ZAL Port of Barcelona begins construction of its tallest warehouse for Lidl
The new 55,000 m² facility in El Prat de Llobregat will boost the company's non-food logistics hub in Southern Europe.
By Jordi Serra Martínez
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The ZAL Port of Barcelona, in El Prat de Llobregat, has begun the construction of a new 55,000 m² logistics warehouse to be operated by Lidl, representing an investment of 42.1 million euros.
The warehouse, promoted by CILSA, will stand 15 meters high and will allow Lidl to increase its capacity at ZAL Port by 50%, reaching 165,000 m², thus consolidating it as the main private operator by occupied area. This new platform will strengthen the supermarket chain's non-food product logistics center for Southern Europe and will complete the development of the available logistics land within the port park.
The facility, scheduled to be operational by mid-2027, will enable Lidl to enhance its non-food distribution center and will solidify Barcelona as a priority node in its international network. Its proximity to Hutchison Ports BEST will facilitate direct integration with Lidl's own shipping line, Tailwind Shipping Lines, optimizing import maritime flows.
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"The start of these works represents a key step in consolidating our non-food logistics center for Southern Europe. The new warehouse will increase our capacity at ZAL Port by 50% and reaffirms our strategic commitment to Barcelona as a logistics hub."
With this project, CILSA completes the urbanization and construction of all available land at ZAL Port, based on a binding 15-year lease agreement with Lidl. The building is situated on a 99,135 m² plot and will have an internal clear height of 15 meters, making it the warehouse with the highest vertical clearance in the complex. Currently, work is in the structure assembly phase.
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"This operation fulfills a dual strategic objective: on one hand, it renews the confidence of a benchmark operator consolidating its international logistics hub here; on the other, it culminates the development of available land at ZAL Port and reinforces our role as promoters of sustainable, modern infrastructures adapted to large-scale operations."