The construction of the hall began in March and is scheduled for completion on April 1, 2026. The second of the planned halls is to have an area of 33,000 square meters. The completion date will be determined according to the schedule with the specific tenant.
The area leased to Havi will increase its storage capacity in the Czech Republic, allowing it to streamline distribution processes and implement other sustainability measures. In addition, its expansion is not ruled out in the future.
“Collaborating with Panattoni and the RSJ investment group on this project allows us to support an innovative and responsible business model, reduce our environmental footprint and significantly influence the local community,” says František Houška, Havi’s CEO for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The Panattoni Business Park Kladno site is designed to provide sufficient electricity and water capacity for production operations, thus meeting the additional requirements of future tenants. The hall will aspire to be rated at the Excellent level under the international BREEAM certification. The sustainable concept of the building also includes photovoltaic power plants for self-generation of energy, heat recovery and intelligent management of energy consumption, as well as rainwater capture and reuse.
“In the long term, we are focusing on transforming unused locations into modern industrial centers,” states Jan Andrejco, regional development director of Panattoni. “We look forward to other tenants soon benefiting from these spaces near Prague,” adds Marcel Kolesár, asset manager of logistics projects of the RSJ investment group.
Recycling local material
This is what the Panattoni brownfield site in Kladno looks like before the start of the final remediation and demolition activities.
During the construction of both buildings, a waste management plan will be followed with the aim of minimizing construction waste sent to landfill. The plan is to use and recycle local materials as much as possible in order to reduce the number of trucks with construction debris outside the site via city roads and at the same time reduce the project's carbon footprint.
In the past, production facilities were located here, such as rolling mills, continuous steel casting facilities, laboratories and stainless steel production. There were also storage facilities. A railway siding ran through part of the area. The removal of technologies and demolition of metal parts of the halls took place at the beginning of the millennium. As part of the revitalization of the area, some buildings were demolished in 2016–2017 and the above-ground and possibly underground parts were removed. The area was subsequently leveled with recycled building materials from the demolition.
Last summer, heavy equipment was deployed on site, and the remediation of the contaminated area, demolition of the underground parts of the original buildings and rough landscaping were also underway.
