en.Wedoany.com Reported - French construction company Idec will deliver a new cold storage facility to Semmaris, the management company of the MIN de Rungis international food market, in the fall of 2027. The multi-story facility, with a total area of 20,400 square meters, features four cold rooms, each accessible to heavy trucks of up to 44 tons, designed to address the challenges of logistics intensification.
Idec was selected through a design-build tender, with its advantage lying in internal engineering capabilities proven across multiple multi-story projects and a deep understanding of the Rungis market gained through recent projects. Within days, this project became the second multi-story initiative launched in the Île-de-France region, following the R+2 mixed-use project by Virtuo and CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) in Bezons. Both projects are scheduled for delivery next year and will seek tenants before then.
The l10b building, located on a 25.5-hectare plot in the "storage zone" of the food market, replaces the demolished l10 warehouse due to obsolescence and is one of two new buildings. Standing 22 meters tall, it can accommodate four independent users, each with a 3,800-square-meter cold room (with dock doors on both sides on the ground floor and only one side on the upper floor), over 500 square meters of office space, and dedicated technical rooms. Each user also has an independent truck loading and unloading area, accessed via two one-way ramps to the second floor, ensuring smooth traffic flow.
In terms of carbon footprint, the project team has adopted multiple measures. A rooftop photovoltaic power plant, installed by Idec Group's subsidiary ENR Solar, will be used for self-consumption; the building will connect to the district heating network of the Rungis food market, which has already been significantly decarbonized. Additionally, the building features a highly insulated envelope, integrated green design, and low-carbon materials (concrete and steel, or a wood-concrete hybrid roof structure on the second floor). The project team is currently participating in the development of a logistics-specific low-carbon certification (BBCA) led by the Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI).
