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grow. We will continue to work together with CentrePort and industry
leaders to increase private sector investment in our province.”
The province’s contribution to this project is its agreement to sell
CentrePort 665 acres of land in CentrePort North (the RM of Rosser)
once a preferred and viable development partner is selected and approved.
The province purchased this land from Canadian Pacific
Railway (CP) in 2010, during land acquisition for CentrePort Canada
Way. The RFP selection process will identify a preferred proponent
based upon criteria that includes experience with industrial projects
of this scale as well as the forecasted return on investment from
the project.
“We look forward to finding an experienced development partner
through this RFP so that we can break ground in 2019,” said Diane
Gray, president and CEO of CentrePort. “The Rail Park is the signature
project in realizing the community’s vision of a tri-modal inland
port in Manitoba.”
Companies locating in the Rail Park will capitalize on CentrePort’s
ideal central location and access to three Class I Railways. The site
offers direct access to CP, and, through federal inter-switching
rules, to Canadian National Railway and BNSF Railway. It also offers
exceptional access to highways – with direct connections to
CentrePort Canada Way and the west Perimeter Highway.
Given the size of the project, the Rail Park is expected to be developed
in two phases. Phase One includes the construction of leads,
switches and dispatch track as well as space for the industrial facilities
that use this infrastructure. It may also include a common-use
rail facility that provides shared rail and road infrastructure for future
tenants. Phase Two is situated south of Omand’s Creek and will
be connected to Phase One by rail and road infrastructure. It is well
suited for larger industrial clients requiring on-site rail spurs and
switching services.
“Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increase in client demand
for rail-serviced industrial land,” said Martin McGarry, president
and CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Winnipeg. “Combining
industrial space with logistics infrastructure and services in the
Rail Park will undoubtedly attract significant investment from rail
intensive companies.”
CentrePort Canada is a 20,000-acre inland port and Foreign
Trade Zone. Located in the heart of North America, CentrePort
connects to major national and international trade gateways and
corridors, and is the only inland port in the country with direct access
to tri-modal transportation – extensive truck, rail and air cargo
operations.
To date, 54 companies have either built or are building new operations
at CentrePort. CentrePort is also working with private developers
and companies on new investments on more than 1,200 acres
within the inland port that have been sold or conditionally sold over
the past 12 months.
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