By Larry Eliason
Over the past two years, I have written articles about commercial real estate lot sales and new development activity at the Quarry Ridge Business Park with an emphasis on Enterprise Drive and Bedrock Terrace. Enterprise Drive is just off Roosevelt Trail/Route 302.
This Business Park is a Grondin Family investment in
Windham. I wanted to provide an update
so everyone can learn about the substantial amount of new commercial real
estate development activity now in the works for this Business Park.
Six commercial lots have sold in this Business Park since the
Windham Town Council approved the Enterprise Development Zone for Medical
and/or Adult Use Cannabis Grows and Manufacturing Operations back in 2020. One
of the six lots sold has a brand new 12,500-square-foot Commercial Building
being built by Patco Construction for Paul’s Boutique Nursery Cannabis, and it
is almost complete.
And a very large parcel of land separate from those lots located behind Genest Concrete will soon become the home for Copart International with a 7,300-plus square-foot Auto Auction Facility that is being built by Great Falls Construction.
The new commercial real estate development at this Business
Park is providing good paying construction jobs in the short-term and will
provide new manufacturing, auto auction and a variety of other good paying jobs
for the long-term. There are additional new large commercial buildings being
planned now by some of the other new commercial lot owners along Enterprise
Drive and Bedrock Terrace.
The intent of the Enterprise Development District is to
provide a unique area within the Town of Windham to allow manufacturing,
processing, treatment, warehousing, storage, research, and distribution with
safe, well-regulated vehicle access located off a major street which can
conform to the performance standards set forth in this section and in all other
applicable ordinances of the Town of Windham.
The following uses are currently allowed in the Enterprise
Development District:
Auction House, Automobile Auction Facility, Automobile Repair
Services, Building, Accessory, Business and Professional Office, Contractor
Services, Contractor Storage Yard, Construction Services, Heavy, Major
Construction Services, Heavy, Minor, Convention Center, Distribution Facility,
Forestry, Hotel, Industry, Heavy, Industry, Light, Marijuana Cultivation
Facility, Marijuana Manufacturing Facility, Marijuana Testing Facility, Mineral
Extraction, Motel, Public Utility Facility, Retail Sales, Accessory, Small
Engine Repair, Use, Accessory Warehousing, Private Warehousing, Public,
Wireless Telecommunications Tower and Facility
Phase 1B was approved by the town of Windham in 2006 and since
then mining of the gravel pit and quarry has progressed enough to leave behind
flat buildable lots available for industrial use. The entire development is
served by public water, electric including (three-phase) and natural gas. Phase
2 planning is now underway and additional commercial lots should be available
in the future.
There is an existing MDOT traffic movement plan in place that
will eventually include a much-needed traffic signal at the intersection of
Enterprise Drive and Route 302.
As a Commercial Real Estate Broker and a Windham Economic
Development Corporation (WEDC) volunteer, I see millions of dollars in new
investment coming to this Business Park in the coming years. The commercial tax base being generated will
provide the Town of Windham with a valuable commercial tax base to help provide
additional infrastructure and services to the residents of Windham.
Keep an eye out for the next phase of development in the
Quarry Ridge Business Park. <
Larry Eliason is a Commercial Broker with Butts Commercial Brokers and is President of Windham Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).
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