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Today's CB Post:

Saturday, February 3, 2007

More land destined for business park

By Wes Stewart
the Cape Breton Post

“There is a lot going on but it’s in the planning and doing the inside work,” said Sysco president John Traves, as they gear up for the long-term hunt for tenants and people to purchase the land on the site of the former steel plant.

Traves said the province has had a lot of interest in the property.

“Our focus is to complete the wind up of Sydney Environmental Resources Ltd. and the reorganization of the two companies for the Department of Transportation and Public Works.

“We’ve got to dispose of SERL’s assets, wind up its operations and at the same these two companies — Nova Scotia Lands Inc. and Harbourside Business Park — are being started up by the Department of Transportation and Public Works.”

At the moment officials are surveying and transferring land that is ready for the commercial tenants in Harbourside Business Park which should be up and running April 1, he said.

“We are always open to expressions of interest, we have people here who will show what we have to offer in the way of the site.”

Most of the older buildings on the former steel plant site are essentially leased to tenants.

“The next step is to show people the advantages of the site and its location to see if we can spark some interest in new construction,” Traves added.


Nova Scotia Lands Inc., a subsidiary of Harbourside Business Park, has a pool of remediation expertise in place to manage other cleanup projects at other sites. As the site is remediated it will be absorbed into the business park to be sold and developed, he said.

Phases 2 and 3 under remediation.