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The draft, 400 has total, is designed as a great platform to develop new business projects

Zalia, the new area of logistics activities and industrial of Asturias

Drafting Interempresas19/09/2008

September 19, 2008

"Zalia is a space where to start." Thus define its drivers, whose commitment expected to contribute to the development of the region, committed to sustainability and the wealth of its environment: "Asturias of the future".

Zalia is conceived as one of the bases of maritime transport and multimodal communication node.

Thus the initiative to develop the 'zone of logistics activities and industrial of Asturias' (Zalia) was created with strong momentum as an opportunity to grow as a company and endorsed by the Asturian Government, the port of Gijón, the port of Avilés and the two respective municipalities. And with a clear objective: "to be the leading logistic platform of the Northwest of Spain, positioning the Principality of Asturias as a cornerstone of the Atlantic Arc".

An area of quality, effective and well connected

Zalia project aims to promote and market a logistic space that impulse the development capacity of enterprises and constantly bet on innovation and quality. The main functions of the Zalia society will be, in addition, the development of infrastructure systems, the management of the land (planning and acquisition), administrative, economic and financial management, and conduct planning and relevant studies.

Zalia is planned to develop in several phases, depending on demand and thinking about specialization of use of the 400 hectares that will occupy. In this sense, your distribution provides a center of transport and land logistics and intermodal area, an industrial area and a service centre, port logistics area, a terminal.

Zalia is part of the new model of regional development and new infrastructure.

Initially approved the study of phase one

In early July of this year the Board of Government of the city of Gijón has initially approved the detail study of the phase one of Zalia, a procedure which allows to make way for the presentation in the consistory of the project of urbanization of this phase: the first 107 hectares of more than 400 of wide action planned to be developed in successive stages.

For the last quarter of 2008 is expected to already have the final approval after the period of public information. It seeks to expedite the start of the works and that phase one will be operational when they finish the access provided by the Asturian Government for this infrastructure and has been made extensions to the ports of Gijón and Avilés.

On the ground related to phase one, the Zalia society already has a major stock exchange, some 70 per cent: a land has been acquired by mutual agreement by the previous owners, "what raises the effort and the strong commitment of the shareholders of the company"": Principality of Asturias, Gijón and Avilés, port authorities and municipalities in both municipalities" in the creation of this project.

In fact, the development of opportunity who wants to be Zalia corresponds to an integrated view of infrastructure and major initiatives in the strategies of regional development, especially in the central area, "where people and companies can generate economic activity"", contributing to regional development and the well-being of society as a whole".

And this new space begins with phase one, more than one million square meters, in a planned project of more than 4 million square meters "designed following criteria of environmental, economic and social sustainability".