Industrial Park Expansion Brings Business to Chatham-Kent

A major industrial park expansion project in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent has resulted in several new businesses setting up shop in the community. 

In 2022, Chatham-Kent invested more than $1.5 million from the Canada Community-Building Fund into the expansion of road, water and sewer services to a 26-acre area of its Bloomfield Business Park. 

Chatham-Kent purchased the property that is now Bloomfield Business Park in 2002. Over time, the 120-acre parcel of land has been developed in phases, with each development phase attracting variety of commercial and industrial employers to the region. Its proximity to the 401 corridor and location in southwestern Ontario have made Chatham-Kent’s business park the ideal location for manufacturing, warehousing and other industrial businesses. Efforts to ensure lots in the park are shovel ready for developers has also helped tremendously. 

As part of the expansion of Prosperity Way and Seventh Line West, the Municipality installed a new sanitary and storm sewer, water main, roadway, curbs and gutters, and sidewalks. 

The stability and permanency of the Canada Community-Building Fund allowed Chatham-Kent to prioritize the project and, as a result, bring employment and economic benefits to the region through new business and development. With this project being such a success, the Municipality is now planning to develop the remaining 17 acres available in the Bloomfield Business Park.