The Northern Beaches is a great place to live — but for businesses that need storage and industrial space, it’s increasingly hard to find affordable, well-located warehouse capacity. Below we explain the problem, the impact on local businesses, and how Health Pride’s 3PL services act as a practical solution.
The problem: industrial floorspace is getting squeezed
Over the past decade the Northern Beaches has seen strong residential growth and very limited new industrial zoning. Council studies and independent planning reports identify a persistent shortfall of industrial floorspace — the kind of land businesses need for storage, distribution and light manufacturing. This shortage constrains local business growth and pushes many operators to look for space further afield.
At the same time, metropolitan Sydney is seeing historically low industrial vacancy rates. Recent industry reports show Sydney’s industrial vacancy sits well below typical equilibrium levels — a market signal that high demand and limited supply are driving rents and competition for space. That pressure filters down to local areas like the Northern Beaches.
Why this matters to Northern Beaches businesses
- Higher logistics & property costs: limited land and low vacancy mean higher rents and longer lead times to secure warehouse space.
- Longer deliveries / higher last-mile costs: if businesses must store stock outside the Northern Beaches they face extra delivery time and transport costs — bad for customer experience and margins.
- Barriers to scale: small-to-medium retailers, health suppliers and local manufacturers often can’t justify the high CAPEX or long leases that standalone warehouses require.
What a constrained warehouse market looks like in practice
- Low vacancy: Sydney vacancy rates remain very low (sub-4%; H2/HY figures show ~2.1% recently).
- Supply gap: Analysts estimate a meaningful land supply deficit for Sydney in the near term, which keeps pressure on rents and availability.
- For a Northern Beaches business this translates into fewer options, higher cost-per-pallet, and uncertainty — exactly when reliable stock management is most important for e-commerce and local retail.
How Health Pride Warehousing and 3PL solves the problem
Health Pride’s warehousing and 3PL services are designed to remove the barriers that local businesses face when industrial land is scarce. Here’s how:
- Local proximity: storage and distribution located to serve the Northern Beaches so you can keep delivery times fast and cost-effective.
- Flexible capacity: scale up or down without committing to large leases or capital investment — ideal for seasonal demand or growing businesses.
- Shared cost model: by sharing racking, labour and infrastructure across multiple customers you only pay for what you use, lowering per-unit storage costs.
- End-to-end services: pick & pack, inventory management, secure storage and much more — a single provider managing logistics so you can focus on sales and customers.
Why acting now matters
Planned industrial projects will help, but they take time and rarely meet the immediate needs of small and medium local businesses. Given the current market dynamics, partnering with a nearby 3PL is one of the fastest, most cost-effective ways to secure dependable storage and distribution in the Northern Beaches.