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The Aragonese Government showed all their projects in the latest edition of the Barcelona Sil

Land and housing of Aragon for the industrial land

Esther Güell24/07/2008

July 24, 2008

Under the motto 'Aragon, the 'capital' of the South of Europe', public society land and housing of Aragon (SVA) it participated in the last of the international logistics and maintenance - Sil - held in Barcelona at the beginning of June.

Bet SVA to boost supply industrial for all types of businesses in a geographical location of Aragon optimal within the Iberian Peninsula.

The autonomous community of Aragon is located somewhere within the Iberian Peninsula, in the apex southern formed trans-European Northern Europe – Pyrenees Central - Southeast Mediterranean, connecting the Atlantic to the Mediterranean arc and the South of France. Therefore for those responsible for SVA considered its geographical location of "ideal as a strategic Center of transport" by road, air and rail. Indeed, the line of the bird, AP2 and AP68 motorway and the A2 motorway guarantee the connection with the main Spanish cities. In addition, the road axis Somport - Sagunto, also known as highway Mudejar, which vertebra from North to South the Aragonese geography, allows the connection with the communities of the Levant.

The supply of industrial land in the AA CC of Aragon, through its public company SVA, is intended to cover all types of demand, whether they are large logistics operators or SMEs looking for a new more modern space and better communications out of the urban environment. In addition, this offer is distributed by the entire community, from Fraga to Ejea de los Caballeros and Huesca to Puebla de Hijar.

SVA provides complete the urbanization of the platform of Huesca in the summer of this year

PLFraga is an ideal platform for large logistics operators.

More than 4 M of m² for all types of businesses

One of the most prominent sites developed by SVA is Huesca. It is specifically the platform logistics industrial 'plhus', 1.157.062 square meters with more than 80 buildings nest on offer, aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. Investment in this case more than 50 million euros in a project which already has more than 50 companies compromised and that will offer an own two-way train stabling as well as other connection with general railway line. For uses, will PLHUS have 659.892 square meters of land for productive activity, more 96.415 square metres of facilities. The rest of space is split between roads and car parks, infrastructure and railway area. Urban conditions, the minimum plot size is 500 square metres and the maximum of 200,000 square meters. With a maximum height of 14 meters (3 floors), ships have a density of 0.6 to 1.2 meters square per square meter. As services, it includes an own purification station, two separate networks for the supply of water, alternative supply of drinking water, disposal of faecal waters to the WWTP of Huesca, gas supply, 300 kV for power supply and telecommunications (broadband and optical fiber).

On the other hand, SVA also has a promotion in Burgo de Ebro: the industrial estate the Espartal, 650,000 square meters of surface. Well communicated, is located at the foot of the future unfolding of the N-232 and very close to the regional highway linking the town with the AP2 and the N2 at the height of Villafranca de Ebro. The project, with the second phase on sale, consists of fully urbanised plots, with all services like gas, electricity supply in low and medium voltage, separativa sanitation network, landfill or sewage treatment plant, among others. With a minimum and maximum of 1,040 and 39.833 respectively square meters plot, the ships may not exceed the 12 meters of height. In addition, the distance to edification will be according to the public road, greater or equal to 5 meters to other boundaries.

Other industrial projects in development by SVA is the polygon of Fraga: PLFraga, with a total area of 867.521 square meters and the end of the complex planned for this summer.

In this case, the plots for sale range from 800 to the 121.333 square meters, with a maximum height of 15 metres (3 floors), and a density of 0.8 to 1.5 square metres per square meter. PLFraga will have drinking water through own purification stabilization, separative system of spills, wastewater treatment of waste water, gas, 55,000 kilowatts of electrical power and telephone and broadband telecommunications. In this case it's a dream project for large operators of logistics, located alongside the A2 highway and the motorway AP2 and a commercial area and services integrated. With roads up to 35 meters, you will have parking for 300 trucks-controlled.

Master Zaragoza Logistics Center, a commitment to the integral formation

Zaragoza Logistics Center (FTZ) is a Research Institute promoted and created by the Government of Aragon in 2003 and assigned in the University of Zaragoza, born with the goal of establishing "an international centre of excellence in training and research in logistics and supply chain management" in Zaragoza", to interact actively with industry and the Administration in order to foster the knowledge in this area." In order to be this mission, the FTZ has signed an agreement of collaboration with the Centre for transport and the logistics of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Plaza. In fact, its educational programs are based on the MIT curriculum and include a Masters program, a program of doctorate and training courses for executives.

Also, the FTZ has been designated by the Ministry of education and science as a national centre of competence and Integral logistics.

Temporarily located in a business district next to the University of Zaragoza, the FTZ will have its final headquarters in the logistics platform square, in a building located in the heart of this one, designed to hold the most advanced laboratories, classrooms and conference rooms.

Aeronautical industrial park will include a field of flight and industrial space to companies in the sector.

Villanueva de Gállego, Puebla de Hijar and Ejea los Caballeros complete the offer

Villanueva de Gállego aeronautical industrial park will be an industrial area and an area of equipment and services, along with green area, with a total of 761.245 square meters of surface. Located in one of the most emerging areas of Aragon, a radius of 300 kilometres are located in six major business centers: Bordeaux, Toulouse, Bilbao, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. Located in the A-23, in full Freeway Somport - Sagunto, offers the possibility to combine building and development. This project represents a new concept of aviation Park, with water supply through regulatory deposits, separativa network, connecting the general collector with the sewage treatment plant of Villanueva and 60,000 kilowatt electric power.

Another project is the industrial estate sale of mud, Puebla de Hijar. With the fully urbanised plots, with all available services, it occupies a total area of 144.950 square meters. Located at the foot of the road N-232, is 70 km from Zaragoza and 40 kilometers from Alcañiz. The forthcoming availability of loading freight railway, and opened in 2007, the investment of the Government in this estate amounted to EUR 2.3 million.

Finally, the sale of the second phase of the Valdeferrín industrial estate, stresses in Ejea de los Caballeros, a polygon ideal for companies that require lots of large surface area, with new plots of 1,500 to 2,000 square meters for small businesses. It will also have a business center.