Within the Bio-Industrial Park there are several sites available for the development of new manufacturing with access to existing pipeline infrastructure as well as steam and market access via rail and marine.

The Park’s western boundary is the St. Clair River, with a deep water dock facility that provides access, through the St. Lawrence Seaway, to ships on the Great Lakes system and international oceanic cargo. The site is also serviced with rail service from CSX rail and interswitch to CN Rail which connect to markets in Canada and the U.S. via the St. Clair Rail Tunnel.

Biological Oxidation Plant:

  • One of the largest, modern industrial wastewater treatment plants in Sarnia Lambton Area
  • Trucked and pipeline chemical wastewater

Commercial Services:

  • Labs
  • Fire and Emergency services
  • Rail access
  • Deep water dock facility on St Lawrence Seaway
  • Medical Centre
  • Lockers room

Energy:

  • Steam and Electrical distribution system
  • Process water
  • Flare gas handling system

Amenities

  • PRICE
    • Negotiable price per acre of land with the condition that other services be purchased
  •  SERVICES
    • Full municipal services
  • ZONING
    • All parcels are zoned Heavy Industrial (HI)
  • AVAILABILITY
    • Available parcels are owned by ARLANXEO Inc., operating the land as the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia.
  • INDUSTRIAL PARK SIZE
    • 67 acres total

25-Acre Parcel:

The parcel is located within the fence line of the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia, west of Vidal Street. The Parcel is 17-acres with potential to be up to 20-acres depending on completion of other planned developments. Several utility services run along the roads that surround the parcel.

As the parcel is within the fence line of an existing petrochemical operation, traditional setback requirements and minimum distance separations do not apply, thus meaning proposed facilities will not ultimately require the full amount of space often requested.

  1. Electrical
    • The Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia site is located within Bluewater Power’s distribution territory, however, the site is supplied with electrical power through HydroOne from TransAlta’s electrical grid. If the site requires electricity supply from Bluewater Power there are opportunities to tie into feeders located in proximity to the site. The 18M11 – 27.7 kV feeder located at Vidal Street South and Huron Boulevard has 7MW of new load. The 18M12 feeder located at Tashmoo Avenue has 21 MW of new load. Depending on load requirements, some feeder upgrades may be required and redundancy would need to be determined.
  2. NATURAL GAS
    • The site is serviced by multiple gas lines, with a 10” header located near the northeast corner.  The gas distribution company is Enbridge Gas. Enbridge Gas has a major natural gas distribution pipeline along the CSX right of way that neighbours the sites and bisects the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia.
  3. STEAM
    • There is a steam rack located along the west edge of the parcel. Tenants will have to enter into agreement with neighbouring TransAlta if they elect to require steam, and ARLANXEO can provide infrastructure subject to capacities available. Steam is available at the following pressures – 425 psig, 165 psig, and 25 psig
  4. WATER
    • Raw process water can be supplied from the St. Clair River. Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia, potable water, is supplied by the city of Sarnia and runs through a distribution system across the site. Process/cooling water pipelines are located at the south and west sides of the property via 24-36” pipeline. Firewater protection is supplied through an 18-inch dedicated firewater system with two pumping systems to service the east and west site complexes. Both systems are backed up with an underwriter approved diesel pumping system. A process or cooling water distribution system services the site to meet the needs of current and future tenants. The process water temperature varies according to the summer and winter conditions of the St. Clair River varying between 3°C and 23°C.
  5. WASTEWATER TREATMENT
    • Process wastewater can be treated at the ARLANXEO biological wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 24,000 m3/day (7 million U.S. gallons).  The facility is an MOE industrial wastewater approved facility. The wastewater treatment plant is within the fence line of the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia, 0.5km from the 25-acre parcel
  6. HYDROGEN
    • Praxair and Air Products operate 3” hydrogen pipelines at 600 psig that go through the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia along the CSX right of way. These pipelines provide products to customers north of the property.

Permitted uses include:

  • Agriculture
  • Petrochemical manufacturing
  • Biochemical manufacturing
  • Power generation
  • The production of refined petroleum products
  • Other general manufacturing.
  • This site would be able to accommodate the clients intended use

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION

There are access roads to the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia.  The site is 11 kilometers southwest of Provincial Highway 402 by way of Provincial Highway 40.

Highway 402 is a limited access, multiple lane freeway running from the Michigan-Ontario border in the west to London and Highway 401 in the east. There are eight interchanges within Sarnia-Lambton.

Highway 40 runs south from Highway 402 through the major industrial corridor in Sarnia and St. Clair Township and into Chatham-Kent where it connects with Highway 401.  Within Sarnia portions of Highway 40 are four lanes. Highway 40 is 1.5 kilometers to the east of the main entrance to the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia.

The sites are located 1 kilometer from VIP Sarnia, which offers transloading and rail services.

ROAD – The 25-acre parcels can be accessed via access roads from the parcel to the main gates of the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia via a shared security gate.

The other two parcels are external to the fence line of the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia and are accessed via Vidal Street South and Huron Boulevard.

RAIL – For the 25-acre parcel there is CSX Transportation shunting on site and the CSX main line with connection to CN (CN is responsible for moving trains into Michigan). Spur lines are located throughout the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia. Rail spurs will require improvements as the track to this parcel has been removed, however footings are currently in place. Nearest rail yard is operated by CSX Rail and is located 1.5 miles from the site. Transloading and railcar movement services can be provided by VIP Rail ULC.

MARINE – The 25-acre parcel has immediate access to a 720-foot liquid loading dock for incoming or outgoing bulk shipments. This provides access to the St. Lawrence Seaway system. The dock is maintained for current use of liquid product. Capital upgrades are necessary for the dock to be actively utilized.

Combined heat and power – TransAlta Sarnia Regional Cogeneration Facility

Petroleum refinery – Suncor Energy – south of site

Synthetic polymers – ARLANXEO

Bio-succinic acid – LCY Biosciences

Bio-PET – Origin Materials: under construction

Carbon black – Cabot Carbon

Styrene – INEOS Styrolution

Nickel hydroxide – TODA

Tungsten carbide – H.C. Starck– north of site;

SARNIA LAMBTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
Matthew Slotwinski – Senior Economic Development Officer
matthew@sarnialambton.on.ca | sarnialambton.on.ca | +1 519-332-1820

ARLANXEO
Kandarp Joshi – Head of Sarnia Site Procurement and TSE Procurement, ARLANXEO
kandarp.joshi@ARLANXEO.com | +1 519-339-7817