users optimize a building’s operations, reduce running costs and minimize its environmental impact. The first digital tool of its kind in the industrial real estate sector, eegle is based on a 3D model of the building using the BIM (Building Information Modelling) system. The digital interface is connected to the building by sensors and allows users to monitor energy consumption, manage maintenance deadlines and detect any operational malfunction.
First project resulting from the partnership between Prologis and SIZIAF
On 7 March 2017, Prologis and SIZIAF announced that they would partner to develop a 45-acre logistics park comprising the latest generation « intelligent » buildings, at the heart of Hauts de France region. Prologis proposed buildings featuring logistics space of 24 000 to more than 100 000 square meters. With this offer, Prologis reinforced its position on the Lille market, meeting customer needs, especially in the retail, industrial and e-commerce sectors. Located at Douvrin and Billy Berclau, the 460-acre the Prologis park benefits from its strategic location and is served by a double-track road linking Lille and Lens.
« This project signals the strength of our relationship with La Poste Group, a long-term client for Prologis. We are pleased that this is the first development at our new Park in Douvrin and our first implementation in the North region in a decade. This also confirms the relevance of our choice and reinforces our presence on Lille’s logistics market. », said Cécile Tricault, country manager France, Prologis.
About Prologis
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of September 30, 2017, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 64 million square meters in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern distribution facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,200 customers across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
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