From Ship to Shelf
Collaboration and Cooperation leads to Atlantic Gateway Council – Halifax Logistics Park
The Greater Halifax Partnership has taken the lead in bringing together the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and the Halifax Port Authority, to co-market and sell a new area of Burnside Industrial Park known as the Atlantic Gateway – Halifax Logistics Park.
The Atlantic Gateway - Halifax Logistics Park is an HRM owned asset, located in Burnside Industrial Park. The Port, the Greater Halifax Partnership and the Business Parks office for the Halifax Regional Municipality are all working together to address the needs of the potential client. The cooperative sales effort is expected to drive cargo throughput at the Port of Halifax.
Having a logistics park in central HRM strengthens our product offering and meets the needs of the client whether they are importing, exporting, transloading, distributing or simply warehousing. It is another asset, along with our Port, Airport and other key assets that reinforce HRM’s position as the economic hub of Atlantic Canada. New lots of serviced acreage can be customized to fit the distribution needs of the client.
The strategy for the park is two-phased and is to be focused exclusively on the logistics industry (including warehousing, transloading and distribution related activities). The first phase of the park has already attracted two large anchor tenants; Armour Transportation Systems and Consolidated Fastfrate. As well, smaller niche players including Cabbot Shipping and IH Mathers have located in the area.
Halifax has a history of being a leader in the logistics industry and this is an opportunity to build on our existing strengths. With the new logistics park located within Burnside, one of Canada’s largest industrial parks, there is easy access to the international port, container terminals, international airport and great highway connections.
This cooperative sales effort has emerged as a clear success story and is a great example of how working together we achieve more.
The Atlantic Gateway – Halifax Logistics Park:
- Located in Burnside Park – the largest business park north of Boston and east of Montreal with over 1,500 hundred enterprises and over 18,000 employees
- Next to five 100-series highways providing quick access to and from the region. 10-15 minutes to urban centre of Halifax, the Halifax Stanfield International Airport and the Port of Halifax
- Phase 1 of the park has already attracted large anchor tenants engaged in transloading, distribution and warehousing activities
- New lots of serviced acreage are available for immediate acquisition. Lots can be customized to fit your need
Benefits of locating in the Atlantic Gateway – Halifax Logistics Park
- Established anchor tenants engaged in transloading, distribution and warehousing in the Park
- Large acreage lots within the urban core. Quick, easy access and economically priced lands
- Close to post-panamax capable port, rail lines and international airport
- Street turning radius for double-haul trucks
- Lot sizes can be customized to meet your needs. Build-to-suit options available
- Pre-approved lots are cleared and graded with utility services
- Next to Dartmouth Crossing retail park which will soon boast the largest concentration of retail east of Montreal
