CSX Select Sites to offer access to rail-ready properties

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CSX introduced a new program, CSX Select Sites, offering customers an easy way to access certified, rail-ready properties for a variety of industrial uses.

The company invites interested parties to view its new web page with easy-to-use, GIS-enabled search features that show high-resolution views of topography, rail and road layouts and other significant characteristics of each Select Site parcel. For detailed profiles of CSX Select Site properties, search “Select Sites” at the company’s website at www.csx.com. Or click the “Customers” tab, then “New to CSX or Rail?” followed by “Regional Development.”

The CSX Select Site designation indicates “green light” properties along the CSX network where projects can move forward rapidly because all known risk factors have been identified and potential issues resolved.

“Ultimately, these sites will represent many of the best manufacturing properties along CSX’s rail network in the eastern U.S.,” said Clark Robertson, CSX assistant vice president regional development. “The Select Site designation promotes shorter decision timelines, increased speed to market and lower up-front development risk for companies seeking industrial property to place their manufacturing operations.

“All of the data suggest manufacturers prefer certainty in their selection of new plant locations,” Robertson said. “We intend to assist communities across the network to identify sites that can provide certainty and compete effectively for these new investments and jobs.”

To receive the CSX Select Site designation, the sites, from 100 to 1,000 acres, must meet a rigorous list of key criteria, including infrastructure and utility availability, environmental reviews, appropriate zoning and entitlement, air quality permitting, rail serviceability, proximity to highways or interstates and other attributes. CSX has partnered with The Austin Company, a nationally known site selection and certification consulting firm, to screen candidate sites and assist communities with the application and certification process.

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