Bottrop's SPD fights against logistics sell-off in Kraneburger Feld!

Bottrop's SPD fights against logistics sell-off in Kraneburger Feld!

In Bottrop, the discussion about the establishment of logistics companies at Kraneburger Feld is becoming increasingly heated. The SPD is clearly against the sale of commercial space to create new logistics locations. Loud Lokalkompass.de SPD mayoral candidate Matthias Buschfeld says that the Kraneburger Feld should only serve the city's economic benefit if it is developed at all. The Welheim SPD councilor Christian Gronau also calls for value-adding, collectively agreed jobs for employees.

The SPD Boy-Welheim reacts decidedly negatively to plans by the Bottrop CDU to sell the green space east of the B224. Mayor candidate Frank Kien from the CDU brings the Engler Group into play, which shows interest in the development of commercial real estate. But the CDU has not yet been able to name a specific company that would like to settle there, which the SPD considers to be insufficient. Juso chairman Niels König sees the CDU plans as populist pressure, which is being fueled shortly before the election.

Fears about traffic congestion

A central topic of the debate is the feared increase in traffic congestion in the south of Bottrop. The SPD emphasizes that Bottrop has already made a lot of space available for logistics companies and advocates for more manufacturing industry. “Logistics not only causes lower traffic loads,” says Buschfeld, “we have to make that clear in the discussion,” reports Lokalkompass.de.

Parallel developments in Bottrop show a growing interest in sustainability and ecological solutions. Prologis, a leading provider of logistics real estate, has opened a sustainable logistics center on a former industrial site in Bottrop. This new system, which is equipped with the largest solar system from Prologis in Germany, will be operated in a resource-saving manner using the latest technology. The facility includes, among other things, charging stations for electric vehicles and relies on fully electric operation, as the report by bottroper-zeitung.de shows.

Economic framework

The new logistics facility, which will be used by Yusen Logistics as a European central warehouse, has an impressive area of ​​57,200 square meters and is aiming for a platinum certificate from the German Sustainable Building Council. With this project, Prologis has proven how the revitalization of industrial areas can contribute to regional added value. This could also serve as an example for further developments in the Kraneburg field should a resettlement occur.

While the SPD remains skeptical, the debate about the use of the Kraneburg field seems to be gaining momentum. How the various parties position themselves in the council and what decisions are ultimately made remains exciting. One thing is certain: There is a lot of discussion in Bottrop about the future of commercial space, and there is something to be said.