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data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\">Situation<\/h4>\n<p>The EC&FZ Cluster is a linchpin in AD Ports Group\u2019s strategy of becoming a world-class provider of integrated ports, logistics and industrial and economic zone services, catering to the requirements of flagship, long-term business clients whose operations draw on services from other clusters within the Group.<\/p>\n<p>In a challenging year marked by pandemic uncertainty, the Economic Cities & Free Zones Cluster (EC&FZ) of AD Ports Group generated record revenue and profit again as it inked new land leases in the life sciences, bio pharma, food, renewable energy, and agritech sectors.<\/p>\n<h4 data-uw-rm-heading=\"prs\">Solution<\/h4>\n<p>During the year,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the EC&FZ Cluster leased approximately 3 million m<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0of land for industrial use, largely matching 2020 levels, while signing major investors such as Lepidico of Australia, which is building a AED 348 million lithium battery plant, and China\u2019s Shandong Ports Group, which together with AD Ports Group, will build and operate a 150,000 m<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0tyre storage and distribution city at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD).<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, EC&FZ Cluster once again leveraged its \u201cbuild-to-suit\u201d approach to attract new tenants, such as Shandong Group, by co-investing in their partner\u2019s business.<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging its land bank of more than 550 km<sup>2<\/sup>, the EC&FZ Cluster continued to expand and solidify its market position in 2021 as the largest integrated trade, logistics and industrial hub in the United Arab Emirates, making up 55% of UAE industrial zones and 12% of industrial zones in the six-country Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).<\/p>\n<div class=\"case-studies-details__highlight d-flex flex-column\">\n<p>The EC&FZ Cluster leased approximately 3 million m<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0of land for industrial use<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 data-uw-rm-heading=\"prs\">Outcome<\/h4>\n<p>EC&FZ Cluster is on track in 2022 to more than quadruple AD Port Group\u2019s cold storage capacity for pharma, food, and medicines to 91,000 m<sup>2<\/sup>, supporting the Group\u2019s long-term commitment to be a major distributor of COVID-19 and other vaccines to the UAE and more than 60 countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Shandong Tyre City is expected to also generate revenue for the Ports and Logistic clusters of AD Ports Group. Driving synergies and cross-selling across clusters helped boost EC&FZ Cluster revenue in 2021, as tenants were in the food, bio pharma, metals, and life sciences sectors. A major impulse to the bio pharma initiative was EC&FZ Cluster\u2019s ability to rapidly acquire and ramp up 19,000 m<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0of state-of-the-art cold storage capacity to store 120 million COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"case-studies-details__highlight d-flex flex-column\">\n<p>Acquired and ramped up 19,000 m<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0of state-of-the-art cold storage capacity to store 120 million COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also driving performance at EC&FZ Cluster were ongoing synergies from the merger of KIZAD and ZonesCorp, whose combined footprint of industrial, economic and free trade zones across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has attracted top-tier tenants such as Amazon, Emirates Global Aluminium, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Borouge and Al Futtaim Motors.<\/p>\n<p>Cluster revenue also benefitted from the 2021 creation of the Razeen isolation and quarantine camps during COVID-19, new land leases and higher utility revenues, which mitigated the transfer of businesses to other clusters. 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