The subject property is located in the BCR Industrial Park. This
well established industrial area is only minutes to downtown
Prince George and the Prince George Airport. The area is home to
companies such as Peterbilt, Freightliner, Wajax, Williams Machinery,
Fountain Tire, Kinecor, Brandt Tractor and Finning.
Prince George is a bustling city of over 88,000 people (and 250,000
people within the trading area) situated at the crossroads of Highway
97 and Highway 16 (east-west). As a major city of the Pacifi c Rim,
Prince George is fi rmly tied to the global market. The National Post
newspaper recently named Prince George in a list of Top 10 cities
on the cusp of a boom. Residential and commercial construction has
taken off and Prince George is now seeing billions of dollars of new
investment pouring into the community and region. Three major
pipeline projects have been proposed for the area, with a value
over $5 billion and the creation of 5,000 jobs. Two new mines have
opened near Prince George, injecting nearly $400 million into the
area’s economy.
