
Amazon Australia has unveiled its plans to establish its second fulfillment center powered by Amazon Robotics.
The center will be situated at the Craigieburn Logistics Estate in the northern Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn, which is owned by AustralianSuper.
Anticipated to be operational by 2025, the facility is set to accommodate up to 25 million smaller items from Amazon.com.au’s inventory.
The development of the new fulfillment center is a partnership with LOGOS, and its construction is already underway.
It’s expected that the facility’s establishment will give rise to an additional 2,000 jobs in the vicinity.
The scale of the fulfillment center is truly impressive, spanning approximately 209,000 square meters spread across four levels.
To put it into perspective, this is equivalent to the space of 11 Melbourne Cricket Grounds or five times the size of Federation Square, solidifying its status as Australia’s largest warehouse to date.
Notably, it surpasses the size of Amazon’s Western Sydney robotics site by 9,000 square meters.
This upcoming robotics site follows the successful launch of Amazon Australia’s inaugural robotics facility in Western Sydney in 2022, a move that effectively doubled the company’s operational capacity.
Commenting on the company’s investment in Melbourne, Amazon Australia’s Country Manager Janet Menzies said the site will help connect Victorian customers to local small and medium sized businesses, enhancing delivery outcomes and selection for customers in the state.
“We chose Melbourne as the home of our first fulfilment centre when we launched in Australia in 2017, and the introduction of this state-of-the-art robotics fulfilment centre in the city’s north continues our commitment here.”
LOGOS Head of Australia and New Zealand, Darren Searl said the facility the local and state government’s investments in infrastructure in the north of Melbourne
“Amazon’s new fulfilment centre will be the anchor of the 90-hectare Craigieburn Logistics Estate which is strategically located 23km north of Melbourne’s CBD within a state significant industrial precinct, benefiting from the future North East link and with access to key arterials. We look forward to supporting the community with an estimated 2,000 jobs that will be created during the two-year construction period.”
Excavation work has commenced on the site, which will be purpose built to meet Amazon’s requirements – with the lease for the centre facilitated by CBRE’s Industrial & Logistics Occupier business.
The Melbourne Robotics fulfilment centre will be Amazon’s sixth operations site in Melbourne, supporting the company’s existing fulfilment and logistics network in Victoria which includes fulfilment centres in Dandenong South and Ravenhall, Amazon’s first Australian standalone sort centre and two Amazon Logistics sites.
The Mayor of Hume City, Councilor, Joseph Haweil, said the size and scale of this project is unparalleled in Hume City.
“Not only will the Amazon Robotics fulfilment centre create thousands of jobs and ongoing opportunities for local businesses to expand their services nationwide, the cutting-edge technology used at the site will ensure our community reaps these economic benefits for years to come.”