42 thousand square metre industrial-logistics centre completed in the western agglomeration of Budapest

We have written several times about the major investments of HelloParks in Pest County: the property developer in Alsónémedi, Fót, Maglód (here, as we we wrote about a year ago, the MG3 hall was constructed by Market Építő Zrt.). 

Now in the western neighbourhood of Budapest, HelloParks Páty has been handed over to PT2. The 42,000 sqm BigBox-type building is located along the M1 motorway, near the junction of the M0 and M7 roads

- according to the information sent to this newspaper.

Green solutions are increasingly important in construction

Already 100 per cent occupied, the PT2 hall, like the 58,000 square metre PT1 building completed earlier, meets the standards required to achieve the highest Outstanding rating in the New Construction category of the BREEAM sustainability standard. As HeloParks informs us, the latter has recently earned the rating at Design Stage and is in the process of obtaining the Construction Stage rating.

During the construction of PT2, the domestic company reduced the amount of carbon incorporated by a further 16 per cent compared to the already state-of-the-art solution used in PT1, and this will be the company's first building to operate exclusively with a heat pump system. This is where Gebrüder Weiss, currently the largest tenant in the HelloParks portfolio, will move in. The Austrian logistics giant has signed a contract for 32,000 square metres, which is part of a significant development strategy: we recently wrote about Gebrüder Weiss in connection with another project wrote about the Gebrüder Weiss in connection with another project, when their complex in Dunaharaszti, south of Budapest, was completed, which was built by the STRABAG group.

Seventh HelloParks investment completed in three and a half years

With the delivery of PT2, HelloParks has become the third largest industrial developer in the country, completing the construction of its seventh development in Hungary since its launch in 2020. The completed buildings total 310,000 sqm and a total of 260,000 sqm of warehouse space has already found tenants.

The company's warehouses currently under construction, as well as the one just opened, are built exclusively to the specifications required to achieve the highest Outstanding rating of BREEAM New Construction and to meet EU Taxonomy requirements. Only 3 percent of properties worldwide meet the strict criteria, and HelloParks is the only one in Hungary to develop industrial facilities in this category," they said in a statement.

To this end, construction waste has been separated from the start and more than 85 percent of it has been recycled, and the offices in the buildings can be operated with zero primary energy consumption thanks to the solar panels on the roof.

Rainwater falling on the roofs of the halls is also used to irrigate the green space in the park. The common areas are lit by smart ready lights, and electric car chargers are available in the car parks.

How the investor plans sustainable development for the next decade

With its sustainability strategy, HelloZero, launched last year, the company has also developed a detailed climate neutrality roadmap up to 2035. In addition to climate change mitigation, sustainable water management and responsible waste management also play an important role.

New buildings will have a quarter (25%) and half (50%) of the carbon footprint from 2025 and 2030 respectively, compared to the developer's first similar buildings, which have already surpassed regional standards by achieving levels typical of Western European developments, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of building materials over the entire life cycle. In addition, an average of 2.5 MW of solar PV capacity per facility will be developed. The target for the operational carbon of their new buildings is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2028, with 100% renewable energy supply.