The Board of Directors of Zaragoza Logistics Platform, chaired by the Councillor of Economy, Industry and Employment, Marta Gastón, authorised the sale of a plot covering 98, 000 square metres yesterday (for ALICI) to a Spanish business group, which bought another plot last December covering 100, 000 square metres (ALIF 2. 2 and ALIF 2. 3), in view of the purchase option agreed with the buyer at the time. The intention of this business group, which engages in real estate leasing, is to build warehouses for logistics work which, in this case, will reach the maximum height permitted in the Platform (16 metres). With the imminent signing of the sale of this second plot (located in front of the first site), one of the main transactions in the history of the Platform has been closed, only exceeded by the one signed in 2003 with the Inditex group (for a total of 200, 000 square metres). These transactions are followed by those of 2009 with the BSH group (124, 000 square metres) and with Decathlon (91, 000 square metres in 2010).
Likewise, with this latest transaction, approved yesterday, Plaza has sold off most sites around the railway area. Furthermore, Plaza’s Board of Directors also learnt of a second transaction; a purchase option for the courier company TXT, which last November purchased 15, 000 square metres, where work is ongoing to build its facilities, expected to open in September and which could be insufficient for its mid-term plans. TXT’s strategy is to hire 30 new workers during the initial stage, with further additions after a subsequent extension. With this in mind, it has secured a purchase option over a further 15, 500 square metres. According to the company, their intention is to extend their current national network of branches on mainland Spain, currently consisting of 66 centres.