Karim Abdellaoui, President of APRC Group, has assembled a highly experienced dream team to support his ambition of making the company one of Europe’s leaders in logistics facility development. Following Jean-Marie Guillet and Olivier Barge, Patrick Remords now joins a project built on an original vision of the logistics market: it is the optimisation of users’ supply chains that drives real estate—not the other way around!
Since the beginning of his group, Karim Abdellaoui has gladly played on his image as a logistics real estate agitator, clearing abandoned land, organizing price transparency and sharing of the value created, exploring countries known to be difficult, innovating in sustainable construction in a sector where the return on investment has long been accommodated by an ephemeral quality.
In a changing market, this vision is bearing fruit – APRC is experiencing exponential growth in its results – but above all it is convincing the best experts in the sector to join an adventure that aims to become a European leader in real estate development dedicated to the supply chain.
After starting his career in retail with Cora, creating the consulting firm Optima Logistique—which later merged with GCL Group before being sold to JLL and spending nine years leading JLL’s logistics division, Patrick Remords has now joined APRC Group as Supply Chain Director Europe. In today’s tight market, this title above all reflects APRC Group’s decision to invest beyond France’s borders in every country where its expertise can create value.
“And beyond this European ambition, I share 1000% of this customer approach which makes listening to the user the alpha and omega of our logistics strategy, upstream but also over the long term, the spearhead of the project’s relevance, and advice an assumed responsibility.
By joining the very talented sum of skills of APRC Group, I am above all choosing agility within a tight team, composed of Jean-Marie Guillet, whose knowledge of the market is one of the finest there is, and Olivier Barge, the builder of the first zero-carbon building!
We share the observation that the economic situation and the consequences of the ZAN law will require us to reinvent the real estate development market. We are convinced that this requires involvement alongside the client to advise them on the definition of their strategy and to work with them to find the best land, and to carry out their project together in order to share its value.
The complementarity of the expertise brought together by Karim is, in my opinion, the ideal combo between experienced people who have enjoyed thinking and working together for years, and who now have all the cards in hand to develop their sense of entrepreneurship, deploy a common vision and share strong human values.”
