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

Local context

Why Berrinba is strategic

Berrinba is a mixed-use suburb whose industrial character is defined by its relationship to the Logan Motorway, which enters the locality from the north-west and exits to the east, splitting the suburb and shaping its land use in the process. Land immediately north of the motorway and again in the suburb's south is given over to industrial parks, while a residential band sits between Wembley Road to the north and Browns Plain Road to the south. That layout gives Berrinba two distinct industrial pockets, both with direct motorway frontage — an advantage few Logan suburbs can match.

The suburb's flagship precinct is Wembley Business Park, on the corner of Wembley Road and Bardon Road. Developed by GPT across roughly 19 hectares and subdivided into large sites ranging from 4,000 to 40,000 square metres, the park's first stages were fully leased to DHL, JB Hi-Fi, Mainfreight, Nature's Best and Windoware. GPT has continued to build out the estate — its third logistics facility, a speculative 16,270-square-metre warehouse designed for single or three-way tenancy, was completed and leased on delivery, reflecting sustained occupier demand roughly 25 minutes from the Brisbane CBD and 28 minutes from the Port of Brisbane. Altogether the park is expected to deliver in the order of 73,000 square metres of prime logistics accommodation.

Berrinba's other major precinct, the South West 1 Enterprise Park, was a Logan City Council initiative established in 2013 specifically to attract investment and jobs to the city. It has since drawn occupiers including Phoenix Transport, National Tiles, PACCAR, GMK, Avery Dennison, Huhtamaki and Sigma Healthcare, part of more than $240 million in investment that has flowed into Logan's logistics sector from operators such as DHL, CEVA Logistics, Mitre 10 and JB Hi-Fi. The precinct has also become a notable proving ground for logistics innovation — Wing, the autonomous drone-delivery operator, runs its world-first commercial drone-delivery service from a base in South West 1, a sign of how the suburb's blend of motorway access and available industrial land supports next-generation freight models alongside conventional warehousing.

Beyond its industrial estates, Berrinba is also home to the Berrinba Wetlands, a 120-hectare man-made recreational park along Scrubby Creek with 8.5 kilometres of walkways — a reminder that the suburb, despite its heavy freight role, retains meaningful green buffer and amenity for its workforce and neighbouring residential streets.

Typical asset types here

Berrinba's stock is dominated by large-format, big-box logistics and distribution facilities on serviced estate lots, typically 4,000 to 40,000-plus square metres, alongside a smaller layer of trade and service-industry premises. Buildings are generally modern, purpose-built or speculative-grade, with high clearance, extensive hardstand and multiple dock or container-height access points suited to national logistics operators.

What drives demand

• Direct Logan Motorway frontage in two separate industrial precincts, north and south of the interchange with Wembley Road.
• Established, fully leased big-box estates with a track record of attracting national and international logistics tenants.
• Roughly midway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, supporting distribution to both metropolitan markets from a single site.
• A demonstrated pipeline of new speculative development (GPT's Wembley Business Park stages) absorbed quickly on completion.
• An emerging reputation for logistics innovation, illustrated by Wing's autonomous drone-delivery operation based in South West 1.