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CSX Corporation announced this week it has designated the 225-acre Columbia Tennessee Rail Site as its latest CSX Select Site.
Select Sites are development-ready properties along the CSX network where standard land use considerations and comprehensive due diligence items have been previously addressed, according to a news release. These properties are able to meet the needs of a wide variety of manufacturers, significantly reducing the time required to construct facilities and ultimately bring products to market.
The Select Site program began in 2012 as a way to better serve new and existing customers and short line partners along the CSX network. The company partners with Austin Consulting, a nationally known site-selection consulting firm, to screen candidate sites and assist communities with the application and certification process.
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Tennessee location one of 23 offered in CSX’s Select Site program 330 1 minute read CSX has selected a site in Middle Tennessee as a select site. (Photo: Flickr/Birmingham Photographer J.g.)
CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) has another site next to its network that is available for development.
This property is the Columbia Tennessee Rail Site. As a “select site,” the property has gone through land use considerations, and that vetting means the time for a prospective customer to construct a facility on site can be shorter.
This is the second CSX property in Tennessee. The 225-acre site at Columbia, one hour south of Nashville in Middle Tennessee, is adjacent to an industrial park and has access to the Tennessee Southern Railroad and the four-lane U.S. Highway 43. The Tennessee Southern Railroad, operated by Patriot Rail. interchanges with CSX.
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CSX announces that the Columbia Tennessee Rail Site has been designated a Select Site. (Photo by David C. Lester)
CSX announced that the Columbia Tennessee Rail Site in Columbia, Tenn., has been designated a CSX Select Site.
Select Sites are development-ready properties along the CSX network where standard land-use considerations and comprehensive due diligence items have been previously addressed. These properties are able to meet the needs of a wide variety of manufacturers, significantly reducing the time required to construct facilities and ultimately bring products to market.
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David C. Lester
CSX announced that the Columbia Tennessee Rail Site in Columbia, Tenn., has been designated a CSX Select Site.
Select Sites are development-ready properties along the CSX network where standard land-use considerations and comprehensive due diligence items have been previously addressed. These properties are able to meet the needs of a wide variety of manufacturers, significantly reducing the time required to construct facilities and ultimately bring products to market.
“Tennessee offers a strong value proposition for businesses, which is evident in the continued growth seen in middle Tennessee,” said Tom Tisa, head of business development at CSX. “The Columbia Tennessee Rail Site represents an outstanding development opportunity, and we’re excited to have a rail-served property of this caliber in the region.”
True Rail establishes headquarters in Mt. Pleasant
The company made the announcement this week alongside the Maury County Chamber and Economic Alliance.
Launched in 2019, True Rail has operations across the state in Mt. Pleasant, Milan, Chattanooga and Copper Basin in East Tennessee s Polk County.
In preparation for the the company s growth, True Rail has been making major renovations and improvements to an existing facility near downtown Mt. Pleasant.
“We have come to Mt. Pleasant with the intention to do things right and be a good community partner, and are thankful for the warm welcome and assistance we have received from the Mt. Pleasant community and Maury County,” said John Powers, the CEO of True Rail Enterprises. “We are planting deep roots here. We are thrilled to be working with the folks here in Mt. Pleasant. It is a great place to build a community.