Huntsman owns about 11.5 hectares (28 acres) of prime land for development within its Upper Campus land holdings. The St. Andrews Town Council unanimously passed its Municipal Plan during a Special Meeting on 16-December-20, which designated this Huntsman property as an Institutional Growth Area to develop the Huntsman Ocean Park. This quantity of land provides a significant economic opportunity with up to 2,000 individuals employed by companies co-located within the Huntsman Ocean Park.

 

St. Andrews, NB offers numerous assets that further increases the appeal to locate business activities within the Huntsman Ocean Park, including:

 

• Amazing community vibe with a variety of activities for the entire family encompassing nature & hiking, arts & culture, culinary, four season sports, and music & festival interests amongst so much more.

 

• Professional catering and event facilities offered by the Huntsman, including the Fundy Discovery Aquarium with its numerous Galleries to host spectacular events and state-of-the-art 218 seat Dunn Science Theatre within the most unique surroundings on the shores of the Bay of Fundy.

 

• Additional tourism focused attractions – such as Kingsbrae Gardens, Ministers Island and Sunbury Shores – with each promoting a series of events, festivals, concerts, and so much more throughout the year.

 

• Home of the Algonquin Resort – a 233 room Marriott Autograph Collection hotel – as well as numerous other accommodation options throughout our vibrant community that will facilitate year round business travel, symposia, and other business functions.

 

• The historic but recently redesigned award-winning 18-hole Algonquin Golf Course, with its clubhouse located within a short walking distance from the Huntsman Upper Campus property, to allow business visitors and those living here an opportunity to unwind.

 

• Presence of the fully-equipped St. Andrews New Brunswick Community College campus featuring a cafeteria, gymnasium, fitness centre, and student lounges with an average 250+ student enrollment. Specific programming may be expected to adjust as required to provide an identified skilled workforce pipeline into the Huntsman Ocean Park.

 

• Cluster building potential given the established presence of marine science capacity in St. Andrews within the adjacent campus of the federal St. Andrews Biological Station (Fisheries and Oceans Canada).

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St. Andrews provides an idyllic location to operate any business given its position near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy with its magnificent tides. Nearby assets in the Province of New Brunswick are also present to support your business in a global marketplace while operating within the Huntsman Ocean Park, including:

 

• Potential to establish manufacturing capacity within the Champlain Industrial Park in the Port of Bayside, NB and St. Stephen Industrial Park adjacent to the USA land border crossing.

 

• Easy international access after completing a scenic drive from your choice of four major airports – 1.5 hours from Saint John NB, 2 hrs from Fredericton NB, 2.5 hours from Moncton NB, or 2.5 hours from Bangor ME, USA with international land crossing.

 

• Four-lane highway for the majority of the drive from Saint John, NB.

 

• Proximity to the Port of Saint John with its international shipping capacity from a significant port complex that occupies 120 hectares of land along 3,900 m of waterfront within Saint John Harbour.

 

• Plans to further expand the present rail capacity in Saint John, NB to include a 32-acre modern logistics park to transfer containers between rail cars and tractor-trailers and future terminal to receive and ship goods with the United States and Central Canada.

 

• Presence of Cyber Park (Fredericton, NB) and a new innovation district focused on Advanced Health and Energy under development in Saint John, NB that may be leveraged by companies located within the Huntsman Ocean Park.

 

• Cluster building potential with RPC as the New Brunswick provincial research organization and provincial Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries.

 

• Potential access to Huntsman University Member research capacity, including University of New Brunswick (Saint John and Fredericton campuses), Mount Allison University, and University of Guelph.

 

 

If you are inspired by the Huntsman mission, wish to discuss your company presence within the Huntsman Ocean Park, or place a study using our professional research services and capacity then please reach out to connect today!