FM Logistic Ukraine will invest $ 25-30 million in the construction of the fifth phase of a logistics complex with an area of 20,000 square meters, CEO of FM Logistic Ukraine Sebastien Lardellier said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“The land site in Dudarkiv is ours, it allows us to build another 32,000 square meters of modern logistics real estate, of which we plan to build 20,000 square meters in the coming years. We hope that we will receive construction permits quickly enough. The construction of these buildings, plus their equipment, requires $ 25-30 million in investment,” he said.
The FM Logistic Ukraine complex (Dudarkiv village, Kyiv region) includes 60,000 square meters of A class warehouse space. About $ 50 million was invested in it.
According to the expert, out of 60,000 square meters, some 54,000 square meters have been commissioned.
“There is a preliminary agreement for another 2,000 square meters. Thus, 4,000 square meters are still free,” he said.
He said that the rate of expansion of the offer depends on the activity of the market.
“The question of expansion is in two cases: when our current client develops his business, it becomes cramped for him, and we continue to build according to his requests. The second option is to attract new clients. According to the estimated growth rates, we will complete and fill this site within four years,” he added.
FM Logistic Ukraine, operating since 1996, is included in the top five largest operators of the logistics market in Ukraine. It is part of the international group of companies FM Logistic.
FM Logistic is a family business that was founded in 1967 in the French region of Lorraine. The company owns 180 warehouses with a total area of 4 million square meters in 14 countries of the world.
FM Logistic Ukraine provides logistics operator services, including warehousing, e-commerce logistics, co-packing, customs clearance, domestic and international transportation, city transportation, and management of the entire supply chain.
Today the staff of FM Logistic Ukraine has 900 employees.
The U.S. company Amstar plans to build a logistics complex for $170 million in the village of Hurivschyna of Kyiv region, the press service of Kyiv Regional State Administration has reported.
“Together with the Agency for Regional Development of Kyiv region, we are working to establish high-quality communication with investors. One example is the Amstar company. They have already begun to build a logistics complex on the territory of the Dmytrivka community,” Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration Vasyl Volodin said.
According to the project, the complex with a total area of 340,000 square meters will be located on a land plot of 55 hectares. Its implementation will create about 2,000 jobs.
Amstar is an international private equity fund headquartered in Denver, founded in 1987. It specializes in investments in commercial and residential real estate.
The volume of new supply on the warehouse and logistics real estate market in Ukraine in 2021-2022 will amount to 364,000 sq m, while about 200,000 square meters is to be commissioned in the market of Lviv and the region, according to a study by Alterra Group.
“The leader is Lviv, where it is planned to put into operation about 200,000 square meters. In Kyiv, it is planned to introduce those projects that were predicted back in 2019 and 2020. In the regions, most of the premises planned for commissioning by developers are occupied by post offices and logistics companies,” Dmytro Kovalchuk, the co-owner of Alterra Group, said during the web conference on the analytics of the warehouse real estate market.
So, in Kyiv, the volume of new supply in 2021-2022 will amount to 71,400 square meters, among the planned projects, in particular, are the warehouse FM Logistic (17,000 sq m), Sun Factory 2 (23,400 sq m), Makarovsky of ADG developer (15,000 sq m).
Among the objects in Lviv are the expansion of the Protec warehouse in Zymova Voda by 40,000 sq m, the warehouse Lvivsilmash (42,200 sq m), a project from Galileo Logistic (45,000 sq m), Port Lviv Logistic Center (40,000 sq m).
According to the company, postal operators will continue to actively develop, the total construction volume of which will be about 158,000 square meters. Among the projects announced in 2021 is the expansion of the Nova Poshta network in Dnipro, Odesa, Kyiv with a total area of projects of 37,000 square meters, the construction of Ukrposhta logistics terminals in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro and Odesa (22,000 sq m each), the expansion of the distribution center Mist Express in Lviv to 11,000 sq m.
Alterra Group is engaged in complex services for commercial real estate, development and consulting. The company’s portfolio includes 31 projects with a total area of 117,500 square meters.
Dragon Capital has completed the sale of the Omega-2 class A logistics complex with an area of 32,700 square meters in Brovary (Kyiv region), according to its press service on Monday.
“This is our first closing of a commercial real estate sale deal after we made a bet on this segment in 2016, and it demonstrates that there are opportunities in this market not only for profitable investments, but also for exits,” Dragon Capital Managing Director Volodymyr Tymochko said.
According to him, the company also continues to consider the possibility of spot acquisitions in the warehouse real estate sector. In addition, the plans also include the development of the company’s industrial parks in Kyiv (E40 Industrial Park) and Lviv (Ryasne-2).
Dragon Capital is one of the largest groups of companies in Ukraine, which works in the field of investment and financial services and provides a full range of investment banking, brokerage, and asset management services to institutional, corporate and private clients.
Dragon Capital has completed the sale of the Omega-2 class A logistics complex with an area of 32,700 square meters in Brovary (Kyiv region), according to its press service on Monday.
“This is our first closing of a commercial real estate sale deal after we made a bet on this segment in 2016, and it demonstrates that there are opportunities in this market not only for profitable investments, but also for exits,” Dragon Capital Managing Director Volodymyr Tymochko said.
According to him, the company also continues to consider the possibility of spot acquisitions in the warehouse real estate sector. In addition, the plans also include the development of the company’s industrial parks in Kyiv (E40 Industrial Park) and Lviv (Ryasne-2).
Dragon Capital is one of the largest groups of companies in Ukraine, which works in the field of investment and financial services and provides a full range of investment banking, brokerage, and asset management services to institutional, corporate and private clients.
Volytsia-Agro LLC intends to invest $12 million in the launch of a logistic complex for grain storage and processing in Bila Tserkva industrial park (both based in Kyiv region) owned by the founder of UFuture Investment Group, entrepreneur Vasyl Khmelnytsky, according to the official Facebook page of the businessman.
“Our company acquired a land plot of 4 hectares, on which we plan to build a modern elevator. We intend to use $12 million and create 100 jobs. Agricultural products collected at the company’s enterprises will be stored at the elevator and then sent for exports,” director of Volytsia-Agro Volodymyr Pokrovsky said in an interview with the local TV Channel Krokus.
The company plans to launch the first phase of the complex in 2020. It will include an elevator with a total capacity of 40,000 tonnes of grain with a daily accepting capacity of 3,000 tonnes. The elevator will be equipped with a laboratory, grain dryers, silos for wet and dry grain. The complex will be able to receive and ship grain both by road and rail.
Khmelnytsky also said that in a month Plank Electrotechnic plant will be launched in the industrial park, the construction of which was started last year.
“A year ago we laid the first brick here. Now the plant is completed, in a month we’ll start production. The first test production of Plank plant is already on the shelves of the local Epicenter supermarket,” the founder of UFuture Investment Group said.
As reported, Plank Electrotechnic plant, which will produce electrical accessories and other electrical products, plans to produce 4.6 million units of products per year. At the first stage, it was planned to create 50 jobs, with the development of the cluster to 300.
BUILDING, INDUSTRIAL PARK, INVEST, LOGISTICS COMPLEX, VOLYTSIA-AGRO
