ZUFALL GROWS WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE

The large-scale project was planned and implemented in cooperation with Goodman, the world‘s leading project developer for logistics properties. LIST Bau Nordhorn is responsible for the turnkey construction of the property.

„It was an unexpectedly long tug-of-war,“ says branch manager Christoph Göbel, looking back on the past months and emphasising, „In the end, it is thanks to the tireless efforts of the mayor of Flieden, Christian Henkel, as well as his deputy Winfried Happ and the municipal council that we are finally on the home straight after a long delay. The push to the home straight took place with the start of construction at the end of February.  At that time, the regional company Bickhardt Bau began earthworks. Due to the restrictions associated with the Corona pandemic, the originally planned ceremonial opening of the construction site, including the official „ground-breaking“ with representatives of the town of Flieden, those responsible for the project partner Goodman as well as ZUFALL logistics group and the local press, could not take place. Instead, a topping-out ceremony and/or a handover ceremony are now planned. 

The entire site covers approximately 77,500 square metres. A logistics hall of over 38,500 square metres with four sections (units) and associated mezzanines (1,500 square metres each) is being built on it. The earthmoving comprises about 100,000 cubic metres. However, the earth moved remains on the site and is used for levelling the terrain. ZUFALL provides balancing green spaces and the use of state-of-the-art LED technology and photovoltaic systems are also part of the project. The DGNB certification will prove the sustainability of the construction project.

Unit 1 – the first of four sections – is scheduled for completion by the end of October 2020. Units 2 to 4 will follow in approximately four-week intervals. The goal is to complete the work by 11 January 2021 and also to put the last part (Unit 4) of the logistics centre into operation on this date. In order to be able to keep to this tight schedule, perfect communication is required between Goodman, as the building owner and controller of the construction site, the general contractor LIST Bau Nordhorn, the planning department of the municipality and  ZUFALL logistics group. Christof Prange, Head of Business Development at Goodman, says, „We are very pleased to develop another property for Zufall logistics group. The long-term partnership shows that our sustainable properties are convincing all along the line: qualitatively, technically and always focused on the flexible requirements of the customer.“

After commissioning, the logistics centre will operate daily from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. – night-time traffic is not currently planned. In addition to the approximately 38,500-square-metre logistics hall and the associated 1,100-square-metre outdoor storage area for empty racks, an office building with 1,400 square metres of office space is being built here, the new gatekeeper‘s building covers 57 square metres and 60 square metres are available to the drivers in the recreation room. In addition, 128 cars and ten trucks can be parked on the premises.