ECE has broken ground on its latest shed for logistics service provider Hermes Germany in the Berlin metropolitan area, representing an investment volume of €53 mln.
The project, located in the Ketzin/Havel district in the Etzin industrial park, was subject to a ceremony marking the start of construction this week presided over by the Mayor of Ketzin, Hermes sales CEO Thomas Horst, and ECE managing director Andreas Mattner. This is already ECE’s third groundbreaking for a Hermes logistics centre this year.
'We are very pleased to kick off the construction of another logistics project for our long-standing partner Hermes Germany,' commented Mattner. 'Once again, we will develop a logistics property which will meet the requirements of our customer in terms of profitability, technology, flexibility, and sustainability, and therefore, it is fit for the future.'
The distribution centre will comprise 10,000 m2 of logistics, plus offices, technical facilities, and social areas in a second, adjacent building totaling 2,900 m2. Completion is scheduled for autumn 2017. ECE is managing the entire turnkey project, which aspires to a German Sustainable Building Council gold standard.
