SUCCESS SPRUCE GROVE A snapshot of commercial & industrial businesses investsprucegrove.ca to Grande Prairie to Fort McMurray 43 VILLENEUVE 44 AIRPORT 633 to Prince Rupert 16 TRANS CANADA HWY 16 RAIL LINES 16A to Vancouver PARKLAND AIRPORT 60 EDMONTON CITY OF EDMONTON SPRUCE INTERNATIONAL GROVE AIRPORT 2 7 REASONS TO to Calgary CHOOSE SPRUCE GROVE: Ample serviced industrial land and buildings at very cost-competitive prices. Strategic location—with heavy haul routes— for great connections particularly north and west. Large, skilled local labour force. Large, established industrial and commercial base. Access to fully integrated urban emergency services. Thriving, full service urban community. An “Open for Business” City Council and community. SPRUCE GROVE... DISCOVER SUCCESS Spruce Grove is the place to achieve true success… the place where you can have it all. Businesses are achieving outstanding success in the City of Spruce Grove, thanks to our welcoming and cost-effective business environment. If you are seeking to start, relocate, or expand your business, the City of Spruce Grove is the place to be. You’ll experience all the benefits of being at the heart of the Greater Edmonton Capital Region—with the cost of doing business significantly lower than in Edmonton. Growing your business in Spruce Grove will ensure your connection to major transportation routes and bolster your position within the service and supply hub that serves northern and western Alberta, northeastern British Columbia, and other major resource development areas. Take advantage of our easy access to Edmonton’s vast markets, with the capital city’s large skilled labour force only minutes away. You can choose from shovel-ready sites and buildings currently available for sale or lease in modern industrial parks and well-established commercial areas. With our streamlined permit process, a city council that stands behind their pro-business approach, and a knowledgeable local labour force at your disposal, your business will be ready for success in no time. But the opportunities won’t end there. Not only will you save money and be strategically poised to prosper, you’ll build a life that you can feel good about. Spruce Grove is a friendly place to live and work with quality, affordable housing options, top-notch recreation programming, and exciting sport and cultural amenities. » Spruce Grove’s modern industrial parks offer you SUCCESS IS... ample opportunities with quality industrial land at LOWERING less than half the price of Edmonton. BUSINESS » The City does not charge business tax and has no machinery and equipment tax. Non-residential COSTS property tax is 70% lower than in Edmonton. IROC HYDRAULICS irochydraulics.com » Spruce Grove is one of Alberta’s fastest growing communities. Starting out as a one-man operation with one work truck, IROC Hydraulics has grown into a Spruce Grove success story. With our unprecedented population Owner Cori Williams established the company in 2003, and growth of 8.5% in 2015, we grew to over with the help and dedication of long-term employees, it is now 32,000 people—this translates into celebrating ten years within the community. numerous opportunities for business. IROC Hydraulics can be found in a 15,000 square foot building » Spruce Grove is well positioned to take on 2 acres in Spruce Grove’s Business Park with a roster of advantage of the ongoing strength in 15 staff. They offer design, repair, and installation services to industrial servicing and manufacturing in clients in the oilfield, industrial, manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Northern Alberta and British Columbia. “Being located close to Edmonton we make every says Cori. Our business will prosper from the effort to be competitive,” “We feel there is no need for our customers to go any further. Spruce Grove is the key to significant expansion of markets our success.” and a broadening customer base. SUCCESS IS... GROWING WITH AN EXPANDING MARKET Raised in the area, and now with a family of his own, Cori can’t say enough good things about living in Spruce Grove. » Estimates indicate that Spruce Grove’s “There is a good community feel here, a small town feel— and exceptionally good business opportunity.” residential population is expected to top 42,000 residents by 2020. IROC Hydraulics earned the 2013 Business of the Year Award presented by the Spruce Grove Chamber of Commerce. » The Edmonton Capital Region’s Dedication to providing the highest quality services in the shop population, currently at 1.2 million, and in the field will support IROC Hydraulics’ goals for even is expected to reach over greater success in the future. 1.7 million people by 2044. We can do everything here. We’ve had growth every year and there is room to grow even more. “ – Cori Williams, Owner of IROC Hydraulics ” Spruce Grove is the key to our success. “ – Cori Williams, Owner of IROC Hydraulics ” WESTERN PRECAST STRUCTURES INC. westernprecast.ca Western Precast Structures Inc. was a concept three years in “None of us are from this area. We made a very deliberate, the making before its first shipment of precast concrete in well-informed choice to locate in Spruce Grove,” says Jeffrey October of 2015. Believing there had to be a better way to Hansen-Carlson, President of Western Precast. “We have good produce precast concrete than the traditional approach taken access to highways and a strong, educated workforce. The in Canada, the company’s partners searched the globe for the availability of serviced land in well-laid out industrial parks was most advanced methods and technologies. After a year and a key to our decision—we have trucks moving in and out, so the half of research, development and training at a small facility in layout of the land matters.” Grande Prairie, the company settled into its progressive The company is stepping boldly into the future with its cutting 85,000-square-foot facility in Spruce Grove, looking to make a edge automated technology. Able to manufacture concrete fundamental change in the construction market. walls, floors, beams and columns in an assembly line fashion, similar to that of a vehicle or iPhone, the company is the first of its kind in North America. “Innovation in construction is not necessarily what you build with, it’s how you build, and that’s why we are on the leading edge of the market,” adds Jeffrey. The availability of serviced land in well-laid“ out industrial parks was key to our decision to locate in Spruce Grove. – Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, President of Western Precast Structures Inc. ” Currently with 40 employees, Western Precast serves the commercial, industrial, institutional and agricultural sectors in Alberta and Northern BC. As a pioneer at the forefront of change, the company now looks to a promising future in Spruce Grove with significant capacity for growth. We are happy with this fairly central location, as a lot of material for our projects comes“ through our Spruce Grove operation, and there is good access to the airport. – Chris Pezoulas, Director of Operations for TransCanada ” SUCCESS IS... BEING AT THE HEART OF THE ACTION » Doing business in Spruce Grove puts you where the action is. Strategically located on the Yellowhead TransCanada Highway just 11 kilometres west of Edmonton, our city reaps the rewards of the TRANSCANADA capital city’s influence, without the transcanada.com disadvantages of a big city, such as higher business costs, reduced parking, and traffic congestion. TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and operation of a vast majority of North America’s energy » As the western gateway to Alberta’s infrastructure, including natural gas and oil pipelines, and Capital Region, Spruce Grove holds a power generation and natural gas storage facilities. Their key position within one of the most diversified portfolio encompasses natural gas, nuclear, coal, productive and prosperous areas in hydro, and wind generation, located primarily in Alberta, the province, and is the service centre Ontario, Quebec, and the Northeastern United States. for a trading area of over 100,000 Touted as both one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and people. Alberta’s Top Employers, the company has been providing approximately 50 locals with a job since 1981 at their facility » Our industrial districts are strategically on a 40-acre parcel of land in one of Spruce Grove’s industrial located with easy access to major parks. The Spruce Grove site serves as one of the company’s transportation corridors, providing regional facilities and fulfills three functions for the you with the chance to conveniently TransCanada Corporation: engineering and tech support, distribute goods and services, promote construction services, and warehouse space. your business, and flourish. We have plenty of prime space for commercial Spruce Grove’s strategic location along Highway 16A, with businesses that will place you among close proximity to Highways 16 and 60, is a definite advantage major national chains and in high for TransCanada. visibility, strategic locations. The City of Spruce Grove is one of 25 municipalities making up the Alberta Capital Region, a vibrant and growing area of 1.2 million people that is: • ranked as having the best economic potential in North America, • directly connected to the second largest oil reserves in the world, and • taxed at the lowest rates for personal and business tax in Canada. ATCO STRUCTURES & LOGISTICS The 60,0000-square-foot manufacturing plant, located on 28 acres in one of Spruce Grove’s industrial parks, is one of atcosl.com 11 manufacturing plants worldwide. Each day approximately 100 diligent trades workers are capable of hammering out a With its roots in Canada’s first oil boom more than 65 years trailer unit, such as a seven-bedroom modular camp or office ago, ATCO Structures & Logistics has grown from a small site trailer bound for Fort McMurray.