South Gate Industrial Park

BML's $100 million Master Plan received a boost with expressions of interest called into a multi-tenant office and warehouse facility on remaining land in the Brisbane Markets' South Gate precinct.

The new facility will assit meeting the growing demand for warehouse space within the Brisbane Markets. It includes new warehouses, state-of-the-art coldrooms and fast cooling facilities and commercial office premises.

The new facility is a direct result of the growing demand for warehouse space within the Brisbane Markets and it is a key element of BML's vision to further develop the Brisbane Markets site into a world-class facility for the warehousing, marketing and distribution of fresh produce and flowers.

The South Gate proposal was aimed at existing Market tenants wanting to upgrade to state-of-the-art facilities.

The demand was overwhelming with the pro­posed building now being much bigger than origi­nally planned in what will now be a 15,600 square metre development.

In 2007 the first sod was turned on construction of BML's $30million South Gate office and warehousing development.

When it is completed in 2008, a further 14,000 square metres of temperature-controlled coldrooms will be added to the  Brisbane Markets, taking the overall growth since 2002 to in excess of 35,000 square metres.

The $24 million project and associated landscap­ing will greatly improve the overall presentation of the Brisbane Markets site and represents another significant investment in the industry by BML and the wholesaling sector.

The South Gate Warehouse Development has been fully pre-tenanted with existing BML tenants.

The Master Plan, for the overall Brisbane Markets site to addresses site-related issues and the devel­opment of the site over the next 15 years, includes:

• Establishment of car parking areas and an access road to the north-west of the site.
• Upgrade of Brisbane Markets Commercial Centre.
• Redevelopment of the Centre Courtyard area to modernise the Selling Floor areas.
• Redevelopment of nine older warehouse build­ings and the construction of new warehouses.

In June 2007, BML finalised contractual arrangements with the State Government to purchase 9.7 hectares of land, adjacent to its existing South Gate precinct, from the State Government. This land was once oart of a Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (QDPI&F) research station and was acquired for $7million for expansion of the Brisbane Markets South Gate site.

The ultimate aim is for the Brisbane Markets facil­ity to have the flexibility to respond to stakeholder requirements and provide the highest order of facil­ities to meet the needs of the industry in a rapidly changing and highly competitive industry.

For enquiries on the South Gate Industrial Precinct, please phone (07) 3915 4200 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .