en.Wedoany.com Reported - Catalonia's Minister of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, Sílvia Paneque, recently inspected the urbanization works of Cimalsa's LOGIS Montblanc logistics platform in Montblanc. Covering 89 hectares, the project will include a railway hub, with total public-private investment expected to exceed 200 million euros.
Cimalsa's Technical and Strategy Director, Carolina Guerrero, presented the project's technical details and the available plots for logistics and industrial warehouses to attendees. Sílvia Paneque noted that the public-private partnership model ensures the project's sustainable development, guaranteeing a tangible and lasting impact on the local area in terms of employment, investment, and economic diversification.
The project benefits from a strategic central location: a 30-minute drive from the Port of Tarragona and a 35-minute drive from Reus Airport. The platform has direct access to the AP-2, N-240, and the newly built A-27 highways. Paneque stated that few logistics platforms in Catalonia boast such superior connectivity, making LOGIS Montblanc a key asset for the balanced development of the region.
Paneque emphasized that the site is located in one of the best-connected logistics areas in the country, at the heart of Catalonia's main logistics corridor, surrounded by the planned Lleida Vilanoveta hub, the Camp de Tarragona high-speed train station, and Alguaire Airport. Guerrero added that the Montblanc area has a population of nearly 500,000 and a strong network of vocational training centers and universities, capable of providing the talent needed by settling-in companies.
The platform covers a total area of 89 hectares and will provide over 395,000 square meters of land, of which more than 356,000 square meters are designated for logistics and industrial installations, and approximately 39,000 square meters for tertiary activities. Regarding the first phase of urbanization, Stage 1A was completed in March of this year with an investment of 9,028,295.21 euros; Stage 1B is currently underway with a budget of 2,066,880.73 euros and is expected to be completed by December of this year. By the end of this year, the first phase will be fully completed, and the second phase will be linked to the sales process of available plots.
The project plan involves a public investment of 37.2 million euros from Cimalsa, leveraging approximately 165 million euros in private investment. Currently, LOGIS has welcomed a large-scale settlement by the Bon Preu Group, which purchased the 191,932 square meter LI-3 plot for 15.75 million euros. This capital is used by Cimalsa to fund the urbanization of the first phase. Bon Preu's settlement will bring an initial investment of 48 million euros and create 470 direct jobs. It is expected that a 120,000 square meter warehouse will be built in the future, with a total investment reaching 200 million euros and creating 900 jobs.
In terms of multimodal transport, the platform has reserved 8 hectares for the construction of a future rail multimodal hub, which will be equipped with up to 5 tracks with an effective length of 750 meters. The expected public-private investment for this hub is 21.5 million euros. Paneque stated that the project aligns with EU guidelines and Catalonia's logistics strategy, noting that European logistics competitiveness requires an increased share of rail transport.
Environmentally, the park will achieve carbon neutrality by building a 30-hectare photovoltaic power station (managed by Energies Renovables Terra Ferma) on an adjacent plot. The station is expected to become operational in the second half of 2026. The project adopts an agrivoltaic design, allowing over 80% of the land to remain available for farming while producing clean energy.
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