GSE ITALIA DELIVERS THE FIRST WAREHOUSE TO P3 LOGISTIC PARKS IN ALTEDO, WITH THE SECOND NOW UNDERWAY

GSE Italia has completed the redevelopment of the 175,000 m² site that once housed a former sugar refinery in San Pietro in Casale (Bologna), which will now become a major logistics hub. Following the delivery of a first 38,000 m² facility to P3 Logistic Parks, GSE Italia has now launched construction works on a second 26,000 m² warehouse for the same company, a long-term investor specialising in the management and development of logistics real estate across Europe and wholly owned by GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Singapore.

The first warehouse: a model of sustainability and landscape integration The first building, recently delivered and currently targeting BREEAM Excellent environmental certification, has a surface area of 38,000 m² and features a precast prestressed reinforced concrete structure, with an envelope consisting of thermally insulated concrete panels at ground level and insulated aluminium cladding for the upper sections. The internal flooring was cast using fibre-reinforced concrete in a facility equipped with 38 loading bays. The roof was constructed using the Bac-Acier system, introduced to Italy by GSE in the 1990s and now considered the national market standard for logistics buildings due to its thermal insulation and airtightness performance. The building envelope is completed by a TPO waterproofing membrane and has been designed to accommodate a photovoltaic system with an installed capacity of approximately 2,100 kW.

Construction begins on the second facility Thanks to the successful collaboration on the first warehouse, P3 Logistic Parks has commissioned GSE Italia to develop a second 26,000 m² facility which, with its 26 loading bays, will make the San Pietro in Casale (Bologna) site one of Italy’s leading logistics hubs in terms of size, location and freight flow optimisation. This achievement is supported by high construction standards and a strategic location just 800 metres from the Altedo exit of the A13 motorway (Padua-Bologna), with direct access to a provincial road.

Giving back to the community The brownfield project enabled the regeneration of the former SFIR sugar refinery site, where demolition and remediation works had already been carried out, initiating a broader process of urban regeneration and territorial redevelopment. The project delivered by GSE Italia is not limited to the two logistics facilities but also includes the planting of approximately 2,400 trees, the creation of around 7,500 m² dedicated to stormwater retention basins, and a wide range of public infrastructure works, including: a new roundabout on Provincial Road SP20, the construction of two new public transport stops, a circular cycle path of approximately 2 km featuring three timber and steel pedestrian and cycling bridges, the reconstruction of two steel road bridges with spans of approximately 20 metres crossing the Calcarata canal, the complete redevelopment of Via Cà Bianca, and a new 4,000 m² public parking area.