“This combination of location, services and policies, along with the second largest pool of engineering talent and skilled labor in the country, has had strong appeal to European and Asian firms,” says Steve Grable, who is co-leading the JLL project team. “We especially expect new interest to be generated from Asia Pacific markets, where much of our energy will be focused going forward.”

Bushy Park is already home to chemical manufacturing, custom fabricators, food additive manufacturing and similar uses. JLL expects the project to generate interest among the emerging clean-tech sector. Bushy Park is structured for alternative energy firms, including hydro, wind and solar technologies. Bushy Park supplies utilities such as steam, refrigeration, plant water and plant and instrument air.

“We’ve still got a lot of land to work with,” Carver says. “The project is about 75% built out. The real purpose for JLL getting involved is to better raise awareness within the European marketplace, where the developer has had great success already, and within China, where they feel the complex will have special appeal to companies looking to get up and running quickly.”