SUPER SITES III
From Site Selection magazine, January 2007

 
 
State Nearest City Site Name Acreage Notes Contact
Alabama Athens Limestone Co. I-65/Hwy 31 2,010 possible dual rail; no zoning required; 3 private owners Tom Hill
(256) 232-2386
Childersburg Childersburg Industrial Park 2,001 water; rail; partially cleared L. Calvin Miller
(256) 245-8332
Mobile Tensaw Tract 3,467 zoned heavy industrial; river port; rail; 4-land access to U.S. Hwy 43 Green Suttles
(251) 431-8648
Opelika NE Opelika Industrial Park 1,093 partially cleared; dual electric; rail Al Cook
(334) 705-5114
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama maintains a robust database of some 600-plus sites that includes approximately 20 that are 1,000 acres are larger near communities such as Huntsville, Talladega, Decatur, Phenix City and Bay Minette. Those not included above have been marked for their industrialpotential, but stand at varying levels of preparedness, i.e. not cleared, no Phase 1 environmental assessment, lack of one or more utilities or verbal commitments only from owners. For more information visit www.edpa.org.
Arkansas Helena/W. Helena 3,110 Hwy. 20; rail spur; slack water harbor; all utilities in place Martin Chaffin
(870) 338-8327
Marion Entergy Site 1,750 cleared; all utilities in place; UP intermodal adjacent; near I-40 and I-55, across river from Memphis; 4-college work force training consotium Danny Games
(501) 377-4468
Little Rock Little Rock Port Authority 996 Entergy Select Site; rail; 6 mi. to I-40 and I-30 Danny Games
(501) 377-4468
Mississippi Co. Entergy Site 34 2,000 Entergy Site; 34 mi. to Memphis; fronts I-55; BNSF line less than 1/2 mile to east, can be extended Danny Games
(501) 377-4468
California Victorville Southern California Logistics Airport 4,000 most relaxed air quality control standards in state; plans in place to connect I-15 with I-5; LAMBRA enterprise zone; U.S. Customs Port of Entry, FTZ Collette Hanna, City of Victorville
(760) 243-6324
Colorado Fountain Christian Ranch Ind. Park 2,800 I-25 access; rail on the way; to be annexed into city as planned industrial district Lisa Cochrun
(719) 322-2056
Fruita Fruita Greenway Bus. Park 1,800 farmland; all utilities in place; dual rail; zoned industrial; 9 land owners; borders state park, Colo. River Ann Driggers
(800) 621-6683
Limon I-70 Econ. Dev. Area 200,000 "pre-zoned" industrial/commercial; BNSF rail Van W. Sands
(720) 344-3792
Florida Jacksonville Cecil Commerce Center 1,853 former airfield to be reactivated as industrial park bizrelo@ jacksonvillechamber .org
Bartow CF Industries site 1,000 former phosphate site; 250 acres of unmined phosphate land on rail; truck scale, silos, R&D lab, office, warehouse Mark McDuff Polk County
(863) 534-2513
Immokalee Florida Tradeport 1,400+ 2 runways; FIS facility; permitting almost complete; utilities Theresa Cook
(239) 642-7878 ext. 35
Crawfordville Opportunity Park 2,200 partially cleared; partial industrial zoning W.T. Gaupin
(850) 926-7811
Auburndale Polk Commerce Center 2,000 access road to I-4 Mark McDuff
(863) 534-2513
Fort Pierce St. Lucie Co. Research & Education Park 1,650 Infrastructure for 800+ acres with expansion to rest of park planned; zoned for research and agriculture Don Root, EDC of St. Lucie Co.
Palatka Williams Property 1,202 on-site wells and treatment req.; 35 miles from Interstate C.W. Larson
(386) 328-1503
Williston Williston Municipal Airport & Industrial Park 2,000+ 2-runway general aviation airport; equidistant from Ocala and Gainesille James Coleman
(352) 528-3060
Jacksonville Woodstock 1,515 Agriculture zone; Interstate Dev. Node; 2 mil frontage on I-10 eligible for expedited permit review process bizrelo@ jacksonvillechamber .org
Panama City West Bay Sector 4,000 part of major new airport plan seeking final zoning approvals (Dec. '03) Nathan Sparks
(850) 636-3200
Crestview Shoal River Ranch 11,000 adjacent to Eglin Air Force base; CSX rail Larry Sassano
(850) 651-7374
Georgia Pooler Pooler 1,560 cleared; pad-ready; zoned and permitted juncture of I-16 and I-95 Jim Ewing
(404) 962-4018
Augusta former Augusta Corp. Park 1,700 utilities on site, incl. NS rail and water tank; fronts 5-lane highway; 9 mi. to I-520; 7 mi. to airport Walter Sprouse
(706) 821-1321
Illinois Hennepin H&H Farms Site 2,000 EZ status; gas and power on site, water/sewer 1 mi. west; NS/CSX spur to property Illinois Valley Area Chamber
(815) 223-0227
Fithian Fithian Site 1,192 dual rail access; I-74 immediately to north; 15 minutes to U of I; near Ind. state line; state permits done Vicki Haugen or Tracy Wahlfeldt
(217) 442-6201
Dupo Discovery Business Park 2,000 new I-255 interchange; near St. Louis; TIF, FTZ, EZ incentives; UP Intermodal; barge port Tom Hutfless hutfless@ claycorp .com
Rochelle Rochelle Industrial Park & Commerce Center 3,000 dual rail; I-39 and I-88 proximity; 30 minutes to Rockford; UP Intermodal; EZ pending on expansion Jason Anderson
(815) 562-7595
Zion Trumpet Park 1,200 main grid, but adjacent methane gas generation; Phase I now being dev. on 500 acres Rick Delisle
(847) 812-8180
Indiana South Bend New Carlisle Dev. Area 5,295 rail; foreign trade zone may be extended into park John Devereaux
(574) 234-6590
Charlestown rocket plant site 1,546 zoned heavy industrial www. hughesdevelopmentllc .com
Kentucky Calvert City Marshall Co.-Calvert City Industrial Park 1,855 secondary rail; river site Bill Butler
(270) 527-2009
Manchester Elk Hill Regional Park 1,021 no rail, 8 mi. to Interstate Joe Swafford
(606) 598-1754
Henderson AEP Secondary Site 1,024 on Ohio River Kevin Sheilley
(270) 826-7505
Glendale Glendale Site 1,551 finalist for Hyundai; rail; Interstate exit Rick Games
(270) 737-0300
Hawesville Hawesville Site 1,020 on Ohio River; ag zoning; CSX through site Jim Fallin
(270) 927-6121
Henderson AEP Secondary Site 4,705 on Ohio River; close to 3 national truck routes; no rail Kevin Shelley
(270) 826-7505
Hopkinsville Interstate 24 Industrial Park 2,098 Certified TVA Megasite; river access Mike Baker
(270) 885-1499
Lewisport Lewisport Site 1,109 on Ohio River; water at site; 23 mi. to Interstate; no rail Jim Fallin
(270) 927-6121
Mayfield Purchase Area Regional Industrial Park 2,220 largest tract is 1,220 acres Jim Butts
(270) 472-1753
Paducah RiverportWest Site 1,300 on Ohio River; ind. zoning; rail adj; water and gas on site George Harben
(270) 575-6633
Louisiana Holly Ridge Franklin Farm 1,400 owned by state; 4,500 additional acres avail., one owner; I-20 interchange; dual rail (KCS and NS); three univ. within 40 mi.; federal Renewal Community incentives; utilities in place Tana Trichel
(318) 757-3033, ext. 11
Maryland Baltimore Baltimore Crossroads @ 95 1,000 partially dev. park 2.9 mi. from I-95; 700 acres remaining Mike Carothers
(301) 657-4848
Perryville Principio Business Park 1,000 40 mi. NE of Baltimore in Cecil Co.; EZ status Mike Vaughan
(410) 642-3074
Michigan Alpena Alpena Co. Regional Airport 1,000+ adjacent to airport James Peltier
(989) 354-9587
Muskegon MuskegonWastewater 2,400 regional disposal facility; targeting biodiesel, dairy, greenhouse, ag use Jim Edmondson
(231) 724-3172
Mississippi Columbus Crossroads Megasite 1,800 Certified TVA Megasite; airport on site Joe Max Higgins
(662) 328-8369
Grenada Grenada site 1,175 on I-55; 275-acre wetlands; split between Entergy and TVA territories; failed TVA Megasite labor pool req. Philip Heard
(800) 373-2571
Holly Springs Chickasaw Trail 2,600 7 owners; logistics facilities already on site; part of 44,000-acre Chickasaw Trail ED Area near Memphis Marshall Co. IDA
(662) 252-3916
Tupelo PUL Alliance-Wellspring 1,700 Certified TVA Megasite; future I-22 route David Rumbarger
(662) 842-4521
Tunica Tunica Metro Mega Site 2,221 Certified Entergy Mississippi Premiere Site Lyn Arnold
(662) 363-2865
Nebraska Grand Island Energy Park 1,203 dual rail; parcels available Gary Hedman
(308) 384-2350
N. Carolina Rocky Mount Mid-Atlantic Business Center 1,688 adjacent to I-95, plans to extend; CSX rail spur Jeremy Stratton
(252) 442-0114
Ohio Delaware Delaware Business Center 1,045 reinvestment area; EZ Rick Trott
(614) 410-5627
Oklahoma Pryor Creek MidAmerica Industrial Park 9,000 quick parcel assembly available; three on-site power plants; airport Don Berger
(918) 825-3500
Owasso unnamed site 2,660 just NE of Tulsa, "ready for development" ok. commercialsearch .com
Pennsylvania Hanover Township Starpointe Business Park 1,250 uncleared; small biz park adjacent; new interchange and connector highway Barry Josowitz
(412) 231-1000
S. Carolina Aiken Sage Mill East Industrial Park 1,340 utilities in place; 4 mi. to I-20; NS rail; half timber cleared S.C. Dept. Commerce
(803) 737-0400
Bowman Whetsell 1,239 on I-26 Brad Snellgrove
(803) 536-3333
Lancaster Lansford (Foster Crossroads) 3,395 site under development Keith Tunnell
(803) 726-8127
Richburg L&C Tract A 1,151 1 mi. from I-77 Rick Moorefield
(803) 377-1216
Timmonsville Young Lands 1,422 near Florence; 3 mi. to I-95, 9 mi. to I-20; no rail Barry Tomlinson
(843) 676-8796
Turbeville I-95 Megasite 1,295 2 mi. from I-95; no rail or gas John Truluck
(803) 435-8813
Tennessee Chattanooga Enterprise South 1,623 1,400-acre expansion planned; 2nd I-75 interchange under construction; dual rail; Certified TVA Megasite Charlie Giffen
(423) 763-4364
Jackson West Tennessee Auto Park 2,100 Certified TVA Megasite; Interstate access; CSX mainline Frankie McCord
(731) 696-5120
Clarksville Clarksville-Montgomery Co. 1,364 I-24 frontage; Austin Peay Univ.; newest TVA Megasite Michael Evans
(931) 647-8011
Memphis Frank C. Pidgeon Ind. Park 1,436 CSX-CN super terminal; Mississippi River access Donald McCrory
(901) 948-4422
Vonore/Knoxville Morganton Peninsula 1,555 Juts into Tellico Reservoir; CSX rail; river and state hwy. adjacent Ron Hammontree
(865) 673-8599
Stanton I-40 Advantage Auto Park 2,735 JTVA Megasite; expandable to 3,250 acres; 50 mi. to Memphis Franklin Smith
(731) 772-1432
Utah Brigham City Fuller Property 1,700 I-15 and airport on boundary; unzoned; may annex to Brigham City; some wetlands Paul Larsen
(435) 734-6603
Texas Denton Co. 7,000 AllianceTexas; ready for development Bill Burton, Hillwood,
(817) 224-6014
Virginia Chesterfield Meadowville Tech. Park 1,300 adjacent to I-295; all utilities Faith McClintic
(804) 768-6503
Isle of Wight Co. Windsor Mega Site 1,600 conditional ind. zoning; NS owned; 25 mi. to Hampton Roads port Steven Wright
(757) 365-6251
Henrico Co. White Oak Technology Park 1,300 adjacent to Infineon and Hewlett Packard Frederick Agostino
(804) 501-7654
Mexico Mexicali Silicon Border 10,000 targeted at semiconducor/electronics www. siborder .com
France Plaine L'Ain Rhone-Alpes region 1,038 20 min. to Lyon Airport; 70 cos. in park nearby www.erai.us
Source: Site Selection survey and research, November/December 2006
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