German logistics specialist Garbe Industrial Real Estate (Garbe) is investing €40 mln in a 76,000 m2 conversion in Thuringia.
The site is located on the Eisenach Kindel industrial estate in the municipality of Hörselberg-Hainich (Wartburgkreis), where a new 35,000 m2 production and logistics property will be built for tenant BCube Logistik by September 2023.
Frank Schöppach, managing director of BCube Logistik, said: ‘With the new hall, we are significantly expanding our previous capacities in Eisenach and creating around 80 jobs at this new location. Customised contract logistics operations for a well-known automotive supplier will be handled there in the future. In addition to production supply, packing kit creation, the pre-assembly of components and quality inspection, this will also include the industrial cleaning of standard and specialised load carriers.’
Adrian Zellner, member of the executive board at Garbe Industrial Real Estate, added: ‘The area we acquired from the Free State of Thuringia is part of a former military training ground. During the revitalisation, one focus is therefore on the detection and professional removal of possible combat ordnance and ammunition remnants, as well as on compensating for the enormous height difference.
'Thanks to our many years of expertise, we are currently on schedule with the conversion of the former brownfield site and want to start construction of the new property before the end of September.’
The property will be pre-equipped for the installation of two wet and two dry cleaning systems and sealed in line with the protective measures for water-polluting substances under the Water Resources Act (WHG).
Thirty 30 ramp gates with dock levellers and five ground-level sectional gates are planned, as are parking spaces for 102 cars and nine trucks outdoors.
The new building in being constructed according to the specifications of the efficiency building class 55 of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), while a PV system on the roof will produce regenerative energy.
Garbe is seeking Gold Standard certification of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) for the new property.
The industrial estate benefits from excellent connections, being only about ten kilometres from the city of Eisenach and located directly on the B 84.
