995 Elm Street, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, 8.5 acres
General Site Description
This site includes a 47,000 square foot industrial building with 8.5 acres of development ready land. The site is zoned for industrial use and the facility is available as soon as needed. The building and lot can also accommodate additions to suit custom manufacturing needs. There are several local construction contractors with extensive experience designing and building industrial facilities. Most supplies for construction can be locally sourced.
Property Details
- 8.5 acres of development ready land with a 47,000 square foot industrial building.
- The 47,000 square foot building includes 4,500 square feet of office space; the remainder is for industrial or warehousing purposes. Maximum ceiling clearance in 16.5 feet, floor slab thickness is 4 inches. Column spacing is 30 feet by 40 feet. The building is heated and has a fire sprinkler system.
- Paved, 80 space car park.
- Concrete pad for dropping trailers, 6 dock level loading doors, 1 drive-in door.
- The site is currently vacant. Past uses include FedEx depot, manufacturing, and industrial knitting.
Servicing
- Water service at the site is one 350 mm (13.8 inch) line; sanitary sewer at site is one 375 mm (14.8 inch) line.
- Electrical service at site is 27.6 kv. Upgraded service is available.
- Natural gas service at site is one 30 mm (1.2 inch) pipe.
- A variety of broadband telecommunications are available at the site including fibre and coaxial.
Transportation
- The site is located close to two expressways. It is 12.5 km (8 miles) from Hwy. 406 which is part of Ontario's sophisticated highway network, and is 24.5 km (15 miles) from the Queen Elizabeth Way, which offers numerous connections to Western New York. The site is also close to three other provincial highways that serve as secondary transportations routes in Ontario.
- Port Colborne is located 20 to 30 minutes from the Peace Bridge, which connects to the Interstate Highway System in Buffalo, New York.
- A City-owned rail line is adjacent to this site. Rail service can be extended to the site pending permissions and approval.
- Port Colborne is home to numerous port facilities capable of handling oversized cargo. There are several local transportation companies with extensive experience in loading and unloading a wide variety of cargo from ships.
- Port Colborne is located 30 to 40 minutes from the Buffalo International Airport in Buffalo, New York.
Land Uses
- This site is designated Industrial/Employment in the City's Official Plan and zoned Light Industrial in the City's Zoning By-law.
- Permitted uses for Light Industrial include: repair shops for automobiles, including body shops, household furnishings, household appliances, commercial appliances; yards for the concealed storage of lumber, brick, cement blocks, materials used for building construction; laundries and dry cleaning plants; cleaning plants; food processing establishments; scientific or medical establishments; general industrial uses; dyers; printers; publishing establishments; ship chandlers; storage warehouses; machine shops; tinsmiths shops; plumbing shops; electrical appliance sales and service establishments; knitting and woollen mills; establishments for the manufacture of stationary, office equipment, household furnishings, appliances, clothing, shoes; assembly plants for the assembling of finished components; transport trucking and/or truck terminal; fabricating; wholesaling and showrooms accessory to the foregoing permitted uses; any public use; water supply outlet.
- Outside storage is permitted only in the rear yard and interior side yard.
- Surrounding land uses:
North: Light manufacturing facility.
East: Residential dwellings zoned for Light Industrial (legal non-conforming).
South: Residential dwellings zoned for Light Industrial (legal non-conforming).
West: Vacant land, zoned Residential Development, and residential dwellings.
Assessed Property Value
The 2008 assessed property value of this site is approximately $1,243,000. This is based on portions of the site being assessed as Commercial Taxable Full and Commercial Excess Land.
