Kajima Properties Europe (KPE) has established a joint venture with a U.S. investor to own and manage a 130,000-square-meter (1.4 million-square-foot) logistics facility in Bischweier, Germany. KPE will retain an ownership position in the project and act as long-term asset manager.
Constructed in 2025 on a 200,000-square-meter (2.15 million-square-foot) brownfield plot, the International Consolidation Centre (ICC) is the main hub for the Mercedes-Benz supplier network in Western Europe. It represents a mission-critical component of the company’s global production network. The development transformed the site into a net-zero-carbon hub with four large warehouses, including high-speed loading tunnels, its own private railway connection, office and social areas, and mezzanine space.
Located in Bischweier in the Rastatt district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s third-largest state by GDP, the ICC sits at the heart of Mercedes-Benz’s regional manufacturing cluster. Th
