The only way is up

Rafał Ostrowski, ‘Eurobuild CEE’: You have developed a multi-level warehouse in the Gennevilliers commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. How do you feel about the whole project? Andrew Gulliford, COO, Segro: Very proud. This is our first development of a multi-storey building and I think we’ve been bold and not a little adventurous. We picked our location extremely well and have developed a great project – and when clients lease up the space so quickly you have to think you’ve got something pretty good. So I think it’s safe to say that it is pretty good. This is the first time Segro has done this, but how common are two-level warehouses on this market? In the Far East they are fairly common. Places like Shanghai, Hong Kong have got quite a few multi-level warehouses. But in Europe it’s rather a new concept. Funnily enough, in Paris itself in the seventies and eighties a couple of examples of multi-levels were built. We have also got