Toll Group is breaking ground with ESR Australia at its Westlink Industry Park on Monday November 6th, marking a major milestone for the next-generation custom built retail distribution and fulfilment facility at a welcoming ceremony attended by the Mayor of Penrith, Todd Carney, CEO of ESR Australia Phil Pearce and Toll Group President of Retail and Consumer Nick Vrckovski.

Toll and ESR Australia finalised the lease agreement in May earlier this year, for what will be Toll’s largest distribution and fulfilment facility in Australia. Once complete, Toll's new site will employ over 200 workers on site with over 300 construction jobs created throughout the development’s construction.

The site spans 10.8ha and will comprise a c.68,000 sqm retail distribution and fulfilment facility, inclusive of office space and ancillary amenities with a 300-space multi-deck car park.

The state-of-the-art warehousing and distribution facility will feature A$75 million of highly specialised advanced automation technology to support growth in e-commerce, retail and omnichannel fulfilment for Toll's retail customers. The facility will have a storage capacity of close to one million cartons and, through the provision of automated picking stations and connected zone-routing stations, is expected to dispatch over 37 million items each year.

ESR Westlink Industry Park is located at Abbots Roads, Kemps Creek NSW, approximately 52km West of Sydney CBD. The location offers prime exposure to the future Western Sydney Airport and excellent connectivity to major motorways, the airport, and ports.