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Zara founder buys UK warehouse leased to Amazon for $108 million: report

Oct 14, 2025 3:07 AM

MADRID, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Zara founder Amancio Ortega's

investment vehicle Pontegadea Inversiones has agreed to acquire

PLP's Knowsley warehouse in Britain, near Liverpool, for £81

million ($107.50 million), Place North West real estate news

website reported on Monday.

Pontegadea declined to comment on the matter.

The 850,000 square-foot (78,967 square metres) warehouse has

been rented by Amazon ( AMZN ) since 2022, according to PLP's

website.

Ortega's investment vehicle bought in 2023 an Amazon ( AMZN )

logistics centre in Dublin, Ireland, for $245 million.

In Britain, Pontegadea in July acquired a 49% stake in

Brookfield's ports business.

($1 = 0.7535 pounds)

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