Thorold Multimodal Hub Grows Twofold

Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
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Bioveld Canada subsidiary The BMI Group, in partnership with HOPA Ports (Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority), has purchased a new, 170-acre industrial complex in Thorold, Ontario that adds 500,000 square feet of warehouse space and greenfield land to Thorold Multimodal Hub, effectively doubling its size.

Thorold Multimodal Hub is a growing industrial complex in Ontario, Canada’s Niagara Region. The newly acquired property creates room for industrial, manufacturing and logistics businesses to locate, grow or build new facilities. The addition is a former automotive parts plant that closed its doors in 2008. The BMI Group, through Bioveld Canada, specializes in redeveloping and adapting brownfield sites for modern industrial uses. The company already owns a 155-acre site with more than 600,000 square feet of buildings within the existing Thorold Multimodal Hub.

The additional warehouse space and outdoor areas broaden the facility’s service offering, and “help to address industrial supply chain challenges in Ontario,” BMI said, noting that the newlyacquired facility offers up to 55-foot ceiling heights, overhead doors, loading docks, multiple spray booths, rail transload capability and multiple heavy cranes. The space can be configured to the needs of large or small-footprint businesses and also offers a variety of options for new-build construction of industrial spaces.

Thorold Multimodal Hub now has 400 acres of land and more than one million square feet of indoor space, in multiple configurations, located immediately adjacent to the Welland Canal Trade Corridor, with access to CN via rail service provider Gio Rail. The Hub “is also uniquely suited to support companies focused on energy transition. Hub tenant Char Technologies recently announced more than $11 million in investment in their facility.”

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Partner HOPA Ports developed the Thorold Multimodal Hub model to bring together users who can benefit from the marine, rail and highway connections, as well as the facility’s proximity to the U.S. border. “Now more than ever, companies are looking at how they can streamline their supply chains and lower their costs,” said HOPA Ports President and CEO Ian Hamilton. “By nurturing this industrial ecosystem and making the most of the Niagara Region’s valuable transportation assets, we’re able to strengthen Canadian supply chains and facilitate Canadian trade and competitiveness.”

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“We see incredible potential in this new space,” said The BMI Group Managing Director Justus Veldman. “Our success in attracting users to the first phase of the Thorold Multimodal Hub, through our partnership with HOPA, gives us the confidence to expand our investment in the Niagara Region. As part of HOPA’s Niagara Ports network, the Thorold Multimodal Hub has already created marine, rail and conventional logistical supply chain solutions for Hub tenants.”

Following the launch of the first phase in December 2020, more than a dozen companies have already made the Thorold Multimodal Hub home. “We’ve been able to address a pressing demand out there for industrial space in Ontario, and proved that older, large-scale industrial facilities can be adapted to the needs of modern industry,” said Veldman.

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