The Austrian furniture supplier XXXLutz, which operates across Europe, is investing around 90 million euros in a logistics center at Erfurter Kreuz. The project, which will create more than 400 new jobs in two stages, involves an expansion specifically for online business. On March 9, the foundation for the construction of the eCommerce logistics center was put in place. As such, the company is taking the next step in its rapidly growing eCommerce segment and further enhancing the interplay between classic brick-and-mortar retail and online business.
“The choice of location for the logistics center is primarily due to the perfect infrastructure at the location of the industrial estate,” explains Alois Kobler, XXXLutz Managing Director, Germany. In addition to jobs in the warehouse field, there will also be created step-by-step positions at Erfurter Kreuz for programmers, web designers and call center staff, as well as for the processing of orders.
“With the establishment of the new logistics center, Thuringia is further building on its position as a leading location for logistics in Germany,” emphasizes Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia’s Minister for Economics. LEG CEO Andreas Krey also states: “The groundbreaking investments made by XXXLutz will enrich and enhance the Erfurter Kreuz industrial area, which LEG has successfully been developing and marketing for over ten years now.”
The first construction phase, involving a commercial space of around 75,000 m², is scheduled to be completed in late summer in 2019. According to the current schedule, the entire project will be completed in 2022. (cdo)
