255-Acre Industrial Park Ready in Canby

CANBY, OR-City officials and property owners here are betting that a new industrial park will attract businesses to the area from elsewhere in the region. The 255-acre Canby Pioneer Industrial Park officially opened for business a few weeks ago, offering “shovel-ready” industrial sites for sale to out-of-state businesses seeking a new or additional location and in-state businesses looking to expand.

The new park represents one of Clackamas County’s largest pools of developable industrial land. Served by Union Pacific Railroad, it is located in northeast Canby on the east side of Oregon Highway 99E, adjacent to a new Fred Meyer. Ten miles north on 99E is Interstate 205. Five miles east on Barlow Road is Interstate 5.

The park, now mostly nursery stock and farmland, is owned by 22 different local landowners. In March, local residents voted to annex 151 acres into the park and formed an ownership association. The city has since supported the effort by borrowing $2 million from the state Economic & Community Development Department for additional infrastructure, including the extension of that main service road Sequoia Parkway another half mile into the park in order to create several “shovel-ready” sites.