A leading global provider of distribution facilities and services, ProLogis, announced on Wednesday that an industrial park it was developing in China would be used as the primary logistics and distribution center for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

ProLogis Park Beijing Airport had been designated as the official distribution site for Olympics-related equipment and material by the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee, the company announced.

In addition to distribution, the organizing committee will use the entire 1.08-million-square-foot (some 100,332 square meters) park for warehousing, light assembly and administration of logistics operations.

"The Beijing Olympics are of enormous importance to China, given the huge scale of the event and the prestige that will be conferred on China as host country," said Ming Mei, ProLogis' managing director and head of the company's China operations.

The park is located some 3 km from the Beijing Capital International Airport cargo terminal and 15 km from Beijing's central business district.