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Virginia Super Sites Progress Park Progress Park’s infrastructure is on the fast track. A new industrial access road into the park has been completed along with a new 16" water line to the park with two million gallons per day excess water supply immediately available. A redundant water supply from the New River is being developed to provide 10 mgd. There’s an integral regional storm water management system already constructed in the park. Furthermore, design is in place for a gravity sewer line to a 2 mgd waste water treatment plant when and if its needed, depending on the users of the park. Gas and electric utility infrastructure is equally impressive at Progress Park. Two 765 kV lines are located nearby with an adjacent 138 kV line. An in-park substation is planned if needed. Two interstate gas transmission lines serve the park with the possible upgrade to a 24" diameter line. Fiber is in place directly adjacent to the park’s property. Geo-technical, environmental and archaeological studies have all been performed on Progress Park. As mentioned, positioned at the intersection of two interstates makes this park a logistical delight. The park is served by the main Shenandoah line of Norfolk Southern railroad. Also, a proposed inland port facility could offer “deep ocean” access to this Blue Ridge mountain site. The site is also near Virginia Tech, one of the nation’s premier research institutions, as well as FTZ 238 and Customs-served Port 1481. Progress Park is located within an Enterprise Zone, a designation that provides much higher local and state incentives for users. By looking at a U.S. map, Wythe County’s superb southwest Virginia location — especially for large distributors — is easily realized. Wythe County sits in the middle of a radius loosely formed by Raleigh, Richmond, Charleston (W.V.), Knoxville and Charlotte. That being the case, a distributor can conceivably serve the Northeast and Midwest as easily as the Southeast with this location. For more information on the Progress Park super site, contact Alan Hawthorne at 540-223-3370 (see ad page 95).
Northgate Commerce Park Design criteria for Northgate Commerce Park provides an attractive setting for office as well as industrial uses on sites ranging from three to 200 acres. Access to the site is via the Nansemond Parkway, only 2.5 miles west of I-664. Water is abundant, with a daily treatment capacity of nine million gallons and current use is one-third of that. All utilities, including fiber, are in place at the park. Portland, Ore.-based IDC conducted a thorough review of Northgate and determined that it is one of the top two parks in the region for a semiconductor plant.
White Oak Technology Park White Oak is the only site available in metro Richmond that has complete and direct interstate access to two interstates, the water/sewer capacity, and the electric, gas and fiber optic capacity to fully serve another semiconductor plant. In fact, this site is born and bred to be a semiconductor site.
Taylor Farms Industrial Park
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