Not all sites are created equal.
That’s why Tennessee has taken the guesswork out of locating a site. With the state’s award-winning Select Tennessee Certified Sites Program, the risks of expansion or relocation decisions have been minimized for corporate decision makers worldwide.
Now beginning its third year, the Select Tennessee program sets a constant and rigorous standard on which site selectors and companies can rely when making business-critical location decisions.
To qualify as a Select Tennessee Certified Site, the property must meet strict qualifications that include:
A minimum of 20 developable acres
Utilities onsite or a formal extension plan in place
A boundary survey and topographic maps already completed
Documented environmental conditions and geotechnical analysis
Minimized risk factors for development
Certification by Austin Consulting.
The benefits to prospects are many: uncertainty is minimized, issues are preemptively identified, thorough due diligence process is demonstrated, development timeline is shortened and costs are reduced.
The Select Tennessee program also helps Tennessee communities understand and ensure they are consistent with modern global location standards. The benefits of advice and guidance from national site selection firms are invaluable and result in better community preparedness for new business investment and industry expectations.
To date, 34 sites have been certified under the program. Six of those sites have been selected by the likes of Hankook Tire in Montgomery County, Beretta and American Colors in Sumner County, SL Tennessee in Anderson County, Second Harvest Distribution Center in Benton County and Dot Foods Distribution Center in Dyer County.
Beretta broke ground on a new $45 million facility last August that will house all of the company’s U.S manufacturing operations. Eventually around 300 people will be employed at the Gallatin, Tennessee, facility. The company hopes to be making guns in the new plant by the fourth quarter of 2015.
Hankook Tire chose a Select Tennessee site in Clarksville, Tennessee, for its first-ever U.S.-based manufacturing facility. The company is investing more than $800 million for a new state-of-the-art plant to provide additional capacity for Hankook’s growing business in the U.S. market and creating approximately 1,800 full-time jobs for the region. The company broke ground last October and is expected to begin tire production by 2016.
Tennessee has also launched the Select Tennessee Property Evaluation Program to further improve the inventory of industrial sites and buildings in Tennessee by evaluating potential properties and advising local communities on where investment may be most beneficial and what steps may be needed to address issues.
This new competitive application property evaluation program will benefit Tennessee communities through emphasizing the importance of and assisting with planning for the future. This includes both readying industrial properties for near-term development as well as creating a pipeline of properties for future development. The first round of applications will be accepted in the fall of 2015.
Tennessee’s inventory of available, certified sites doesn’t end with the Select Tennessee Program. The state also is home to the Memphis Regional Megasite (MRM), a premier advanced manufacturing site in the southeastern U.S.
The MRM’s central location, massive size, solid infrastructure and a committed team of business and government leaders make this certified Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Megasite the future of manufacturing in the Southern Automotive Corridor.
The 3,840-acre megasite is backed by a $57 million infrastructure investment and offers advantages that include:
Only 45 minutes from the Memphis International Airport, the busiest cargo airport in the Western Hemisphere, and home of the FedEx World Headquarters
CSX Rail that connects the MRM to four Class I rail systems in the area
A location within 50 miles of 10 four-year colleges, six two-year institutions and six state technology centers, guaranteeing a steady pipeline of qualified workers and resources.
More information on Tennessee’s remaining Select Tennessee sites and the Memphis Regional Megasite is available on the state’s economic development website. There you will find site overviews, information on utility services, technical studies and reports, downloadable summary sheets and drone video footage of each site.
Tennessee’s Available Certified Sites
Aerotropolis Logistics Park Site
4542 American Way, Memphis, TN
Shelby County
Airport Industrial Park - Site A
574 Smith Lane, Jackson, TN
Madison County
Airport Industrial Park - Site B
574 Smith Lane, Jackson, TN
Madison County
American Way Site
108 Industrial Dr., Ripley, TN
Lauderdale County
Aviation Park 1
100 Cargo Center Dr., Blountville, TN
Sullivan County
Bristol Business Park
1559 Vance Tank Rd., Bristol, TN
Sullivan County
Cardiff Valley Road Site
284 Cardiff Valley Rd., Rockwood, TN
Roane County
Centre 75 Business Parke, Lot 7
1600 Centre Park Dr., Loudon, TN
Loudon County
Cherry Glen Industrial Park
103 Sam Watkins Blvd., Mount Pleasant, TN
Maury County
City of Milan Industrial Park Site
4999 Denton Fly RD. - Milan Industrial Park, Milan, TN
Gibson County
Clarksville-Montgomery County Corporate Business Park South
3200 International Blvd., Clarksville, TN
Montgomery County
Dyersburg Rail Site
4500 Hwy. 211, Dyersburg, TN
Dyer County
Fayetteville-Lincoln County Industrial Park - Lot 4
1900 Winchester Hwy., Fayetteville, TN
Lincoln County
Gallatin Industrial Center, Phase II
4000 Gateway Dr., Gallatin, TN
Sumner County
Gibson County Industrial Park - North Site
2725 North Central Ave., Humboldt, TN
Gibson County
Gibson County Industrial Park - South Site
2725 North Central Ave., Humboldt, TN
Gibson County
Horizon Center, Development Area 6
201 Renovare Blvd., Oak Ridge, TN
Roane County
I-40 Advantage Industrial Park Site
790 Windrow Rd., Brownsville, TN
Haywood County
Jones Road Site
2693 Upper Jones Rd., Kingston TN
Roane County
Lake County Industrial Site at Cates Landing
4530 Tennessee 22, Tiptonville, TN
Lake County
Langley Hall Industrial Site East
1384 Airport Rd., Gallatin, TN
Sumner County
Langley Hall Industrial Site West
1385 Airport Rd., Gallatin, TN
Sumner County
Memphis Regional Megasite
854 Thorpe Rd., Mason, TN
Haywood County
Milan Commercial Complex, Graball Site
2280 Hwy. 104 West, Milan, TN
Gibson County
North Etowah Industrial Park Site
239 County Rd. 512, Etowah, TN
McMinn County
Northwest Tennessee Regional Industrial Center
4118 North Clover St., Union City, TN
Obion County
Partnership Park II
2504 Weaver Pike, Bristol, TN
Sullivan County
Rialto Industrial Site
4400 Hwy. 51 North - Rialto Industrial Park, Covington, TN
Tipton County
Sandstone Village Site
30 Sand Pebble Rd., Jackson, TN
Madison County
State Road 111 Industrial Park
310 Oak Hill Rd., Livingston, TN
Overton County
Team Lawrence Commerce Park - East
3309 US Hwy. 43 North, Ethridge, TN
Lawrence County
Team Lawrence Commerce Park - West
3309 US Hwy. 43 North, Ethridge, TN
Lawrence Ethridge, TN
Timberlake Industrial Site
1620 Timberlake-Wildersville Rd., Lexington, TN
Henderson County
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