PROJECT LEGACY BUSINESS PARK

About Project Legacy

Project Legacy is the working name for a proposed 5,000-acre business park located north of U.S. Highway 74 in eastern Union County. The southern boundary of the proposed park runs along Highway 74 and is adjacent to the east/west rail line east of Marshville.

Working closely with Union County Partnership for Progress, Duke Energy’s economic development division and nationally recognized site selection and land planning consultants conducted a preliminary site readiness assessment and conceptual master plan.

Project Legacy site plan
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While Project Legacy will be developed over many generations, planning and development of Phase 1 can start immediately.
The park will include major rail-served tracts of between 150 and 250 acres and smaller tracts of approximately 50 acres each.

Non-rail-served tracts of between 15 and 50 acres are also planned. Light industrial and flex space projects will be available as well as sections of the park devoted to high-tech operations.
Legacy Business Park
An intermodal facility of about 250 acres is planned adjacent to the existing east/west rail line.

Electricity and some water/sewer are already supplied within the park boundaries with enhancements planned to ensure adequate capacity for ongoing operations.

Legacy Business Park site plan Click on map for enlarged view

Phase 1:
Bringing the Project to Life

As currently envisioned, Phase 1 would encompass up to 1750 acres.

Businessman on laptop in lobby

Here, a rail facility would be developed adjacent to the existing CSX rail line to serve as the park’s transportation backbone and give businesses an attractive competitive advantage. Phase 1 would also accommodate 11 rail served industrial sites, a light industrial site, and two office institutional sites.

The non-rail uses could be developed jointly as a corporate headquarters with mixed office and light industrial space. Phase 1 was established as the logical development for helping attract other industries and create the cornerstone on which the rest of the park could grow and develop. To return to the Project Legacy home page, click here.