PROPERTY developer Salta has appointed commercial real estate agency Colliers to market pre-leases for its two intermodal terminals located at Dandenong South and Altona.
The terminals are part of Victoria’s Port Rail Shuttle Network, a concept backed by the state and Commonwealth governments.
The Dandenong South terminal covers 79,911sq m in Salta’s 180ha Nexus precinct, while the Altona site comprises 35,627sq m on a 40ha estate next to the Melbourne–Geelong freight rail corridor.
Colliers national director Gordon Code said the Dandenong South Inland Port (DSIP) was “a transformative logistics hub designed to redefine freight efficiency in metropolitan Melbourne”.
Mr Code spoke of its strategic location in Melbourne’s southeast growth corridor, combining “scale, connectivity and future expansion potential to meet the state’s rapidly expanding freight task”.
Salta has already invested more than $50 million on the terminal, on top of spending more than $200 million on land, roads and related works.
“Dandenong South and the surrounding south-eastern industrial market is the only major sub-market in Victoria without existing intermodal infrastructure, despite being one of the largest submarkets by GLA in the country, with more than 10.5 million square metres under roof,” Mr Code was quoted in property media.
Colliers has described the Altona Inland Port as “strategically located in Melbourne’s western growth corridor” and offering “unrivalled connectivity to major industrial hubs and arterial roads, creating a next-generation logistics hub for terminal operators”.
“In addition to the intermodal terminal, there is an opportunity to occupy an existing high-quality warehouse facility featuring a high-clearance warehouse, five on-grade and five recessed docks,” the agency stated.
Colliers national director Nick Saunders was quoted as saying the Altona project provided direct access to key freight corridors.
“Altona continues to strengthen its position as one of Melbourne’s most critical intermodal and logistics gateways,” Mr Saunders was quoted as saying.
Salta director of logistics and strategic projects Clarenzo Perna said the two terminals reflected the company’s long-term commitment to Victorian logistics.
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