Ninigret Business Park

As Ninigret Park was becoming fully developed, an opportunity for acquiring more land (400 acres) adjacent to the existing Park and stretching across Bangerter Highway  to Gladiola Street became available.  This land required intensive remediation due to the previous use as settling ponds for mineral extraction, and a manufacturing facility that was dismantled.  However, the land area also proved to have great potential after many studies of street and building layouts were completed by DRA.  The results were that the streets were developed to reflect optimum building sites, and accessibility.  The property was subdivided into phases which dictated a sequence for remediation which is currently being completed.

Parcels were developed in order to have a capacity to sell certain land and finance the remediation and infrastructure.  The process involved City and State officials with an interest in the remediation and approval process.

Due to the size of this land area, schemes were developed to incorporate a campus environment for office buildings, with a mix of large distribution and manufacturing facilities.  The initial concepts were to incorporate a landscaped park within the development to attract office users.  However, the market did not respond to the office building concepts, but a renewed demand for distribution facilities has spurred development similar to Ninigret Park.  Also, much of the land is being purchased by another investment group, which is studying alternate schemes for development for specific building products.