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

Local context

Why Murarrie is strategic

Murarrie's defining advantage is position. The suburb sits at the southern landing of the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, giving its estates direct exposure to the Gateway Motorway and, through it, the port, the airport and the wider motorway network. At roughly seven radial kilometres from the Brisbane CBD, it occupies the sweet spot for distributors who must service the metropolitan area quickly while retaining seamless access to interstate freight routes. Few industrial suburbs in Australia combine inner-city proximity with motorway frontage of this calibre.

The suburb's centre of gravity is Metroplex on Gateway, an established master-planned estate that has hosted more than 100 major occupiers over its life — names such as Adidas Australia, Fisher & Paykel, Foot Locker Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson, LG Electronics and Toshiba. Metroplex set the template for the modern, campus-style logistics park in Brisbane's east: high-clearance warehousing, generous truck circulation and corporate office frontage, all marshalled around arterial access. Its tenant roll-call signals the quality of covenant Murarrie attracts.

Murarrie's newest landmark is Goodman's Gateway@Murarrie, a brand-new estate of four independent warehouses ranging from around 5,000 to 12,000 square metres, built adjacent to the M1 and visible from the motorway. Designed with rooftop solar, LED lighting and a targeted 5 Star Green Star rating, it was named Best Industrial Park at the 2025 Property Council awards — a marker of where institutional development standards in the corridor now sit. It typifies Murarrie's evolution toward premium, sustainable, last-mile-oriented facilities on increasingly scarce land.

Because Murarrie is effectively built out, the market here is one of scarcity. Englobo sites are gone; activity centres on existing estates, infill and the occasional super-lot, and demand consistently outstrips supply. Recent transactions illustrate the depth of buyer interest — strata logistics portfolios and standalone facilities have changed hands competitively as owner-occupiers and investors compete for the limited stock. For a permanent-hold owner, Murarrie's combination of irreplaceable access and constrained supply is precisely what underpins enduring value.

Typical asset types here

Murarrie is characterised by modern campus-style logistics estates — high-clearance distribution warehouses with corporate office frontage, generous hardstand and B-double truck access — alongside multi-unit industrial and a layer of trade and bulky-goods uses. Building stock skews newer and institutional-grade relative to the older port suburbs further east.

What drives demand

• Direct Gateway Motorway frontage and visibility at the southern landing of the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges.
• Last-mile positioning roughly seven radial kilometres from the CBD, enabling rapid metropolitan distribution.
• Concentration of premium institutional estates (Metroplex on Gateway, Gateway@Murarrie) attracting blue-chip covenants.
• Acute land scarcity — an effectively built-out suburb with negligible englobo supply.
• Proximity to the Port of Brisbane and Brisbane Airport, anchoring long-term, infrastructure-driven freight growth.