The first phase of the São Lourenço II logistics complex has been delivered

A striking project alongside the Anhanguera highway in Nova Odessa, in inland São Paulo state, is drawing attention and promises to become a benchmark for high-efficiency logistics complexes. In September 2022, Grupo São Lourenço opened the first phase of this large-scale development, which in a few years will triple in size.

This is the São Lourenço II complex, built by CH3 and made up of a logistics warehouse with more than 80,000 m² of built area on a site of almost 1 million square meters. The challenge for CH3, together with the real estate developer, was to take on the project from the design stage, when it existed only on paper, through to final delivery, meeting every requirement.

CH3's technical specialists handled everything from the market feasibility study, including macro analyses of phased construction, to municipal, environmental and legal approvals. This phase, which began in 2010, took a year and a half of dedicated work before construction could finally begin.

Infrastructure work on the site began in about 2014. Every decision focused on sustainability, on meeting the principles of the leading certifications, such as LEED, and on reaffirming day after day the commitment to preserving the environment and natural resources.

This was borne out in the dam work, during construction of the road system, where all the main principles of diverting water and returning it to its natural bed were put into practice.

For the water, sewage, air and energy systems, CH3 built a rainwater reuse system for washing the yard, landscaping and toilet flushing; a total of 5 kilometers of sewer line to the city's water treatment plant; and a system providing three air changes per day, by density—the warehouse has natural thermal comfort and excellent air quality. It also designed a system that cuts energy consumption by up to 30%, since the interior uses little artificial light, the result of a carefully calculated daylighting design.

In this first phase, the development reforested an area of approximately 140,000 square meters, where 12,000 native tree seedlings were planted.

For the São Lourenço II complex to live up to everything it promised as a visionary industrial project, hundreds of technicians, engineers, foremen and workers had to be brought in. They worked from sunup to sundown to move tons upon tons of earth, raise precast, composite and concrete structures, columns and metal roofs with standing-seam panels, and lay a floor with above-average, laser-controlled flatness and levelness, in one of the most modern architectural projects around.

The construction includes a 3,000 m² administrative building for offices and truck driver support, two armored gatehouses, a certified helipad for aircraft of up to 5 tons, and parking for 900 cars and 250 tractor-trailers. The streets are 26 meters wide, and a truck yard was built outside to keep traffic out of the access control area for the loading docks.

Located at km 118 of the Anhanguera highway, the complex is about 100 km from the city of São Paulo, close to cities such as Campinas, Sumaré and Americana, and 15 minutes from Viracopos Airport. If this first 80,000-square-meter building pad already catches the eye of people passing through the region, imagine the neighbors' surprise when they see two more warehouses built to the same standards of sustainability, efficiency and modernity.

When the third phase is complete, the site will become an industrial logistics park covering 1 million square meters, with a total of 350,000 square meters of built area. It is a Grupo São Lourenço development that promises to change the region's development and economy for the better.