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Airport & Inner North corridor

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

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Pinkenba is Brisbane's heavy industrial frontier — a long, narrow riverside suburb roughly ten kilometres north-east of the CBD, wedged between Brisbane Airport, the Brisbane River and the Port of Brisbane. It hosts fuel terminals, bulk commodities, dangerous-goods and port-related operations within the Australia TradeCoast zone. Walter Taylor invests in business-critical industrial assets here for the long term.

Pinkenba — at a glance

Precinct
Port North / Australia TradeCoast — Queensland's largest employment zone outside the CBD
Key access
Kingsford Smith Drive, Gateway Motorway, Brisbane River frontage; port & airport adjacent
Proximity
~10 km NE of CBD; opposite the port's bulk terminals; minutes to the airport
Typical stock
Heavy industrial — fuel & bulk-liquids terminals, large warehouses, stockpile/dangerous-goods facilities, hardstand yards
Why strategic
One of the few Brisbane locations zoned for heavy, port-related and dangerous-goods industry — effectively irreplaceable

Local context

Why Pinkenba is strategic

Pinkenba occupies a strategic sliver of land where Brisbane's air, sea and road freight networks converge. Sitting on the northern bank of the Brisbane River and facing Moreton Bay, the suburb forms part of Australia TradeCoast — the largest employment zone in Queensland outside the CBD, home to around 1,500 businesses and over 60,000 workers. With a resident population of only a few hundred, Pinkenba is overwhelmingly industrial in both zoning and character, designed to accommodate uses that simply cannot sit elsewhere in the metropolitan area.

The suburb is best known for its fuel and bulk-liquids infrastructure. Viva Energy operates the long-established Pinkenba Terminal, supplying petrol, diesel, jet fuel and LPG across South-East Queensland and northern New South Wales, with jet fuel piped directly to Brisbane Airport. Quantem operates liquid bulk terminals here, and operators including BP and Chevron handle refined product through nearby port berths. Tank farms along Tingira Street reach substantial capacity, and the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal at Luggage Point anchors the suburb's river-mouth end.

Beyond fuels, Pinkenba's Port North precinct accommodates extractive industry, bulk commodities, chemicals, recycling and dangerous-goods storage — uses that benefit from being directly opposite the Port of Brisbane's bulk terminals and connected to Kingsford Smith Drive and the Gateway Motorway. Building stock is heavy and functional: large freestanding warehouses, terminals, hardstand-intensive yards and stockpile facilities on substantial land parcels. Institutional developers have been active here, and surrounding TradeCoast estates continue to attract major logistics tenants.

Typical asset types here

Heavy and medium-impact industrial facilities — terminals, large freestanding warehouses, dangerous-goods and bulk-storage premises, and hardstand-intensive yards on substantial land parcels, typically port- and airport-adjacent.

What drives demand

  • Port of Brisbane adjacency — premises directly opposite bulk port terminals, supporting bulk commodities, chemicals and import/export-linked operations.
  • Brisbane Airport on the doorstep, with a dedicated jet-fuel pipeline and strong demand for air-freight-linked logistics.
  • Industrial zoning permitting heavy and dangerous-goods uses rarely available elsewhere in metropolitan Brisbane — genuinely scarce land.
  • Direct connectivity via Kingsford Smith Drive and the Gateway Motorway, plus Brisbane River frontage for marine and bulk-liquids handling.

How we partner

Three ways we partner in Pinkenba

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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Pinkenba — questions

What makes Pinkenba different from Brisbane's other industrial suburbs?
Pinkenba is Brisbane's true heavy-industrial frontier. Where suburbs like Hendra and Virginia handle light industrial and showroom-warehouse uses, Pinkenba accommodates fuel terminals, bulk-liquids storage, extractive industry, chemicals, recycling and dangerous goods — uses that cannot readily be sited elsewhere. Its position on the river, directly opposite the Port of Brisbane's bulk terminals and beside the airport, makes it indispensable to South-East Queensland's freight and energy supply chains. With very few residents and overwhelmingly industrial zoning, it is one of the city's most strategically protected industrial precincts.
What major operators are based in Pinkenba?
Pinkenba is anchored by fuel and bulk-liquids infrastructure. Viva Energy runs the long-established Pinkenba Terminal, supplying petrol, diesel, jet fuel and LPG across South-East Queensland and northern New South Wales, with jet fuel piped directly to Brisbane Airport. Quantem operates liquid bulk terminals along the river, and operators such as BP and Chevron handle refined product through nearby port berths. The Port North precinct also supports bulk commodities, metals stockpiling, chemicals and recycling, while the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal sits at the suburb's river-mouth end.
How is Pinkenba connected to Brisbane's transport network?
Pinkenba sits at the convergence of road, sea and air freight. Kingsford Smith Drive and the Gateway Motorway provide direct road access into the metropolitan network and beyond, while the suburb's Brisbane River frontage enables marine and bulk-liquids handling immediately opposite the Port of Brisbane's terminals. Brisbane Airport is only minutes away, served by a dedicated jet-fuel pipeline from the Pinkenba terminals. This rare three-way connectivity — within Australia TradeCoast, Queensland's largest employment area outside the CBD — is precisely what makes Pinkenba so valuable to port- and freight-dependent industry.
Why does Walter Taylor invest in Pinkenba industrial property?
Pinkenba offers some of the most genuinely irreplaceable industrial real estate in Brisbane. The combination of heavy-industrial zoning, Port of Brisbane adjacency, airport proximity and river frontage creates land that is effectively impossible to replicate, underpinning long-term occupier demand from fuel, bulk, freight and recycling operators. As a permanent-hold investor, Walter Taylor is well placed to support these tenants through sale-and-leaseback or purpose-built development, providing the patient capital that heavy-industrial occupiers value over multi-decade horizons.

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