The former mechanical repair warehouse, loading bay, offices and yard at 51 Anderson St, Morrinsville. Photo / Supplied
The former premises of long-standing logistics and freight-forwarding firm, Morrinsville Transport Ltd, is for sale.
The substantial site in the Waikato township has a 680sq m building on 4442sq m of freehold land zoned Commercial 8A. The imposing workshop, warehousing and administrative premises at 51 Anderson St is in Morrinsville's industrial precinct and surrounded by secure wire fencing.
The land and buildings are being marketed for sale at auction at 11am on Thursday May 17 through Bayleys Hamilton and are included in Bayleys' latest Total Property portfolio magazine.
Salesperson Josh Smith says the building infrastructure and substantial landholding within the vacant site are a perfect 'turn-key' opportunity for any business with heavy trucking or industrial vehicle maintenance at the core of its operations.
"This is a substantial trucking facility ready for immediate occupancy. It contains virtually all aspects of a freight vehicle maintenance or logistics business, from parking space and mechanical maintenance infrastructure through to the ancillary administrative premises," Smith says.
"The property's main office building is a high-stud structure containing a reception area, two large offices, staff kitchen, and bathroom amenities all connecting to the main warehouse floor to the rear.
"Vehicle access to the warehouse is via a single full height roller door. The building is constructed with steel supports and beams, and lined in corrugated iron on a concrete flooring pad.
"The metalled yard at the rear of the premises provides substantial parking, and the ability to manoeuvre heavy haulage vehicles on site – with dual access off Anderson Road down either side of the warehouse. The high-stud warehouse allows for goods to be handled undercover, or for repairs and maintenance of vehicles to be undertaken on-site."
Smith says the expansive flat area to the rear of the site could alternatively sustain additional substantial warehousing or industrial buildings along its boundary. He says that over the decades, Morrinsville Transport Ltd had been involved in the all aspects of heavy road haulage – ranging from livestock, through to road metal and containerised goods.
Anderson St runs parallel, one block back, with State Highway 26 which links the south-western quarter of Morrinsville with Hamilton some 30kms away. Matamata Piako District Council's long-term plan for Morrinsville's urban growth strongly supports the on-going location of industrial premises in this part of the town to be compatible with the sector's industrial land use.
"The council is looking to limit the amount of greenfield development in its major settlements – Morrinsville, Matamata and Te Aroha. As a consequence, land within the existing urban boundaries of these towns – such as 51 Anderson St – will become more sought-after as any redevelopment of the land and buildings should be easier to consent within the council's own guidelines," Smith says.
Matamata Piako District Council's long-term plan for Morrinsville is also actively promoting that "industrial development occurs in the vicinity of existing rail links and major transport routes".
Smith says surrounding tenancies in the Anderson St locale include food manufacturers, engineering firms, automotive servicing companies, building supply outlets, trade-based company premises and industrial processing firms.
"The closeness of this land to one of the key routes sustaining the Waikato regional highway network is a key reason Morrinsville Transport Ltd operated from the location for more than three decades before it was bought out by a larger trucking firm at the beginning of this year and relocated to be within the new company's premises," he says.
"Morrinsville – like Cambridge and Te Awamutu elsewhere in the Waikato – is increasingly being seen by Hamilton and Waikato-centric firms, as a more cost-effective location to operate from compared to Hamilton city-fringe sites with their higher land costs and greater traffic congestion.
"Morrinsville however has the advantage of being a key geographic link between Hamilton and the Coromandel, Hauraki Plains and Bay of Plenty regions."