Godrej Scouts For Land In Ambattur To Expand Chennai Storage Manufacturing Plant
Godrej Enterprises Group has announced plans to expand its storage solutions manufacturing footprint in Chennai, scouting for land near its existing 26-acre facility in the Ambattur Industrial Estate. The expansion plans coincide with the Ambattur plant marking its 25th anniversary in 2025, driven by a surge in demand from e-commerce, quick commerce, and manufacturing sectors that has transformed Chennai into a major warehousing hub.
The Ambattur facility is one of Asia’s largest and densest storage solutions manufacturing plants, offering around 100,000 tonnes of storage and intralogistics solutions. Vikas Choudaha, business head of Storage Solutions at Godrej Enterprises Group, stated that the company set up the plant in Chennai to access port facilities, and currently exports over 25% of its manufactured goods.
Godrej Storage Solutions contributes nearly ₹1,500 crore to the overall revenue of the Godrej Enterprises Group. The unit manufactures storage infrastructure, including racking solutions and palletised systems, that helps warehouses organise goods safely and efficiently.
According to Abhishek Bhutani, managing director of logistics & industrial services at Cushman & Wakefield, Chennai accounted for 15% of pan-India warehouse and industrial leasing in 2025. Industrial leasing in the city represented 23% of the national total. Bhutani noted that while Sriperumbudur and Oragadam are already established industrial hubs, emerging locations like Redhills and Periyapalayam are also poised to benefit from growth in the medium term.
In 2025, Chennai's Grade A warehouse stock reached 42 million square feet, accounting for 16% of the total pan-India stock of 268 million square feet. The overall warehousing and industrial leasing market in India grew 26% year-on-year to 66 million square feet.
To meet this rising demand, warehouses are becoming smarter, taller, and denser. Choudaha noted that average warehouse heights have increased from about 7 meters two decades ago to nearly 20 meters today as companies work to optimise increasingly scarce and expensive land.
