Quonset Business Park ®

September 28, 2010

Katherine TrapaniPlanning Manager

Quonset Development Corporation

Quonset Business Park®

3,160 Total Acres

168 Companies

8,842 Jobs

QDC Input into URI Study

• Water dependency– Classification of uses as water-dependent, water-related, water-enhanced

• Static land inventory– Reality is a fluid land development environment and the URI inventory was a

point in time

• “Available” status– Vacant does not equal available

Benefits of Ports and Harbors Inventory

• Study was instrumental in increasing awareness of scarcity of industrial sites statewide

• Also important in correcting the misperception that there are vast underutilized land resources at Quonset Business Park

"Quonset" is a Native American 

word  meaning point or peninsula.

Park is comprised of two former Navy bases:

• Quonset Naval Air Station – closed in 1974

• Davisville Construction Battalion Center – closed in 1994

Quonset Business Park®

SeaBee

motto:

“The difficult we do at once, the impossible takes a bit longer.”

Quonset huts SeaBee

Quonset Development Corporation

Quasi – state agency, subsidiary of RI Economic Development Corporation

Responsible for property development, Park management and port operations (including marketing, land sales and leasing, public works, utility services, planning and engineering, construction management, project permitting and capital improvements)

Operations fully funded from Park revenue

Located along Northeast Corridor

Location

• 1 hour from Boston

• 3 hours from New York

Transportation Corridors

• Interstate 95

• AMTRAK Mainline

• Atlantic shipping lanesQuonset Business Park

Transportation Facilities

Freight

Seaport: 2 piers

Rail: Seaview RR connects to P&WRR along Northeast Corridor

Highway: Route 403 provides controlled access highway to Route 4 and I-95

Airport: 7500’ main runway with instrument landing system

Passenger

RIPTA bus service to Gateway 33x/day - service to Electric Boat 2x/day

Vineyard Fast Ferry (seasonal)

Bike Path

Master Land Use Plan

3,162 total acres

1,332 acres of developable acreage

372 acres leased

492 acres sold

248 acres under negotiation

Just over 200 acres available

Largest single parcel 30 acres

Majority of parcels 2-10 acres

1,830 acres not developable

• Airport/seaport

• Golf course

• Open space recreation

• Rights of way

Development Potential

QDC Functions

As the management and development entity for the Quonset Business Park®, QDC core functions include:

1) Property Development

2) Property Management/Public Works

3) Water Supply

4) Wastewater Collection/Treatment

5) Port Operations

Property Development Function

Marketing

Land Sales/Land Leases

Planning and Engineering

Project Permitting

Manage Capital Improvement Program

Construction Management

Property Management/Public Works

Maintain 13 miles of Park roads

Manage 757,000 square feet of buildings

Maintain port infrastructure

Maintain public space and development acreage

Water Supply Function

200 million gallons annual water sales

Operate three water supply wells

Maintain two water storage tanks holding 1,000,000 gallons

Maintain 60 miles of water mains

Wastewater Treatment Function

Operate Quonset Wastewater Treatment Facility

Treat 550,000 gallons per day

Maintain four wastewater pumping stations

Maintain 22 miles of sewer collection pipes

Port Operations -- Port of Davisville

3,000 linear feet of pier space

29’ controlling water depth

Specializing in RO/RO cargo

91,000+ vehicles in 2009

101 ship calls in 2009

Location: 8 nautical miles from the open ocean

Foreign trade zone 109

Other Cargo: Processed Fish, Project Cargo

Capital Improvement Program

Demolition

Roads

Utility upgrades

Bulkhead

Rail

Site development

Signage

Public access

Bike path

NOAA Building

Public Access (CRMC Requirement)

QDC properties

3 Beaches

Bike Path (2.5 miles)

SeaBee Museum

Quonset Air Museum

Gateway plaza

Town properties

Golf Course

Marina

Calf Pasture Point (200 wooded acres with beach)

Environmental Stewardship

4 acre salt marsh restoration project

Landscaped berm to buffer residential areas

Ongoing cleanup of contaminated sites

Award winning wastewater treatment facility

Accomplishments

Since 2005

$142.6M private investment

2,760 new jobs

1,313,012 sq.ft. new building space

90 acres sold

96 acres leased

A demonstrated record of successful infrastructure investments that have led to

quality development and thousands of jobs.

Ongoing private sector investment in manufacturing

warehouse, office and retail development.

1 PIER ONE1a Pier One Concrete Deck Repairs 1,790,000$ 1b Pier One Cleats, Bollards, Fenders 1,200,000$ 1c Pier One Lighting Replacement 160,000$

3,150,000$

2 PIER TWO2a Pier Two Paving 700,000$ 2b Pier Two Corner Fender 100,000$

800,000$

3 CRANE OPERATIONS3a Mobile Harbor Crane Purchase 4,000,000$ 3b Crane Platform 6,400,000$

10,400,000$

4 TERMINAL PROJECTS4a Terminal 4/5 Improvements and Paving 4,000,000$

4,000,000$

5 RAIL PROJECTS5a Rail Spur Building 318 150,000$ 5b Rebuild Track - Guard Shack to Pier 2 800,000$

950,000$

6 ROAD PROJECTS6a Port Roads Rehabilitation 2,000,000$ 6b Tidal Drive Extension 1,000,000$

3,000,000$

TIGER QWEST PROJECT TOTAL 22,300,000$

TIGER QWEST PROJECTS

Pier 1Pier 2Crane operationsPort terminal Rail improvementRoad construction

TIGER QWEST Grant

ARRA - USDOT –MARAD

Transportation InvestmentsGenerating Economic Recovery

Quonset Wind Energy and Surface Transportation

TIGER QWEST Grant

Project Status• Grant awarded February

17 – agreement [date]

• Rail project out to bid for December start of construction

• Other projects are in design

• Buy American waiver request submitted for crane purchase

Wind Energy

Deepwater Wind • 117 acres under option

(3 parcels, including a 14 acre waterfront parcel – Terminal 5)

• Plan to build first offshore wind farm in the USA– 8 turbine farm off Block Island, RI

– 100 turbines in Rhode Island Sound (federal waters)

• Positioned to participate in offshore projects from Cape Cod to New Jersey

Thank you!

Questions?