Progress On Auckland National Distribution Centre

Progress On Auckland National Distribution Centre

Progressive Enterprises’ redevelopment of the Auckland National Distribution Centre (ANDC) at 60 Kerrs Road, Manukau is making great progress and bringing with it strong economic development for the region.

Construction on the 15.5ha site started in March and is planned to be completed in the first quarter of next year.

The rebuild of the 26,000m² distribution centre will completely change the structure and operation of this site, allowing for greater centralisation and more streamlined distribution throughout the national supermarket chain.

The ANDC will service 267 stores nationwide and carry 8,000 product lines, this is a increase of 2,000 lines into the national network, to complement the 7,000 lines carried by the Mangere distribution centre.

“This redevelopment and re-commissioning of the Wiri based National Distribution Centre will increase our distribution efficiencies,” said Progressive Enterprises’ Managing Director Peter Smith.

“The existing Mangere Distribution Centre will become the Auckland Regional Distribution Centre distributing fast moving goods to the upper and central North Island, while the ANDC will manage the storage, allocation and transportation of slower moving products throughout New Zealand,” he said.

Presently the grocery and general merchandise national supply chains are managed from distribution centres in Mangere, Palmerston North and Christchurch.

Once Progressive Enterprises has completed the development of the ANDC, the Mangere, Palmerston North and Christchurch distribution centres will service their local regions with fast moving goods.

The ANDC will optimise Progressive Enterprises’ logistics network to accommodate future growth within the business

Major changes to the site include:

- gutting the entire internal warehousing area

- re-racking the warehouse

- relocating the docking area to the eastern side of the site

relocating the truck entrance from Druces Road to Kerrs Road,

- a complete separation of truck and staff vehicle movements to increase safety on site,

- upgrading all the electrical and plumbing services in the warehouse,

- introducing a range of environmental and energy efficiency initiatives.

There will also be onsite storm water retention ponds with extensive native tree planting.

Other local commercial property developments have occurred as a result of the redevelopment of this distribution centre.

Purpose-built warehouses have been developed in the Manukau area to accommodate Ingram Micro and Dick Smith Electronics which were both previous tenants in the Progressive Enterprises’ site.

In total these projects have generated a financial investment of close to $60 million ($45 million for Progressive Enterprises Limited, $2 million for ING Property Trust in the development of the warehousing for Dick Smith Electronics and $12.7 million for Goodman Property Trust in the purpose built warehousing for Ingram Micro) and created more than 150 new jobs in the Manukau region.

Mayor of Manukau Len Brown said this was a fantastic contribution to the Manukau region. “This sort of investment and job creation in Manukau provides for our local community as well as the wider Auckland region.

“Even though we are experiencing a slow national recovery from the recession, it is encouraging to see that Progressive Enterprises is demonstrating confidence in the region and the economy,” said Mayor Brown.

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