The real estate experts of DHL Supply Chain, the world’s leadingcontract logistics provider, have developed a carbon neutral realestate portfolio of 400,000 sqm to support customers’ growthre across six European Tier 1 markets. Located in centrallogistics areas all sites will benefit from excellent multi modaltransport connectivity, designed to serve customers acrossdifferent sectors.All buildings will have modern technicalspecifications, reflecting a campus concept and becomemission-critical hubs for DHL Supply Chain and its national andinternational customers. The 14 units, constructed across 10development sites, are located across major logistics markets inGermany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Poland. Allbuildings will meet key sustainability criteria such as BREEAMExcellent and EPC A, comply with EU taxonomy and undergo a CarbonRisk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) assessment.
The development of 400,000 sqm of carbon neutral warehouses is animportant strategic step as we aim to meet our customers’ growingdemand for more sustainable warehouse space in strategic markets.All assets we develop are underpinned by excellent fundamentals; beit sustainability, digitalization, location, demographics ortenure. Connectivity or proximity to key sales markets help usimprove delivery times for our customers, while a close eye on thesurrounding social factors and communities in which we operate helpus to generate attractive jobs and ensuring us access to a loyaland capable workforce. These factors help us and our customers tobe even more successful and lead the way into a more sustainablefuture.” says Hendrik Venter, CEO DHL Supply Chain EMEA.For a firsttranche of this 400,000 sqm warehouse portfolio, DHL Supply Chainhas already found an investor and strategic partner. Allianz RealEstate, acting on behalf of several Allianz Group companies, andDHL Supply Chain have entered into a purchase agreement for thesale of the first half of the portfolio. Set to be completedbetween Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, the warehouses will represent one ofAllianz Real Estate’s largest single logistics sector ac,in terms of gross leasable area, to date: in total the fivefacilities will cover over 200,000 sqm.
DHL Supply Chain will occupy at least 85% of the facilitiesdeveloped for Allianz Real Estate on long-term leases postcompletion.We are very proud to be able to offer our clientseffective growth opportunities, with warehouses that are not onlylocated in core markets and fulfill our clients’ needs, but alsomeet the highest ESG and sustainability criteria. This enables usand our customers to create business opportunities that arecompatible with our Sustainability Roadmap, which aims to makeevery aspect of the supply chain more sustainable which of coursealso includes our real estate. We are very much looking forward tomany more such projects in the future,” says Joe Mikes, Global Headof Real Estate Solutions at DHL Supply Chain.DHL Supply Chain wasadvised commercially by JLL and was represented legally by DLAPiper.