Rapid urbanisation and the effect it’s having on Gauteng could be effectively addressed through a major warehouse development south of Johannesburg, according to the developers, NT55 Investments. Dubbed “Distribution Junction”, this “Port of Gauteng” is situated on a flat piece of land with crucial multimodal infrastructure in close proximity.
According to NT55 director Francois Nortje, the best warehousing sites across the world have a railway line, flat land and a highway – crucial aspects that are all present where Distribution Junction sits on the N3 between Vosloorus and an area called Vredebos.
In a document sent to various media houses, key attributes listed include “the shape and length of the land that allows for an extremely efficient mega rail terminal” which, apart from sitting between a railway line and a highway, is connected by a major arterial road – Barry Marais thoroughfare. This, Nortje added, “creates an efficient intermodal swop”. Made up of several erven, the property of at least 140 hectares, provides “107 hectares abutting the railway line, 2.2 kilometres of straight-on rail frontage, shovel-ready land that will unlock logistical efficiencies, and Nederveen Road which was recently upgraded to the highest provincial specifications”.
