Flipkart and Amazon are now aggressively evaluating space for setting up warehouses in South India, and Chennai seems to be their preferred destination. Interestingly, both the online firms have identified land at same locations – Sriperambudur and Red Hills. Good connectivity, accessibility to ports, proximity to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are the advantages cited.
Both retailers will start shipping their first set of consignments from these warehouses by the second half of 2015. Property consulting firm Jones Lang LaSalle is working on the mandate for both companies.