6 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
CentrePort Canada adds three firms to West Creek Industrial Park
Three businesses have expanded in Manitoba's rapidly growing CentrePort Canada — and European companies might be on the way.
Medline Canada, a medical supplies manufacturer and distributor, has doubled its company's Manitoba warehouse footprint by leasing 46,000 square feet in CentrePort at the northwest edge of Winnipeg.
Arctic Beverages — Canada's only First Nations-owned Pepsi franchise — has cemented 36,000 sq. ft. of space. And Polymershapes Winnipeg, which distributes products like plastic sheets, has settled into 19,000 sq. ft.
All three are tenants of the West Creek Industrial Park. The new development is notable because it was built before any tenants had signed on, said Carly Edmundson, CentrePort Canada's chief executive.
West Creek Industrial Park spans 294,150 sq. ft. in the Rural Municipality of Rosser. Of the space, 189,860 sq. ft. is left available. Hopewell Development LP created the park's two buildings.
'(They) believed that the market was strong enough,' Edmundson stated.
A delegation of 18 European Union ambassadors toured CentrePort during their April visit. Edmundson described the event as 'really positive.'
'They were … extra excited when they considered the connectivity to the Port of Churchill,' she added.
— Free Press staff
