Panattoni Europe with Media Expert – approx. 73,300 sqm at Central European Logistics Hub

Panattoni Europe, Poland’s leader in industrial real estate, is expanding Central European Logistics Hub. The new tenant at the developer’s largest distribution centre is the Media Expert chain, which will take up a facility with approx. 73,300 sqm of space. Construction works will start in Q2 of 2018.

Panattoni Europe’s client portfolio has a new addition, the Media Expert chain – one of the biggest players in the home appliance/consumer electronics market in Poland. As part of its strategy of consolidating smaller warehouse facilities into a central warehouse, the chain has leased 73,300 sqm at Central European Logistics Hub developed by Panattoni. It is Poland’s largest distribution centre, based in Łódź. The investment designed for Media Expert will be divided into the warehousing section, taking up 72,000 sqm, and office space with staff facilities totalling 1,300 sqm. The function of the new facility will be the distribution of online orders, as well as logistics to supply products to the brick-and-mortar stores of the chain. The facility will undergo BREEAM environmental certification. Commencement of construction works has been planned for Q2 of 2018.

“The Media Expert chain consistently reinforces its position in the Polish market, and with it come mounting challenges related to ensuring the efficiency of our supply chain to more than 440 of our stores around the country. The advantageous location of Central European Logistics Hub in the heart of Poland is of key importance to us also in the context of growth in omnichannel and online sales. We want deliveries to our individual customers to proceed even smoother, and to make the time between putting a product into the virtual basket and its delivery to the final destination as short as possible” says Michał Mystkowski, Media Expert press officer.

“The facility for Media Expert will be built as part of Central European Logistics Hub – the largest distribution centre in Poland that we are creating, a concentrator of modern warehouse space, so to speak. Its first tenant was BSH Sprzęt Gospodarstwa Domowego, which took up a building with close to 80,000 sqm, and as early as this June SMYK will be moving into a facility dedicated to its online sales, planned to reach 70,000 sqm at full build-out. The hub’s location in Central Poland, within the city limits of Łódź, and the existing transport connections are for sure beyond compare, not only nationwide, but also in all of Europe. It enables tenants to facilitate their logistics processes, as well as intensify them” comments Marek Dobrzycki, Managing Director, Panattoni Europe.

Panattoni Europe’s Central European Logistics Hub is situated at ul. Jędrzejowska, right next to the A1 – the only Polish motorway running north-south. The hub is just 30 km away from the Łódź Północ junction, where the A1 and A2 motorways intersect. The perfect location in Central Poland with access to the intersection of the European east-west and north-south routes, as well as within administrative city limits, will facilitate the tenants’ domestic and international logistics, as well as making it fast and easy for employees to get to work.

About Media Expert:
Media Expert is the largest chain of electronic stores in Poland – it comprises more than 440 electronic markets in 340 cities across the country.* The brand has been present in the market since 2002. The chain employs approx. 7,500 people.

Media Expert electronic stores offer the latest in home appliance/consumer electronics, as well as laptops, tablets, smartphones and photographic equipment. Selected stores also carry bicycles, scooters, quads, power tools, leisure equipment and gardening tools.

In 2012, the chain launched its online sales channel. The store at www.mediaexpert.pl is regularly listed as one of the most popular e-commerce sites in Poland.
For more information go to: www.mediaexpert.pl
*as of 30 November 2017