A $1.5 billion industrial estate is set to be developed in the next five years over 157 hectares at Crestmead.
Crestmead Logistics Estate on the corner of Green and Clarke Roads will be developed by Pointcorp and will include 650,000 square metres of warehousing, business, logistics and manufacturing space.
Stage one of the project, set to be finished in December, will be on a 36 hectare parcel of land bought by a Singapore's Mapletree Investments for $90 million.
It will develop a $440 million logistics park spanning 200,000 square metres.
Up to 6000 jobs are tipped to be created in what will be one of Queensland's biggest industrial projects.
Logan mayor Darren Power said the nine-stage project was a game-changer for south-east Queensland.
"There are vast investment opportunities in Logan for companies in the manufacturing, transport and logistics industries and we anticipate this growth in the commercial and industrial sector to continue," he said.
"We are seeing a platform of investment across the city where multinationals are setting up headquarters and securing land that is affordable and abundant.
"This location benefits significantly from the recently upgraded Wembley Road Interchange, providing occupiers with efficient access to a network of roads servicing greater Brisbane, south-east Queensland and key interstate transport routes."
Located in the Logan industrial corridor, Crestmead Logistics Estate is accessible to the Logan and Gateway Motorways, and the future Park Ridge Connector.
Woodridge MP Cameron Dick said job creation was important given the current global economic climate.
"We're seeing this already with construction workers on site, and once businesses begin setting up shop here those job numbers are going to grow, both in the estate and along industry supply chains," he said.
The project has been amalgamated over a five-year period.
It is near the established Crestmead industrial estate at Magnesium Drive which includes include Metcash, Tilling Timber, Stratco, John Deere and Titan Garages.
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