Burnside Park is the largest, most successful business
park in Atlantic Canada. It is home to over
1,300 enterprises and employs more than 15,000 people.
Burnside Park is a superior location with superb transportation
links. Bounded by Highways 111 & 118, Burnside enterprises
are within minutes of the downtown Halifax CBD, Halifax
International Airport, and the Port of Halifax. In addition,
Burnside Park has more public transit links than any
Park in Greater Halifax. Burnside is extensively serviced
by C.N.R. mainline, siding and common user facilities,
and is home to the largest concentration of truck transportation
in Atlantic Canada.
Burnside has some of the largest concentrations of industry
sectors in Greater Halifax. Burnside features over 100
Retail outlets, and the largest concentration of Sales
and Service facilities in Atlantic Canada. Burnside
also features one of the largest concentrations of suburban
Offices in Greater Halifax. Burnside is also the Transportation
and Warehousing centre of the Greater Halifax economy,
with most of the major long-haul trucking firms located
in the Park. Finally, Burnside is the premier location
for Manufacturing in Halifax. More than 100 manufacturing
enterprises have taken advantage of Burnside’s
superior infrastructure and amenities.
Enterprises & Employment
| Enterprises |
1,300
|
| Employee |
15,000+
|
Park Dimensions
| SPACE |
Acres
|
Hectares
|
|
| Park Size |
2,400
|
971
|
| Undeveloped |
|
|
| Serviced-Graded Area |
35
|
14
|
| Serviced-Ungraded Area |
18
|
7
|
| Unserviced-Ungraded Area |
11
|
5
|
| Unserviced Area |
650
|
263
|
Topography
Burnside Business Park has a rock-gravel base
with a mixture of broadleaf and evergreen overburden.
The Park has a 15 per cent slope rising from Bedford
Basin to Burnside Drive.
Access
Burnside Park has excellent
highway, airport, seaport, rail and public transit access.
Its position on Bedford Basin beside the A. Murray MacKay
Bridge allows enterprises at Burnside to conveniently
access amenities on both sides of
of Halifax Harbour. When traveling within Halifax and
beyond, Burnside Park is:
- directly accessible to Highways 111 and 118
- 6 mi. (10 km) to Downtown Halifax CBD
- 3 mi. (5 km) to Ceres Container Terminal
- 7 mi. (11 km) to Halterm Container Terminal
- 13 mi. (21 km) to Halifax International Airport
Full Park Profile
Map of Park
Lot Selling Prices
Site Selection Guide
