In another three years, its forecast for industrial warehouses in the major cities, the amount that will be 200,000 square meters. Instead, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is 20,000 square meters.
90,000 square meters, the largest in Europe, online giant Amazon's 10 distribution centers in 2011, one in front, put it in perspective. Today, 27 out of Amazon's distribution centers to 10 Colliers International, the largest at 90,000 square meters.
In its new report, warehouses evolution: how the factory has changed, Colliers International will soon hit Australian ports to ships and large container to store all of the e-tailing is equal to the largest gap.
Robots are widely used to deal with the sheer size of the barn, and due to the size, that dot shed themselves of Sydney and Melbourne, in the current industrial zones located a fair distance.
Robots who do not care where they live and work, in the form of simple, straight truck engines are programmed to look for the item with a bar code.
Colliers International, Nerida Conisbee, national director of research, said distribution centers are now the most dynamic - needs the approval of fast moving objects and natural light and better performing "layers", or floor space is in high demand.
"Occupiers and their distribution in the ways of how to move the more sophisticated is the enormous growth and supermarket groups to enjoy, among others [such fee, Australia Post and DHL the] third-party logistics (3PL), with the change," Ms Conisbee said.
"ECommerce providers often need special interior design and fit-out of their warehouses."
Ms Conisbee When change occurs, and how to use their space more occupiers said there is a vast difference.
"Paper-based systems for monitoring the stock levels of the ground with very little human interaction required shipments from highly automated picking systems, depends on the rate of change in the industry's evolution to the occupiers," he said.
Malcom Tyson, managing director of industrial at Colliers International says supersized warehouses are certainly coming our way.
"I would suggest that by 2018, it will not be unusual to see warehouses in Australia in excess of 200,000 sqm. The growth of logistics is tied to Australia's population growth, which in turn is driving new home construction and stronger retail trading," Mr Tyson said.
"Therefore larger centres fitted out with sophisticated facilities, such as automated picking and sorting systems, are necessary in order for operators to benefit from economies of scale."
According to the report, Melbourne dominates Australia's ports with 36.7 per cent of Twenty-foot Equivalent Units, (TEUs) the measure for containers, with Sydney at 32.3 per cent and Brisbane at 16 per cent.
The Port of Melbourne is a major driver of demand for industrial land in Melbourne, particularly from the transport and logistics sector.
Monthly trade through the Port of Melbourne is now consistently higher than 200,000 TEUs, and in the 2015 financial year, 2.58 million TEUs passed through the port.
The Port of Melbourne maintains its ranking as the busiest port in Australia, despite servicing the 2nd largest city in Australia.
The increased demand is the trigger for the large-scale sales of the properties, with the biggest deal so far being the $1.07 billion sale of the GIC-Frasers portfolio to Ascendas.
Attention now turns to Sydney West's $350-plus million assets encompassed by the JP Morgan, Growth Point and the Charter Hall portfolios. These portfolios will offer eight logistics assets from NSW with about 212,541 square metres of building area.
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