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Developers clearing the way for Conception Bay South Industrial Park near St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Global Business Parks — 2013-05-21T12:41:02-07:00

Conception Bay South Industrial Park just south of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada is a 76-acre greenfield development just off of Highway 2. Lot sizes range from 1 - 10 acres and it has city water and lot-contained septic systems. Great location for logistics facilities or warehouses.

More information coming soon!

�Halifax is where it�s at" - Industry Spotlight: Halifax Logistics Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

Global Business Parks — 2013-04-04T10:35:34-07:00

Industry Spotlight: Halifax Logistics Park

The Atlantic Gateway-Halifax Logistics Park is a multi-phased development project geared to transload, distribution and warehousing.

Published on March 14, 2013
Nova Scotia Daily Business Buzz

(Originally published in the March 2013 issue of the Nova Scotia Business Journal - "Halifax Logistics Park" ad feature)

Ask any global shipper what matters most in getting their products from ship to shelf and they�ll say reliability. In today�s global marketplace, nothing gets products to customers faster, cheaper or more securely than transloading.

Local freight management company, Mathers, can attest to the fact that location and access to a seamless, reliable supply chain are vital for retailers, importers, exporters and business owners looking to gain a competitive edge. From its 25,000 square foot facility in the Atlantic Gateway-Halifax Logistics Park, Mathers offers clients a full range of cargo-related services including (de)consolidation, cross-dock, container handling and warehousing and distribution.

�We�re only two rights and a left from the main road to the rest of North America,� says Brian Lane, CEO of Mathers. �Being a part of a hub with other like businesses, and the proximity to the port and the airport, and the connections to rail, we find our building and its location actually bringing clients in on their own.�

The Atlantic Gateway-Halifax Logistics Park is a multi-phased development project geared to transload, distribution and warehousing. Located in the centrally positioned Burnside Business Park �� close to Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Port of Halifax, two super post-panamax container terminals, CN Rail, and excellent class 1 highway infrastructure �� the logistics park is an ideal location for freight forwarders, cargo owners, and others to situate or expand their operations. The park is a key component of the Halifax Gateway�s multi-modal transportation system which moves thousands of people and tonnes of cargo every day. Halifax�s strategic location and infrastructure, combined with the collaborative approach of the Gateway partners operating under the single banner of the Halifax Gateway Council, are the anchors of an integrated transportation system that is open for business and focused on providing a one-stop-shop for companies.

Brad Price, regional manager for Armour Transportation Systems, says strategically �Halifax is where it�s at.�

�You can count on one hand the amount of cities within North America that can provide that multi-modal function. The accessibility to the port and to the 100 series highways is definitely a huge cost savings for clients, and cost savings is what allows you to grow.�

Phase 1 development of the Logistics Park includes 125 acres of serviced lots for warehousing and logistics purposes, 50 acres of which have already been developed by large anchor tenants including Mathers, Armour Transportation, Consolidated FastFrate, and most recently Nova Cold Storage and Cherubini Group of Companies. Phase 2 comprises 175 gross acres of land diagonally adjacent to Phase 1.

As a hub for logistics activity, the Halifax Gateway is well positioned to support the $100 billion in mega projects in Atlantic Canada including the $25-billion Halifax Shipyard project. A thriving Halifax Gateway brings many benefits to the Atlantic region. Today the Gateway generates $3 billion in economic impact, making it the largest single cluster of business in Nova Scotia.

�We are excited about the future of the Halifax Gateway,� says Joyce Carter, chairperson of the Halifax Gateway Council. �Our vision is one of growth and the timing couldn�t be better given the many exciting projects happening in our region. All of the Gateway partners are committed to working together to realize our vision for the region.�

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Fast facts about the park:

� Located within Burnside �� the largest industrial park north of Boston and east of Montreal with 1,500+ enterprises and 27,000+ employees

� Next to five, 100-series highways for quick access to and from the region

� Only 10 to 15 minutes to the urban centre of Halifax, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Port of Halifax, and CN-owned intermodal terminal

� Street turning radius for double-haul trucks

� New lots of serviced acreage are available for immediate acquisition

� Lots can be customized to fit the needs of any customer

� Pre-approved lots are cleared and graded with utility services

For further information contact: Michael Wile, Business Parks Manager -- Email businessparks@halifax.ca or check out www.businessparks.com

*Read more "Halifax Logistics Park" stories at: http://www.ns.dailybusinessbuzz.ca/Industry-Spotlight/Halifax-Logistics-Park-26168

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Entrepreneurship added to rural Ontario, Canada's economic development priorities

Global Business Parks — 2013-03-15T10:29:23-07:00

The changing face of rural economic development

EconomicDevelopment.org

Jeff Dixon / March 13, 2013

Since 2007, The Monieson Centre at Queen�s School of Business has been working with rural communities across Ontario to support economic development initiatives. Central to this process has been two series of Discovery Workshops � community-centric events designed to build collaboration between academics and rural businesses.

Over the course of fifty workshops, we�ve seen a shift in how Ontario�s rural communities approach economic development. The first series, held in 2008-2010, revealed three major priorities:

1. Build it Deep � Rural communities are looking for paths to sustainable economic development, strategies that will build/attract jobs that will remain for the long-term.

2. Build it Unique � Effective rural economic development needs to build on a community/region�s competitive advantage � those unique characteristics that differentiate it from others. Strategies built on these elements need to be reflected in clear, cohesive branding to attract tourists, residents and investment.

3. Build it Wide � Rural communities need to diversify beyond single-industry dependency, to build a more resilient economic base.

As The Monieson Centre has followed-up with these communities in 2011-2013, a new emphasis has emerged: entrepreneurship. As we met with community leaders across the region, it became apparent that many see the �economy of the 1�s and 2�s� as the future of rural Ontario�s economy. Rather than traditional smokestack-chasing models, we are seeing communities foster innovation, small business development, and incubators, all to support a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit. Likewise, new approaches to labour market development are being pursued, including entrepreneurial skills development programs, enterprise facilitation, and increased emphasis on newcomer and immigrant attraction. This has led, in turn, to the pursuit of new sectors including arts and hertiage, the green economy and the knowledge economy.

At the 2013 Economic Revitalization Conference, The Monieson Centre will present findings on the state of economic development in rural Ontario, drawn from this latest round of workshops. Over the course of the day, researchers and community leaders will present cutting-edge findings on the day�s theme, Building Rural Resilience through Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Presentations and commentaries draw from new work conducted in rural Ontario to help communities find new ways forward to economic sustainability.

Full conference details [April 8, 2013] are available here.

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Webcast replays of Stifel Nicolaus Transportation and Logistics Conference - February 12-13, 2013

Global Business Parks — 2013-02-15T07:59:03-08:00

Stifel Nicolaus Transportation and Logistics Conference was held at The Ritz Carlton in Key Biscayne, Florida, on February 12-13, 2013.

The two-day event featured 30-minute company overviews, topical panel discussions and featured guest speakers with interaction and questions from the audience with over 60 leading public and private companies including the freight forwarding, logistics, trucking , railroad, parcel and intermodal industries.

Click here for links to webcasts: https://statusproconf.com/Agenda/event/20

List of companies presenting:

Canadian National Railway Company
YRC Worldwide Inc.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
Ryder System, Inc.
Quality Distribution, Inc.
XPO Logistics Inc.
Echo Global Logistics
Forward Air Corporation
Con-way Inc.
Saia Inc.
CSX Corporation
Werner Enterprises
Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.
Universal Truckload Services, Inc.
Kansas City Southern
Heartland Express Inc. of Iowa
Landstar System, Inc.
Student Transportation Inc.
FedEx Corporation
Norfolk Southern Corporation
TravelCenters of America
Swift Transportation
The Greenbrier Companies
GATX Corporation
Radiant Logistics, Inc.

Canada / U.S., U.S. / Canada Border Wait Times - Commercial and Passenger Vehicles

Global Business Parks — 2012-12-27T16:52:55-08:00

If you are driving to Canada from the United States, the link below will keep you up-to-date on border wait times for entry into Canada.

http://travel.gc.ca/returning/border-times

If you are driving to the U.S. from Canada, the link below shows wait times for entry into the U.S.

http://apps.cbp.gov/bwt/

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New water line being installed to service proposed Bay Roberts Business Park in the Town of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Global Business Parks — 2012-09-23T18:06:28-07:00

Town installing infrastructure
Published on September 20, 2012
The Compass
Nicholas Mercer

Line will supply water to proposed new business park in Bay Roberts

The Town of Bay Roberts has taken another significant step in the establishment of a business park.

The town recently called tenders for the installation of a water line along L. T. Stick Drive (formerly CB Access Road), starting at Delaney's Lane and ending at Pickett's Road.

The water project is one of the conditions the town must fulfill in order to finalize a formal land sale agreement with Canadian grocery giant Loblaws Properties Limited, which operates the Dominion store on the Conception Bay Highway.

Contractors have until Sept. 21 to submit tenders.

The project involves upgrading a small section of the line in the area of Delaney's Lane, and new infrastructure to Pickett's Road. The town has $625,000 budgetted for the water service upgrades.

"It will include water for the new business park," chief administrative officer Nigel Black told The Compass last week.

He added that sewer infrastructure will be installed in a future phase.

The proposed business park is roughly 60 acres, and is located just off L. T. Stick Drive, near Veterans Memorial Highway.

Click here for full article and photo in The Compass

City of Bay Roberts Business Park

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Harbour Landing Business Park officially launched Wednesday with a sod-turning ceremony in southwest Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - low vacancy office rate convinces city

Global Business Parks — 2012-09-23T15:11:01-07:00

New Regina business park officially takes offBy Bruce Johnstone
Leader-Post
September 20, 2012

It took nearly two years of wheeling and dealing with city hall, but Harbour Landing Business Park was officially launched Wednesday with a sod-turning ceremony at the second of four, 40,000-square foot office buildings in southwest Regina.

When completed in 2014-15, the $60-million, 160,000-square-foot HLBP will stretch all the way to Lewvan Drive in Harbour Landing residential subdivision - the first major suburban office development in the city.

Dale Griesser, president of Avison Young Commercial Real Estate in Regina, which first announced the project back in October 2010, said the city was initially reluctant to approve the project because of concerns about building 160,000 square feet of office space outside the downtown core.

But the city's rapid growth and low vacancy office rate - at less than one per cent, it's the lowest in Canada - have proven the need for suburban office projects, like HLBP, Griesser said. According to Avison Young, major Canadian cities have nearly half of their office space located in suburban areas, but in Regina only 15 per cent is suburban.

"We're simply not used to the pace of growth that we're currently experiencing in Regina,'' Griesser said. "We certainly can't have restrictive policies that stop progress. The suburban office development is a direct requirement of business needs that fuel our growth and the economy.''

Even Mayor Pat Fiacco admitted the city administration has been overwhelmed by the pace of development in the city in the last few years. "For some of our experienced planners, they've never gone through this before. They're having to almost relearn this new way of doing business, this quicker way of doing business."

But attitudes both inside and outside city hall are changing toward developments, such as HLBP, Fiacco added. "The majority of citizens now start look at things (like HLBP), as to why can't we do this? Why can't we have a business park in Harbour Landing?"

Click here for full article and photo in the Leader-Post

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Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada city council wants more facts before it considers rezoning 41 acres for a business park

Global Business Parks — 2012-08-31T22:50:21-07:00

[GBP Note: This article highlights some of the issues facing the parties involved with deciding to go ahead with a business park.]

Business park plan for beneath Golden Ears bridge

By Phil Melnychuk - Maple Ridge News
Published: August 30, 2012 5:00 PM
Updated: August 30, 2012 5:18 PM

Maple Ridge council wants more facts before it considers rezoning 41 acres in Hammond for a business park.

Council deferred the request Tuesday until it gets more details from Camp Development, a partnership that includes Aquilini Development and Construction.

�It�ll come back to us in a month, a couple of months, maybe,� said Mayor Ernie Daykin.

The politicians want to know if the applicant has addressed road access to the site at 11055 Hazelwood St. and whether it�s willing to consult the neighbours on how the former TransLink property will be developed.

�I think an important part of the process will be that whole neighborhood engagement.�

Daykin wants Camp Development to consult with what used to be a neighborhood liaison committee that was formed when TransLink was planning to build a bus maintenance yard in that location.

That project was shelved in 2009 and the property then reverted to Camp Development ownership after previously being expropriated by TransLink.

According to a Maple Ridge staff report, part of the property had already been preloaded with soil in preparation for the bus yard.

The property is accessed through Kingston and Wharf streets, and is adjacent to the historic Hammond area and within the 200-year flood plain of the Fraser River.

Council was also concerned about methods that will be used to separate or buffer a future business park from neighboring homes, as well as the type or amount of soil or fill that will be brought on to the property before construction.

Camp Development, though, has already met with some of the neighbours, said Kevin Hussey, with Aquilini Development, part of the Aquilini Investment Groups, which owns thousands of acres of berry fields in Pitt Meadows, as well as the Vancouver Canucks.

Hussey has read the files detailing the concerns neighbours had about TransLink�s property.

�We know the concerns they had during the TransLink process. We�re looking forward to working with the community through the process, to make sure they�re on board.

�We�re excited about the project. We�re excited to get council the information they need so we can move it ahead.�

A staff report says the proposed rezoning to M3 allows development of either business park or big box retail. But a shopping mall isn�t the company�s goal.

�Our intention is an industrial business park, the design of which is still coming. Our intention is not a big box retail. That�s not our intention.�

He said the company is open to different concepts for the business park, depending on the market, and that an industrial park fits with Maple Ridge�s official community plan.

Daykin said when TransLink was planning its bus maintenance yard, it was preparing to address some of the storm-water drainage problems in the area.

�I think there can be a neighborhood win, for sure.�

�I�m still really optimistic, really positive about the potential. I think there�s some really exciting potential there.�

The staff report also says the company knows about the environmentally sensitive areas on the site.

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The Toronto Headquarters of leading-edge furnishings design company, Umbra, breaks the mold for buildings in industrial parks

Global Business Parks — 2012-08-31T20:31:29-07:00

[GBP Note: Umbra showcases their designs by creating a bubble-wrap effect as a facade on a 1970's industrial building. This is somewhat similar to the Atrium Corporate Center at 3800 Golf Road and Route 53 in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows, Illinois where 3Comm's CommWorks division put a facade and atrium on an older building and won design awards. In any case, architectural distinction is a way for a business park to attract and add-value for tenants.]

Umbra�s high design in suburban industrial park: Hume
Published on Thursday August 30, 2012
By Christopher Hume
TheStar.com

Even Gertrude Stein would have approved. Thanks to the Umbra headquarters building, one small corner of Scarborough has come in from the cold anonymity that surrounds it.

In other words: Now there�s a there there, a sense of place, something that doesn�t look the way it does because it had to be cheap and easy.

Indeed, Umbra�s building would stand out in any architectural crowd. With its translucent plastic fa�ade and matching tower, it is hard to miss � and for all the right reasons.

Kohn Shnier Architects, which designed the complex in the late 1990s, is one of a handful of small Toronto practices recognized globally for their uncanny ability to pull off even apparently unrewarding projects such as this with aplomb.

Starting with a nondescript 1970s industrial heap, the architects reconceived it as a beacon, both literally and figuratively. The attitude, typical in these parts 40 years ago, that a building counts for nothing more than its purpose, has been done away with.

Click here for full article and video in thestar.com

Click here for additional photos http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/umbra.html

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Rockport Group announces plans to build the seven-building Wicksteed Business Park in Toronto, Canada

Global Business Parks — 2012-08-30T10:32:31-07:00

[GBP Note: This is a fine example of how a developer can overcome higher brownfield remediation costs and still come "up with a style of building that looks neat and cool ."]
Ambitious Toronto business park shows off Rockport�s flexibility

Paul Brent
Property Biz Canada
Tue Aug 28 2012

Toronto-area builder Rockport Group has a 55-year history of building what it considers the right type of property for the prevailing economic conditions, from residential condos to seniors� housing. With the announcement of its plans to build the seven-building Wicksteed Business Park on 9.5 acres in the mid-town Toronto neighbourhood of Leaside, Rockport is betting heavily on industrial-commercial condo uses making a comeback in the city.

The planned development sites on a reclaimed brown field site that has been cleaned up since its days producing armaments during World War Two and is situated close to the Don Valley Parkway and the 401 and Gardiner Expressway/QEW highways.

Cost per acre is relatively high, a function of its location and the costs associated with the remediation process. That guided Rockport in its development plans, said President Jack Winberg.

�We came up with a style of building that looks neat and cool and can be very comfortable in today�s day and age,� he said, describing the designed look as �funky, downtown.�

Click here for full article and renderings in Real Estate News Exchange

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