Over the past several years, I have written articles about commercial real estate, lot sales and development activities at 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.
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The intersection of Enterprise Drive and Route 302 near Quarry Ridge Business Park is constantly busy and may soon require a traffic signal for public safety. COURTESY PHOTO |
One of the biggest challenges that I see at Enterprise Drive is that it is accessed from Route 302 via Enterprise Drive, a non-signalized intersection. We could certainly use help from stakeholders such as our town leaders and staff, legislators, business and real estate owners, residents, and others to seek a partnership with the MDOT to make a signalized light at Enterprise Drive a reality. And as a practical matter, entrance to Enterprise Drive should be widened as I have witnessed tractor trailer trucks having to tactfully and very slowly enter the business park as the turning radius appears inadequate from my personal observation. I think that everyone will agree that this intersection is not safe and a preventable tragedy could certainly happen any day the longer we wait to correct this unsafe intersection. Just look at all the families with young children that visit this area for ice cream each year.
There is a “trips per day” generated threshold to trigger the signal installation which certainly appears to being getting close to the thresholds as per MDOT standards and a traffic count in 2025 should be a consideration to better gauge where traffic flows stand. Windham, like a lot of towns, has its strengths and weaknesses that help or hinder economic development. This is a large part of why towns or cities located near the I-95 corridor and these types of developments with signalized intersections and efficient ingress and egress, are generally built out sooner than we have seen at the Quarry Ridge Business Park.
Quarry Ridge Business Park off Enterprise Drive is located on about 1,000 acres of land and is poised to become a commercial business park center and future commercial tax base for the Town of Windham. Phase 1A was built in 2004 and was anchored by Genest Concrete products and LaValley Lumber Building Supply. The LaValley property was acquired by Tube Hollows International in 2012.
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, electricity (including 3-Phase) and natural gas. The Grondin Family is working on another phase of additional commercial lots as well and new lots should be available in the future.
A cannabis operator acquired 2-plus acres of land at the corner of Enterprise Drive and Bedrock Terrace in 2021 and built a 12,545-square-foot cannabis facility. Co-Part of Connecticut, Inc. acquired 50 acres of land on Bedrock Terrace and built a 7,836-square-foot commercial building for their auto auction facility. An Ice Arena Operator acquired Lot 10, a 4.30-plus acre parcel, in 2024 and has plans for an outdoor ice arena and commercial building. Lot 11, a 3.70-plus acre parcel, is currently available for sale and listed with Butts Commercial Brokers.
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
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.
Larry Eliason is a Commercial Broker with Butts Commercial Brokers, 1265 Roosevelt Trail, Raymond. He can be reached at 207-415-2112 or by email at LarryEliasonBCB@gmail.com. Visit www.ButtsCommercialBrokers.com <