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Sharjah free zone to build 127 new warehouses

SHARJAH, November 21, 2015

Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (Saif Zone) has announced plans to construct 127 warehouses over a total area of 561,750 sq ft as part of its expansion plans.

It has already begun the pre-leasing process of the new pre-fabricated warehouses within the free zone industrial park area.

These warehouses have specifications of international standards and contain units of different areas (600 sq m, 250 sq m, 400 sq m), said a statement from Saif zone.  

“We are constructing 127 warehouses with a total area of  561,750 sq ft. Out of this, 39 ware-houses of 600 sq m area will be ready by February 2016,” said Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, the director of Saif Zone and Hamriyah Free Zone Authority.

He stressed on the importance of the project which had translated a part of the zone’s strategic plans of expansion and continuous improvement of the free zone into action.

"Due to demand, we are running out of warehouses which is why we planned the construction of the new warehouses. 34 warehouses of 250 sq m area and 54 warehouses with 400 sq m of area will be ready by the middle of 2016,” stated Al Mazrouei.

The establishment of new shed, paving of internal roads, establishment of new commercial offices for investors, housing for workers, a sewage desalination plant and other infrastructure projects has added another 3 million sq m thus taking the total land area to 16 million sq m.

With a distinctive working environment, more than over 7,000 companies employing 47,000 staff from 149 countries are operating from Saif Zone, said the official.

The zone acts as a magnet for well-established major corporations operating in various activities and sectors including general trading, import and export, distribution, and storage and warehousing, industrial sector, service sector, information technology, aircraft maintenance, consultancy, shipping and freight forwarding as well as aviation services, he added.-TradeArabia News Service




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