The state’s first renewably powered industrial estate is heading to Logan.
The Flagstone Logistics Estate, delivered by property investment company Charter Hill, is a proposed hyper-scale industrial estate “perfectly positioned” in North Maclean in the Greater Flagstone Priority Development Area.
It will sit on a 100-hectare block on the corner of the Mt Lindesay Highway and Crowson Lane, with tenancy blocks starting from 10,000 square metres and ranging up to 100,000 square metres.
Site-works on the estate have begun, and the project is predicted to be complete by late 2024.
Hoping to get a five star Greenstar rating, current plans will see the facilities fitted with 30-megawatt solar power.
The facilities will boast a minimum height of 13.7 metres, with higher heights available for automated facilities, and 38 metre hardstands will be available for those requiring extra storage.
B-Double access will be available at all hours of the day, rainwater collection to be re-used, an ESFR fire sprinkler system, and separate access and car parking for staff and visitors.
And although this estate of more than 1-million-square-metres will offer businesses a position in a key development area in south-east Queensland, some locals don’t see many benefits.
“There are already enough problems with massive trucks on tiny goat-track roads around here,” one Logan resident wrote on social media.
“The highway will be a car park from Green Road all the way back to this industrial estate in peak hour.”
But others disagree.
“This new industrial park will bring much needed employment for thousands to keep our community viable,” another local wrote.
“Better roads will follow but as always infrastructure will have to catch up.”
Another person agreed that the estate will help improve infrastructure, but said it would also boost logistic efficiency, including in the postal service and local supermarkets that are “struggling to get supplies and keep shelves stocked”.
“About time,” he wrote.
