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Applicability of the Freight Village
Concept to Urban Areas

Agenda
• Define Freight Village
• Provide Successful Examples
• Identify Considerations for Developed Areas
• Discuss Two Examples from New Jersey

Just What Is A Freight Village / ILC?
A “Freight Village”, also known as an “Integrated
Logistics Center”, is a complex where the following
activities occur:
� Modal Shift – goods are moved between two or more forms of
freight transportation
� Rail to truck; barge to rail/truck; air and rail/truck
� Economic Activity –
� Active distribution centers and industrial activities are
located adjacent to the modal shift facilities within the
village
� NO passive activity or container storage
� Support Activities – truck stops/rest areas, office space, retail
(restaurants, banking, stores), and hotels may also be part of the
freight village
� Unified Management – the village is often under the management
of a single entity

CenterPoint Intermodal Center (Illinois)
� Developer: CenterPoint
Properties
� Total Investment: $1 billion
� Site Size: 2,200 acres
� Employment: 8,000 jobs
� Total Building Space: up to 12
million square feet
� Tenants: BNSF Railroad, Wal-
Mart Stores (3.4 million sq. ft.
complex), Inc., DSC Logistics,
Georgia Pacific, Potlatch, Sanyo
Logistics, Partners Warehouse,
California Cartage, Maersk
� Freight: BNSF Logistics Park (770
acres), link to UP, link to
Interstates 55 and 80
� Former Military Base and
Brownfield
Source: CenterPoint Properties

Mesquite Intermodal Facility / Skyland
Business Park (Texas)
� Developers:
- Intermodal Terminal – UP
- Skyland – Hillwood
� Site Size: 400 acres
� Tenants: Georgia Pacific, Gerard
Roofing, Pride Mobility, Bronco
Packing, Benjamin Moore &
Company and United Parcel
Service
� Freight:
- UP Intermodal Terminal
- Access to I-635 and US 80
- Triple Freeport Tax Exemption
- City of Mesquite Tax Abatement
� Restaurants, Hotels located
nearby but not on-site
Source: Hillwood

Winter Haven (Florida)
� Developer:
- CSX Real Property, Inc.
- City of Winter Haven, FL
� Site Size: 1,250 acres
- 318 acre intermodal yard in 2009
- 900 acre distribution park, with 1.5
million sf DC & 500,000 sf office
� Tenants: Industrial Space is Phase
II/not yet developed
� Freight:
- CSX Intermodal – location for transfer
and storage of containerized consumer
goods
http://www.rickhemenway.com/csx.htm

Applying the Concept to Developed Areas
� Realize that the sites are probably smaller – perhaps
several hundred acres, rather than thousands of acres
and may be environmentally challenged
� Understand the site – what exists on-site and in the
immediate area.
� Be contextual
- What are the surrounding land uses?
- What does the community want?
� Consider feasibility from a private sector perspective
- Would someone invest in this project?
� Apply “good neighbor” practices and eco-friendly
concepts

Hillsborough Compact Freight Village
Concept (New Jersey)
� Site Size: Approx. 260 acres
� Tenants:
– Focus on distribution and
manufacturing operations
involving plastic pellets, paper,
gypsum board, lumber, paper,
wine/beer
� Proposed Freight:
– 45 acre carload yard
– Transload/Transflow
– Adjacent/connected to NS
– Highway Access to Route 206

Hillsborough NJ -- Compact Freight Village
Concept
� Apply integrated
freight with good
neighbor practices
� Develop design criteria
that showcase how
open space and
industrial space can
co-exist
� Utilize low impact
design for buildings,
parking and staging
areas
� Utilize context sensitive
lighting to minimize
light spillage onto
adjacent properties
� Evaluate “green building” design
techniques, including solar panels on
existing buildings

Raritan Center / Port Raritan – Existing Park
Morphed into a Freight Village
� Developers:
– Federal Business Centers
– Summit Associates, Inc.
– Raritan Central Railway
� Major Tenants (sample):
FedEx, UPS, Brooks Bros, Wakefern, Costco,
Federated Dept. Stores, Nabisco/Kraft,
Whirlpool
� Freight:
– Raritan Central (shortline), connecting to
CSAO/NS/CSX – direct rail and transload
facilities
– Access to NJ Turnpike, I-287, and Rt 440
� Other Amenities:
– NJ Convention and Expo Center
– Hotels, Restaurants, Banks, Day Care, US
Postal Service Office
Source: Raritan Central

Raritan Center / Port Raritan
� Former Raritan Arsenal
� 2,500 acres
� 13 million square feet
� 26 miles of track/
sidings (18 miles
currently rehabilitated
and in use)
� Currently attracts over
6,000 rail cars per year
� Rehabilitation and
Reactivation of Raritan
Industrial Track
currently under
investigation
Source: Raritan Central

Raritan Center / Port Raritan – Next Stage
Utilization of the Raritan
Industrial Track Will:
� Provide additional
connection to
Newark/Elizabeth Seaport via
Conrail Chemical Coast
Secondary
� Accommodate container
traffic otherwise handled by
truck
� Track rehabilitation cost of
approx $5M
� 20-Year Cost Savings of over
$31M (fuel, emissions,
highway maintenance).
RARITAN INDUSTRIAL TRACK