Panattoni Europe will deliver another warehouse project for the French home improvement hypermarket chain Leroy Merlin. The facility featuring more than 123,600 sqm of space at full build-out will be delivered in Central Poland, Łódź voivodeship, in Piątek – the geographic centre of Poland. It will be the largest distribution facility in Poland, in terms of its size at ground level. The warehouse itself will account for 121,212 sqm, while office and staff facilities will take up 2,420 sqm. Construction works are scheduled to begin already in Q2 of this year, and the entire development is anticipated to be completed in Q4 2019. The lease transaction was mediated by the advisory agency JLL.

 

The decision to go ahead with the new warehouse is closely related to the development plans of Leroy Merlin Polska and the transformation of the company’s supply chain. Krzysztof Niciejewski, Senior Manager for Central Logistics at Leroy Merlin Polska comments: “To guarantee the right level of service and best availability for our customers, we have decided to consolidate distribution. Such a move will give us greater flexibility in managing stocks of products that we offer at our stores. Under one roof, we combine various distribution channels, such as x-dock, stock and direct deliveries from the warehouse to the customer. Our e-commerce service will also be moved from Stryków to the new location in Piątek to develop our product and service offering for our customers. Development of central logistics is a must in today’s market and Leroy Merlin Polska understands it perfectly. Following the change of our warehouse management system in 2017, the time has now come to consolidate and develop distribution channels. It will enable us to fully deliver on our promise to the customers, that we help them achieve the home of their dreams.”

 

This is the third development by Panattoni Europe for Leroy Merlin. The first two were built in Stryków, and one of them, a 56,000-square-metre facility from 2008, was a record-breaker at the time. The most recent project is another record holder – apart from the gigantic space at ground level, the site will also feature a 10,000-square-metre roofed enclosure for keeping goods which do not require indoor storage and a car park for 25 trucks and 150 cars. The warehouse itself will have 160 docks and 6 ground-level drive-in gates. It will also comply with green building requirements – it will undergo the BREEAM environmental certification process aiming for a Good rating, which entails, among others, the use of innovative LED lighting system or enhanced daylighting inside the building.

 

BTS Leroy Merlin will occupy a strategic location, in Łódź voivodeship, Piątek municipality, as little as 2.5 km from the “Piątek” junction on the A1 – Stryków and 30 km from the intersection of the A1 and A2 motorways.