Inospace opens fulfilment centre in Johannesburg as industrial landlords add services

Inospace, South Africa's largest privately owned multi-let industrial property company, has opened Inospace Fulfilment in Johannesburg, based at Electron Exchange minutes from OR Tambo International Airport. The launch follows the successful rollout of the service in Cape Town.

The operation offers small and medium-sized businesses a fully outsourced logistics solution covering goods receiving, storage, inventory management, order picking and packing, returns handling and courier integration. Clients pay only for the space and services they use, with no long-term commitments, the company said.

It targets e-commerce brands, wholesalers, importers and product businesses that have outgrown a garage or back office but are not ready to lease and staff their own warehouse. The service is also available to the more than 2,100 SME tenants already operating across Inospace's 50-plus properties.

Inospace founder and CEO Rael Levitt said the launch was a direct response to tenant demand. "They can find space, but they cannot find a fulfilment partner that takes a business doing a few hundred orders a month seriously," he said, adding that warehousing, fulfilment and logistics services turn a tenant into a long-term client.

Devan Cairns, who heads Inospace Fulfilment, said the Johannesburg facility was designed for speed and flexibility and sits close to the airport, major courier hubs and the N12 and R21 corridors, enabling faster cut-off times and lower delivery costs for clients.

The service integrates with leading South African e-commerce platforms and courier networks so orders flow automatically from an online store to the warehouse floor, with clients receiving real-time reporting on stock levels, order status and returns. The Johannesburg launch forms part of Inospace's wider push to provide a full suite of business services to its SME client base alongside serviced offices, storage and flexible industrial space.