- Source: Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre
Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre is a national retail distribution centre located in Donabate, Fingal, Ireland. Built for and used by Tesco Ireland for distribution of a wide range of goods, as of 2022 it is the 11th-largest building by volume in the world, with a volume of 1,550,000 cubic metres (55,000,000 cu ft); for comparison, this is 42% of the volume of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.
History
The distribution centre was developed by Tesco in 2007 at a cost of €60 million and immediately sold for €120 million in a sale and leaseback deal to a consortium assembled by KPMG. It is located in the local government area of Fingal, in the traditional County Dublin, near the M1 motorway. In 2014 it was sold to a South African property fund for €129 million. In 2019 it was sold to South Korean firm KTB Investments & Securities and KTB Asset Management for €160m.
The area of land on which the building was constructed previously formed part of Newbridge Demesne.
Use
The facility employs over 600 people, and handles up to 1.5 million cases per week. It manages and distributes all ambient grocery (packaged and processed) and some non-food products for Tesco Ireland's network of 149 stores. It is laid out in 87 aisles of 31 bays, each 12.3 metres (40 ft) tall, with a storage capacity of 76,000 pallets.
Staff wear arm-mounted terminals (AMTs) to monitor productivity, which attracted media criticism in 2013.
See also
List of largest buildings by usable volume
References
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- Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre
- Tesco Ireland
- Donabate
- List of largest buildings
- Newbridge Demesne
- Swords, Dublin
- Ireland–United Kingdom relations
