February 8, 2011
Case Study: Integrated Stormwater Management Plan at Wesview Industrial Park
As a developer committed to enhancing the environment through innovative best management practices, Wesgroup embraced the challenge of resolving some long-standing stormwater issues at its Wesview Business Park in the Calgary area.
Rocky View County and the business owners in the area faced major operational hurdles in attempting to find ways to dispose of stormwater on-site. Most methods are costly and burdensome and often created issues for adjacent owners and neighbouring jurisdictions.
To read the entire case study on the Integrated Stormwater Management Plan, please click here.
November 16, 2010
BFI Canada joins growing number of owners at Wesview Industrial Park
CALGARY, AB
BFI Canada has joined the growing number of new owners at Wesview Industrial Park.
BFI Canada is the third largest non-hazardous solid waste management company in North America. They serve the needs of commercial, industrial and residential customers nationwide.
Working closely with Steve Vesuwalla, Kent Bacon, and Manuel Verdugo of Avison Young, BFI Canada chose Wesview Industrial Park due to the value of delivered land, transportation connections and its strategic location.
Work has begun on the two lots BFI Canada purchased, and they expect to open their new facility in late 2011.
For further details on BFI Canada, please visit their website.
November 8, 2010
Garden Road works and internal roads completed
CALGARY, AB
Work has completed on the Garden Road improvements and internal roads within Wesview Industrial Park.
Alberta Transportation has designated Garden Road (100th Street) as the high-load corridor from Glenmore to 61st Avenue. Wesgroup worked with Alberta Transportation and Rocky View to complete the Garden Road upgrade project, including widening and paving. These improvements to the high-load corridor quickly and efficiently connects Wesview Industrial Park to the regional transportation network, making Wesview a superior location for transportation and logistics users.
For more information on the upcoming infrastructure projects, please visit the Southeast Stoney Trail Project (SEST) program website.
October 1, 2010
Rosenau Transport Ltd. joins Wesview Industrial Park
CALGARY, AB
Wesgroup is pleased to welcome Rosenau Transport Ltd. to Wesview Industrial Park.
Rosenau Transport Ltd. and Acropolis Warehousing provides services such as LTL, Full Load, Bulk, Hot shots/Express, Consolidation, Overnight service, Decks, Dry Vans, Heated Vans, and Scheduled Delivery.
Working closely with Matt Binfet, Jon Mook, Paul Marsden and Casey Stuart of Colliers International, Rosenau Transport Ltd. secured space at Wesview Industrial Park to service their growing requirement for additional space in the area. The location of Wesview Industrial Park, as well as the proximity to transportation connections contributed to their decision to buy.
Rosenau Transport Ltd. in already under construction, and is expected to open their new 56,000 sq ft facility in December 2010. Their new facility has been designed and constructed to allow for future expansion opportunities of up to three times the current size.
For further details on Rosenau Transport Ltd., please visit their website.
September 30, 2010
Firm building hub of Industrial Activity
by David Parker
Throughout the slowdown that other sectors had to struggle through over the past couple of years, our industrial real estate sector still fared fairly well. And it has been the first to attract new business, especially in serving the transportation industry.
It's 15 years since I left the former Calgary Economic Development Authority and during my time there, its focus was on promoting Calgary as a transportation hub. Thanks largely to key air cargo infrastructure, rail intermodals and an abundance of truck transportation facilities, this city has become a huge distribution centre with millions of square feet of warehouse space. We have attracted many new companies and investors and another new industrial park is being built just outside the southeast city limits in Rocky View County on 100th Street S.E. north of Glenmore Trail.
Wesview Industrial Park is a project by Wesgroup, a respected Vancouver-based company that has built more than 2.5 million square feet of industrial real estate in the Greater Vancouver area and owns enough land there to double that figure.
Click here to read the full story (Calgary Herald).
June 16, 2010
New Southeast Stoney Trail Project (SEST) Website launches
CALGARY, AB
The Southeast Stoney Trail Project (SEST) is a public-private partnership (P3) with Alberta Government and Chinook Roads Partnership.
The Alberta government awarded the SEST Project to Chinook Roads Partnership, who will design, build, partially finance and maintain the Southeast Stoney Trail project over a 33-year term. The construction period is the spring of 2010 to the fall of 2013, followed by a 30-year maintenance contract with Alberta Government.
The SEST project is worth $769 million in 2010 dollars, and is jointly funded by the Alberta Government and the Government of Canada, as part of the Economic Action Plan.
Click here to read the full story and to view the new website.
May 22, 2010
Agreement with province a breakthrough: Councillor
Permission to discharge excess stormwater into a provincially-owned wetland will allow an industrial park to be built in an area plagued by floods.
After discussions with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development and Alberta Environment (AENV), the developer of Wesview Industrial Park obtained approval to discharge storm water into the wetland, owned by AENV.
Bruno Thielmann, director of land development of Vancouver-based Wesgroup, said the arrangement will allow the 118-acre industrial park to proceed. "We will be able to develop these lands," he said. Wesview is located just east of 84 Street and north of Highway 560.
Rocky View County's councillors sitting as members of a standing policy committee saluted the achievement, during a May 18 regular meeting.
Click here to read the full story online.
April 9, 2010
Stoney Trail in Calgary drives forward
Government saves $1 billion through P3 contract
CALGARY, AB
Motorists will have 25 more kilometres of ring road to drive on by the fall of 2013.
The Alberta government signed a 33-year contract with Chinook Roads Partnership to design, build, operate and partially finance Stoney Trail from 17th Avenue SE to east of Macleod Trail. The contract also includes maintenance of Deerfoot Trail from its junction with Stoney Trail SE (currently Highway 22X) to its junction with Highway 2A.
Click here to read the full story.
