ARCHIVED - Murcia Town Hall enlarges logistical park alongside Corvera airport

The aim is to encourage other major multinationals to follow Amazon to Corvera

Plans have been approved by the Town Hall of Murcia to create a large logistical park close to the Region of Murcia International Airport in Corvera, occupying an area of over 1 million square metres.

Progress continues on the Amazon logistics and distribution centre which is being built alongside the motorway near the airport and Los Martínez del Puerto, and the modification of the regulations concerning the “El Merino” area free up the land concerned for other logistical platforms, industrial activities and services businesses. It is the Town Hall’s intention to encourage large multi-nationals to set up bases alongside Corvera, taking advantage of its excellent motorway and air communications and its proximity to the port of Cartagena.

Originally the park was designed to occupy around 300,000 square metres, but its capacity for growth has now been increased in response to an expected increase in demand. As a result, Amazon’s current project to complete a 17,000-square-metre building on a plot of 55,000m2 will be accompanied by two more warehouses, one quoted by the Town Hall as occupying 85,000m2.

The modified rules regarding development in the El Merino area also specify that green areas are to be left untouched and that a total of 2,132 free parking spaces are to be created.

The hope is that Amazon will now be joined by other major companies in Corvera, bringing more economic activity to the city of Murcia and the rest of the Region.