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Walter Taylor — A Wattlestone Company

Airport & Inner North corridor

Industrial property in Hendra, Brisbane — lease, sale & leaseback and build-to-suit

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Hendra is an airport-fringe light industrial precinct on Brisbane's inner north, where established estates along Nudgee Road sit roughly nine kilometres from the CBD, minutes from Brisbane Airport, and within metres of the Gateway Motorway. Tucked beside the Ascot and Doomben racecourses, it suits freight, distribution and trade occupiers. Walter Taylor invests in business-critical industrial assets here for the long term.

Hendra — at a glance

Precinct
North-east Hendra industrial pocket on Nudgee Road (Stockland & Goodman estates)
Key access
Gateway Motorway (within metres), East-West Arterial / AirportlinkM7, Nudgee Road
Proximity
~9 km NE of CBD; minutes to Brisbane Airport; short run to the Port via the Gateway
Typical stock
Light industrial warehouse/distribution; brick-and-tilt to modern (10m+ clearance, ESFR, hardstand)
Why strategic
One of the closest light industrial precincts to Brisbane Airport, buffered from heavy industry and tightly held

Local context

Why Hendra is strategic

Hendra is unusual among Brisbane's industrial suburbs in that its commercial activity is concentrated in a single, well-defined precinct in the suburb's north-east, hard against the East-West Arterial and the Airport Link corridor, while the balance of the suburb remains prized residential streets around Eagle Farm Racecourse. This separation gives the industrial estates a contained, premium character — close to the airport's freight and aviation activity, yet buffered from the heavier port and chemical uses found further east.

The precinct's anchor addresses sit along Nudgee Road, where estates such as Stockland's Hendra Industrial Estate (420–448 Nudgee Road, around 83,000 square metres across 19 warehouses) and Goodman's Brisbane Gate Industrial Park provide modern, multi-unit accommodation. Building stock ranges from older brick-and-tilt warehouses to refurbished and purpose-built units offering 10-metre-plus internal clearance, ESFR sprinklers, dedicated hardstand and 24/7 operating capability — the specification time-sensitive logistics users require.

Occupiers reflect the airport-adjacent profile: national transport and 3PL operators such as Capital Transport Services run from Nudgee Road, alongside courier, freight-forwarding, trade and service businesses that value being a few minutes from the airport freight precinct and the Gateway. The estates are zoned for general industry. Land is tightly held and largely built-out, which underpins durable occupier demand and makes well-located, single-tenant assets genuinely scarce.

Typical asset types here

Single-tenant warehouse and distribution facilities, refurbished and purpose-built light industrial units, and office-warehouse combinations with hardstand — typically mid-sized airport-fringe assets serving freight, 3PL, trade and service occupiers.

What drives demand

  • Immediate proximity to Brisbane Airport — ideal for time-sensitive air-freight-linked distribution and courier operations.
  • Gateway Motorway access within metres (the Stockland estate sits roughly 350 metres from the on-ramp).
  • A contained, largely built-out precinct with general industry zoning and limited new supply.
  • Inner-north location around nine kilometres from the CBD, supporting last-mile distribution and northside labour.

How we partner

Three ways we partner in Hendra

Sale & leaseback

Own your premises here? Release the capital and lease it straight back on a long-term basis.

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Build / develop-to-suit

Need a facility that doesn't exist yet? We fund, build and hold it — then lease it to you.

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Acquire-to-suit & lease

Outgrowing your space? We acquire the building that fits your requirement and lease it to you.

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Hendra — questions

What kind of industrial property is Hendra known for?
Hendra is an airport-fringe light industrial precinct rather than a heavy-industrial one. Its commercial activity is concentrated in the suburb's north-east along Nudgee Road, where estates offer warehouse, distribution and office-warehouse units suited to freight, 3PL, courier and trade occupiers. Building stock spans older brick-and-tilt sheds through to modern facilities with high clearance and sprinkler protection. Because the precinct is compact, well-located beside Brisbane Airport and largely built-out, quality single-tenant assets are scarce and tightly held.
How well connected is Hendra for logistics?
Exceptionally well. The precinct sits within metres of the Gateway Motorway — Stockland's estate is roughly 350 metres from the on-ramp — giving direct north-south access across South-East Queensland and a short run to the Port of Brisbane. The East-West Arterial and AirportlinkM7 corridor are immediately adjacent, and Brisbane Airport's freight precinct is only minutes away. At around nine kilometres from the CBD, Hendra balances airport proximity with strong metropolitan and last-mile reach.
What sort of occupiers operate in Hendra's industrial precinct?
The occupier base reflects the airport-fringe character. National transport and 3PL operators such as Capital Transport Services run from Nudgee Road, alongside couriers, freight forwarders, trade businesses and service tenants. The general industry zoning supports warehouse, distribution and business-park uses, and the modern estates accommodate everything from compact units through to facilities of several thousand square metres. The common thread is a need for fast access to Brisbane Airport and the Gateway Motorway.
Why does Walter Taylor invest in Hendra industrial property?
Walter Taylor acquires and holds business-critical, single-tenant industrial assets for the long term, and Hendra fits that mandate. The precinct's proximity to Brisbane Airport and the Gateway, its general industry zoning, and its largely built-out, tightly held nature support durable occupier demand and limited new competing supply. As a permanent-hold investor, we're well suited to sale-and-leaseback with owner-occupiers wanting to release capital while staying in place, and to purpose-built development for occupiers needing modern airport-fringe accommodation.

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