Overview
- Construction has begun at a Charter Hall logistics estate in Logan’s North Maclean, with completion targeted for 2028.
- Amazon projects more than 1,000 permanent roles once operational, with about 2,000 construction and fit-out jobs during the build.
- The facility will store up to 15 million smaller items and is intended to speed delivery across Queensland while adding network redundancy.
- Robots such as Hercules, Sparrow and Vulcan will assist employees with heavy lifting and repetitive tasks, with Wi‑Fi “Tech Vests” helping machines detect workers.
- Items over 16 kilograms will continue to be handled from Amazon’s Lytton site, and this will be the company’s second robotics warehouse in Australia after Kemps Creek in Sydney.