Asahi Confirms $150m Distribution Centre for Redbank Motorway Estate

IPSWICH, 10 Jun 2026 – Asahi Beverages has started construction on a $150 million distribution centre at Goodman’s Redbank Motorway Estate.

Adding another major automated logistics facility to one of Ipswich’s fastest-growing industrial precincts.

The new centre will handle Asahi’s alcohol and non-alcohol beverage range. Using robotics, a high-speed shuttle system, rooftop solar and rainwater harvesting.

Approved council documents show the scale of the Redbank build: a 48,561 m² distribution centre on a 109,622 m² site, with a 39m high-bay warehouse, 24/7 operating approval, heavy-vehicle access, truck parking, offices, route operations and a large hardstand.

• Development application: 10383/2025/MCU
• Approval date: 23 Dec 2025
• Proposal: Material Change of Use – Warehouse
• Address: 43 Weedman Street, Redbank QLD 4301
• Approval property description: 43 Weedman Street and 14 Montgomery Street, Redbank
• Approved lot: Proposed Lot 42, Redbank Motorway Estate
• Site context: Montgomery Street to the north, Weedman Street to the west, Lot 41 to the east and Lot 44 to the south

• Developer / landlord: Goodman
• Builder: McNab
• Project support: TMX Transform for network design, property procurement and project management
• Lease structure: Goodman will construct the warehouse and lease it to Asahi on a long-term basis
• Green target: 5 Star Green Star rating
• Sustainability features: 1MW solar, native landscaping and 50,000 litres of rainwater tanks for irrigation and amenities reuse

Council Approval Details

• Application number: 10383/2025/MCU
• Applicant: Goodman Property Services (Aust) Pty Ltd
• Owner: GTA Industrial Custodian Pty Limited
• Decision: Approved in full, subject to conditions
• Currency period: 6 years
• Planning zone: Medium Impact Industry
• Assessment type: Code assessable
• Infrastructure charges: $955,845.42
• SARA response: No requirements
• Energex response: No objection and no requirements

The assessment report says the development generally complies with the relevant assessment benchmarks, or can be conditioned to comply. The application was assessed under the Ipswich City Plan 2025, which had taken effect on 1 Jul 2025.

What Is Actually Being Built?

The approved plans show one large warehouse distribution facility split into two main warehouse zones: a 30,155 m² low-bay warehouse and a 14,376 m² high-bay warehouse.

The high-bay section is the standout feature.

The DA sections show ground level around RL 21.220 and the high-bay ridge at RL 60.220, putting the tallest section at about 39 metres above ground. The low-bay ridge is about 14.7 metres above ground.

That height reflects the way the centre is expected to operate. Asahi says the Redbank facility will use a high-speed shuttle system and sophisticated robotics, making it a purpose-built automated beverage distribution centre rather than a standard warehouse.

• Total building area: 48,561 m²
• Warehouse low bay: approx. 30,155 m²
• Warehouse high bay: 14,376 m²
• Internal mezzanine: 2,652 m²
• Main office: 1,262 m² across two levels
• Route office: 209 m²
• Bulk office: 449 m² across two levels

Why the High Bay Was Approved

Ipswich City Council noted that the high-bay component exceeds the 15m acceptable outcome in the Industry Activities Code.

Council accepted the height because it is tied to the operational requirements of the warehouse, including storage, racking and automated and robotic material movement systems.

Council also found the height was suitable in the Redbank Motorway Estate context, including the nearby Coles Distribution Centre, which has a maximum height of 34.8m.

• Asahi high bay: approx. 39m
• Nearby Coles high bay: 34.8m
• High-bay setback from northern boundary: 51.91m
• High-bay setback from eastern boundary: 36.88m
• Low-bay warehouse and office height: not exceeding 15m

Council also considered the visual impact of the darker high-bay wall treatment. The assessment report says the design uses horizontal elements to reduce the apparent scale of the building and maintain consistency with other Redbank Motorway Estate buildings, including the Coles high-bay treatment.

Inside The Operation

The approved layout gives a useful look at how the Redbank centre will function day to day. Alongside the main warehouse areas, the plans include keg handling, route operations, bulk operations, MHE areas, maintenance and rework spaces.

• Keg palletising: 642 m²
• Duotank storage: 179 m²
• MHE area: 888 m²
• MHE washdown: 79 m²
• Maintenance area: 213 m²
• Rework room: 110 m²
• Hardstand pavement: 48,760 m²
• Light duty pavement: 5,938 m²
• Landscaping: 5,758 m²

The office plans include open office areas, training, lunch room, lockers, first aid, prayer room, meeting rooms, quiet rooms, server room and WHSE access. The route and bulk offices have their own work areas, meeting rooms, amenities and tea rooms.

Traffic, Trucks and NHVR Access

The Traffic Impact Assessment says the site has three driveways: two light-vehicle accesses into the north-west car park and one all-movements heavy-vehicle access into the warehouse and loading dock areas.

The heavy-vehicle layout was tested for 30m A-doubles and 26m B-doubles. The report says trucks are required to follow the NHVR-approved route and enter the site by travelling along Montgomery Street first.

• Car parking: 206 spaces, including 4 accessible spaces
• Motorcycle parking: 6 spaces
• B-double parking: 13 spaces
• Route parking: 27 spaces
• Semi-trailer parking: 22 spaces
• Design vehicles tested: 30m A-double and 26m B-double
• Light-vehicle accesses: two modified Type A accesses
• Heavy-vehicle access: one modified Type C access

The standard parking rate would have required 293 car spaces and 6 motorcycle spaces. Council accepted the 206 car spaces because the traffic report listed 161 full-time onsite staff and a maximum of 142 staff onsite at the 2pm shift crossover.

The traffic report also notes that the approved warehouse is below the earlier Stage 4 masterplan traffic assumption. Stage 4 assumed 50 percent site coverage, while this development has about 44.4 percent site efficiency, resulting in a lower peak-hour traffic estimate than the earlier allowance.

Staffing and Shifts

The traffic report lists 161 full-time onsite staff across the main office, route, bulk/flow and warehouse teams.

• Main office: 28 staff
• Route: 9 staff
• Bulk / flow: 24 staff
• Warehouse: 100 staff
• Shift 1, 6am to 2pm: 93 staff
• Shift 2, 2pm to 10pm: 49 staff
• Shift 3, 10pm to 6am: 19 staff
• Maximum onsite at shift crossover: 142 staff

24/7 Operation and Noise

The Environmental Noise Assessment says the proposed operating hours are 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The decision notice condition confirms work or business on the premises is permitted at all times.

The noise assessment modelled truck loading and unloading, forklifts, keg handling, pallet drops, refrigerated truck idling, truck reversing alarms, waste collection, roller doors and plant noise. It predicted compliance with the relevant noise criteria at the nearest residential receivers without extra noise attenuation measures.

• Outdoor public address systems: emergency use only
• Outdoor amplified or live music: not permitted
• Metal grilles and plates subject to traffic: must be acoustically damped
• Warehouse HVAC: noise report says there is no HVAC to the warehouse
• Predicted outdoor receiver levels: approx. 26 to 30 dB(A)
• Predicted indoor receiver levels: approx. 21 to 25 dB(A)
• Predicted sleep disturbance maximums: approx. 35 to 39 dB(A)

Conditions Worth Knowing

• Construction hours: 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Saturday. No construction work on Sundays or public holidays unless separately approved.
• Operating hours: Work or business on the premises is permitted at all times.
• Lot registration: Proposed Lot 42 must be registered before the approved use can start.
• Car parking: Minimum 206 marked car spaces must be provided.
• Heavy vehicles: Heavy vehicles must be parked within the building or approved heavy-vehicle parking areas.
• Forward entry and exit: Vehicles must be able to enter and leave the site in forward gear.
• Driveways: One driveway via Montgomery Street and two via Weedman Street.
• Weedman Street parking restrictions: Required for 13m north and 21.6m south of the heavy-vehicle driveway.
• Plant and equipment: Must be screened from road reserves where required.
• Outdoor storage: Materials in outdoor storage areas must not be stacked more than 2m high where between the front boundary and the building, unless shown otherwise on approved plans.

Stormwater, Flooding and Landscaping

Council’s assessment report says the site has mapped constraints, including flood risk, overland flow, minor waterway, difficult topography, mining influence and regional infrastructure overlays. It also says these constraints were largely addressed through the parent reconfiguration and operational works approvals.

The report notes the approved pad level within the lot is above the defined flood level: the defined flood level for 14 Montgomery Street is 20.55m AHD, while the approved pad level is 20.9m AHD.

• Stormwater detention: underground detention tank under the north-eastern hardstand
• Discharge point: Council stormwater infrastructure in Montgomery Street
• Stormwater treatment: gross pollutant traps and proprietary water quality treatment devices
• Trunk drainage: existing trunk drainage network to be realigned under operational works approval 11124/2025/OW
• Stormwater easement: 4.0m wide easement required over the realigned drainage network

The landscaping is also doing visual work. Council noted deep landscaping to the Montgomery Street frontage, including planting intended to soften the approved retaining wall treatment.

• Montgomery Street retaining wall: approved wall height reaches up to 5.8m in one eastern frontage section
• Wall setback: 3m from the road
• Screening approach: groundcover, shrubs, columnar trees and climbing plants on trellis

How It Stacks Up Inside Redbank Motorway Estate

• Officeworks new omnichannel DC: 77,080 m²
• Coles automated distribution centre: 66,000 m²
• Australia Post parcel facility: 49,000 m²
• Asahi Beverages Redbank DC: 48,561 m²
• DB Schenker / legacy Officeworks hub: approx. 47,000 m²
• Bapcor national distribution centre: approx. 44,000 m²
• Rheinmetall MILVEHCOE production and warehouse: approx. 30,000 m²
• FedEx regional head office and sort hub: approx. 28,000 m²
• L’Oreal distribution centre: 14,533 m²

Where It Fits in Asahi’s National Network

The Redbank centre is the second project in Asahi’s three-part national distribution centre program. It follows the Deer Park Estate distribution centre in Melbourne’s west, with a third facility planned for Sydney.

• Deer Park Estate, Victoria: first facility in the new national distribution program, with works starting in late 2025
• Redbank Motorway Estate, Queensland: $150m facility, construction started in 2026, fully operational by 2028
• Sydney facility: construction expected to start later in 2026

Asahi says the Redbank site will help simplify warehousing and distribution along the east coast while improving distribution efficiency for its alcohol and non-alcohol beverage range.

Why Ipswich and Redbank Motorway Estate?

• Freight access: Redbank Motorway Estate has access to approved heavy-vehicle routes and sits close to the Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway and Logan Motorway connections.
• Automation-ready land: Lot 42 gives Asahi enough scale for a high-bay automated warehouse, large hardstand and heavy-vehicle circulation.
• Existing logistics cluster: Asahi joins Coles, Australia Post, Officeworks, DB Schenker, Bapcor, FedEx and other major users in the same estate.
• Queensland distribution reach: The site is positioned to service south-east Queensland, the rest of Queensland and beyond.
• Nearby beverage network: Drinks Trade reported the site is about 15 minutes from Suntory Oceania’s production facility and ILG’s new distribution centre.
• Green Star target: The project is targeting 5 Star Green Star, with solar, rainwater reuse and native landscaping included in the public announcement.

Asahi Beverages at a Glance

• Business: Alcohol and non-alcohol beverage producer and distributor
• Australian operations: Includes Asahi Lifestyle Beverages and Carlton & United Breweries
• Brands referenced in coverage: Great Northern, VB, Hard Rated, Schweppes, Pepsi Max and Cool Ridge
• Local manufacturing claim: Asahi says more than 97 percent of the beverages it sells in Australia are made in Australia
• Manufacturing impact: Asahi says the new distribution centre will not affect its manufacturing operations
• Redbank role: New automated Queensland distribution centre for Asahi’s east-coast warehousing and distribution network

Together, the public announcement and council approval documents show a major automated beverage distribution centre: 48,561 m² of building area, a 39m high-bay warehouse, 206 car spaces, heavy-vehicle access, 24/7 operating approval and a full opening target of 2028.