The Borden-Carleton Business Park is owned and managed by a community-based development corporation. As a light/medium business park, it is strategically located to the east of the Confederation Bridge and north of the Trans Canada Highway. Approximately 50% of the park is cleared land and about 25% is currently developed land with the balance treed. The park houses the 50,000 square foot Borden-Carleton Industrial Mall manufacturing service centre, the 10,000 square foot Small Business Centre, the 35,000 square foot Transcontinental Media building and the 23,000 square foot MacDougall Steel building. New trucking and warehousing facilities are also available within the business park. Approximately 33 acres of the total 62 acres are fully serviced by water and sewer. Both three phase power and fibre connection are available.

Objectives

• To limit the potential for land use conflicts with new industrial developments by encouraging the locations of such developments in the Business Park.
• To Plan for the site appropriately industrial development which minimizes any negative impact on the natural environment.

Policies

1. Borden-Carleton shall designate land on the Official Plan Land Use Map to provide for a range of light to medium industrial uses and a range of commercial uses which provide support services to industry or require a significant amount of land to operate.

2. To strengthen and broaden the Community=s economic base, Borden-Carleton shall encourage industrial development to appropriate locations in such a way that promotes: compatibility among land uses, especially adjacent uses; effective and efficient use of infrastructure; and orderly land use and development, with a strong preference for clustered industrial development.

3. Borden-Carleton shall guide the location of Industrial land uses primarily to the Borden-Carleton Business Park. Other locations for consideration will be dependant upon the specific location needs of the industrial enterprise.