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The
initial investment by the U.S-listed firm will amount to 200
million euros ($220 million) for the extension of its facility
in Roissy, the remaining 1.2 billion euros representing the
guaranteed total amount of rent over 30 years.
Under the plan, the U.S. group plans to open a new package
sorting facility in 2019, creating between 200 and 400 jobs,
according to a document handed out during a visit by President
Francois Hollande.
"The opening of this facility is an additional sign of France's
attractiveness," Hollande said.
"With the decision by Britons to leave the European Union, it
should lead us to attract even more investments," he added.
The extra 25,000 square meters of space will make FedEx's Roissy
center its second biggest in the world after the one in Memphis
in the United States.
Delivery service company TNT Express, which was bought in May by
FedEx, also plans to open a new facility in the Parisian region,
according to the same document.
(Reporting by Jean-Baptiste Vey; Writing by Mathieu Rosemain;
Editing by Andrew Callus and Mark Potter)
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