Logistics and freight operations could benefit from a new 18.5-hectare industrial park development in Gisborne.
Remaining sections are being marketed at Aerodrome Business Park, across from Gisborne Airport, as individual plots and multiple-sites.
Development consists of 28 building sites ranging in size from 3,360 square metres to 1.07 hectares.
The sections are built around a central loop road. The greenfield precinct is zoned a mix of aviation commercial and rural industrial land.
The building of airport support operations including freight and passengers, aviation, educational and training facilities, aircraft maintenance and repair premises, retailing, warehousing, fuel supply outlets, food and beverage and hospitality entities, car parking and storage and air ambulance services.
Meanwhile, the rural industrial land-use classification allows for retail activities of up to 400 square metres in floor space to service the surrounding industrial businesses and tenancies. The zoning allows for truck stops and refueling depots to be built.
Owner-occupier companies which have already bought sites within the business park include a helicopter manufacturer, and earthworks business, two heavy machinery repairs and maintenance firms, a fuel supplier, and a trucking firm.
Gisborne-based property development investors have purchased the remaining nine lots for build and lease options.
The remaining 13 sections, ranging in size from 3,500 square metres up to 1.02 hectares, are being marketed for sale by tender through Bayleys Gisborne.
Bayleys Gisborne salesperson Mike Florance says with many of the available Aerodrome Business Park sites adjacent to each other, the sections could be tendered for individually or in a multiple lots for businesses and developers seeking bigger footprints for operations such as logistics or freight forwarding warehousing.
“As a virtual blank canvas development opportunities, these parcels of land offer total flexibility from a design and build aspect, as well as affordability from their location on the periphery of Gisborne’s current urban boundaries,” Florance says.
“The location of these sites benefits not only from their proximity to Gisborne city centre just two kilometres away, but also directly across from the main entrance to the airport, as well as easily linking to the State Highway 35.
“The developer is also open to considering build and lease options for businesses looking to reposition to Aerodrome Business Park. The zoning gives wide scope for new or existing businesses to relocate and purpose-build from scratch to ensure a premium result is achieved that specifically addresses their needs.”
“Alternatively, as already identified by several purchasers, the Aerodrome Business Park sections could also appeal to developers seeking a top new build location.
“On the southern side of Aerordrome Road there are a number of established industrial activities – including transport and heavy vehicle depots which also contain associated workshops, warehousing storage, and administrative buildings.
“Most of the surrounding uses are primarily rural production in nature, although there is a Caltex diesel refueling station at the intersection of Awapuni Road along with a large timber mill.
“So the occupation of Aerodrome Business Park is a natural progression of this industrial activity already in place, leaving Gisborne town centre to continue as the city’s retail, foodservice, professional services, and office area,” Florance says.
