Real estate project Schiphol in Italy wins most innovative business park award
On 12 November, Schiphol Real Estate was presented with the award for the most innovative approach to a logistics business park in Italy for its Avioport Logistics Park real estate project. The annual award is presented by Assologistica Italia, the country's premier sector association for the logistics industry. Avioport Logistics Park is situated adjacent to Milan's international Malpensa Airport. It covers an area of 10 hectares with four industrial buildings (totalling approx. 52,000 m2) and three office buildings (approx. 15,000 m2). Schiphol Real Estate is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schiphol Group.
'We are very happy with this award for the business park,' says André van den Berg, director of Schiphol Real Estate. 'Avioport Logistics Park is a facility modelled and developed in accordance with Schiphol Group's AirportCity formula. It comprises a high-quality business estate with industrial and office buildings aimed at aviation-related companies in the logistics and distribution sector. This is the first business estate for logistics services in the Malpensa area.'
Schiphol Real Estate owes the award to its integrated area development approach for Avioport and its clear focus on real estate, facilities and services. The business park is characterised by a spacious design with lots of green public spaces. It boasts a variety of amenities and services including a bar, a restaurant, conference rooms, park management, security, customs facilities and a shuttle service to and from the airport. Companies with offices at Avioport include Fedex, DHL, Agusta Westland, CargoItalia, SASCO and a range of other air cargo-related businesses.
Avioport Logistics Park
Schiphol Real Estate and a local Italian partner (Finair) launched the development of Avioport Logistics Park near Milan Malpensa Airport in 2003. In mid-2010 construction work began for the fourth (and last) industrial building, which will have a floor area of approx. 13,000 m2 and feature an underground car park with 200 parking spaces. Both the building and the car park are scheduled for completion in late 2011. This will also mark the completion of the area development project at Avioport Logistics Park.
Schiphol Real Estate
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Schiphol Group, Schiphol Real Estate develops, manages, operates and invests in commercial real estate.
Note to the editors:
For further details, please contact the Schiphol Group press office on
020 601 26 73 or by email: press@schiphol.nl.
You can download images of the Avioport Logistics Park until November 25 at http://schiphol.netland.nl, username: Avioport, password: schiphol
