Goodman to build 45,000 sq m facility for Volkswagen in Hanover
Goodman Group has signed a major pre-committed development in Germany with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles on a new built-to-suit production facility in Hanover.
The external supply centre has an area of approximately 45,000 sq m and will incorporate just-in-time supply for the production of the Amarok, one of Volkswagen’s commercial vehicles.
For the project, Goodman acquired a total area of 83,000 sq m in the Schwarze Heide (Black Heath) commercial area of Hanover, near Volkswagen’s commercial vehicle production facility. The site has convenient links to the A2 and A353 as well as to Hanover Airport and the Nordhafen port in Hanover.
The new building offers approximately 45,000 sq m of undercover storage area. Volkswagen will use 30,000 sq m of this space as storage for the just-in-time supply in the Amarok production. The remaining 15,000 sq m will be built completely around the warehouse, as a U-shaped refrigerated storage area and loading tunnel. Trucks can be loaded and unloaded in the tunnel with lower emissions. In addition, a 500 m green noise barrier will be constructed to combat emissions and noise, and will shield the building to the north.
"Goodman has a strong track record in the development of logistics facilities for the automotive industry, which we have demonstrated through projects in recent months that include BMW in Leipzig, Mercedes-Benz in Malsch. We are delighted to have been selected by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles as its project partner and with the confidence placed in us and our proven experience in delivering quality logistics space for our customers. We also hope to be more involved in the Hanover region in the future," said Andreas Fleischer, Goodman Country Manager for Germany.
Construction commenced in early September, and the first unit of approximately 10,000 sq m will be handed over at the start of January 2012.
Quelle: eyefortransport
Portal: www.logistik-express.com