The St. Louis Regional Freightway has added over 160 acres of rail-accessible real estate in Sauget, Illinois, enhancing the region’s logistics and industrial development with more than 4,600 acres of rail-served sites.
The St. Louis Regional Freightway has added another significant location in St. Louis’ Metro East to its growing pipeline of rail-accessible real estate sites. Located in Sauget, Illinois, and consisting of four contiguous parcels totaling more than 160 acres, the new addition brings the aggregate inventory of rail-served sites in the region to more than 4,600 acres. The properties are located within or in adjacent to Sauget Business Park, just minutes from downtown St. Louis.
Railed served map of Greater St. Louis Courtesy of St. Louis Regional Freightway
Upper Cahokia Rd. is the largest of the four new parcels with 103 acres of land just northeast of Sauget Business Park. Parcels 7 and 8 within Sauget Business Park are located just off Sauget Business Blvd., next to existing facilities for Amazon, Stellar Manufacturing and Sensient, and total a combined 44.7 acres. The final parcel, 1635-1643 Sauget Business Park, is 12.65 acres right on Sauget Business Blvd. All four parcels feature rail-served potential via the adjacent CPKC railroad.
The sites, which are located within an Enterprise Zone and TIF District, also offer easy access to Illinois Route 3 and Interstate 255, while Interstates 64, 55, 70 and 44 are just minutes away, as is the Mississippi River. St. Louis Downtown Airport, the region’s front door for business aviation, is also located in the business park.
“These sites are part of pipeline of sites all featuring heavy industrial user zoning ready for developers to take advantage of the region’s global connectivity with access to six Class I railroads and rail infrastructure that is constantly being improved,” said Brent Wood, President of Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and Chair of the St. Louis Regional Freightway’s Freight Development Committee. The St. Louis Regional Freightway maintains details on featured real estate sites at TheFreightway.com, including all of the bi-state area’s rail-served sites. “All of the sites represent tremendous opportunities for businesses seeking rail-accessible sites in a location with exceptional multimodal connectivity, intermodal capacity and proximity to suppliers in the bi-state St. Louis area,” Wood added.
With the Federal Highway Administration estimating the freight industry will increase 30 percent over the next two decades, the St. Louis region aims to take advantage of this projected growth by focusing on new industrial development within rail-accessible sites, while also investing in strengthening existing rail infrastructure.
“The St. Louis region is already recognized as one of the largest rail hubs in the nation, and freight movement by rail continues to grow in significance,” said Mary Lamie, Executive Vice President of Multimodal Enterprises for Bi-State Development and head of the St. Louis Regional Freightway. “The St. Louis region is continuously refining its rail service and infrastructure and overall freight network thanks to the commitment of public and private leaders who are collaborating to identify priority projects and advocate for funding for them.”
Recent railway investments include the $222 million replacement of the Merchant’s Bridge over the Mississippi River just north of downtown St. Louis; more than $10 million for track signal and switch improvements made at the junction of five of the region’s railroads near Pontoon Beach , Illinois; and an estimated $75 million in improvements underway for the MacArthur Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River south of downtown St. Louis. A series of projects at St. Louis area ports also will improve rail infrastructure and help increase the integration of barge-to-rail connectivity.
Lamie said the St. Louis region’s continued investment in rail infrastructure improvements strengthens the excellent rail service available in the St. Louis region providing access to all corners of the country without interchange and supports the St. Louis Regional Freightway’s strategic initiative focused on helping advance underutilized sites that support industrial development.
Doug Rasmussen is Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Steadfast City Economic & Community Partners, which has worked closely with the St. Louis Regional Freightway to identify the region’s rail-served sites to be included in the growing pipeline.
“The ongoing public and private sector collaboration on this initiative is really helping the St. Louis region accelerate delivery of developer-ready sites, while completely streamlining the process for developers and site selectors seeking sites with existing or potential rail service,” Rasmussen said.
To view the full report with information about each of the rail-served sites, visit https://www.thefreightway.com/real-estate/rail-access/ or contact Mary Lamie at MCLamie@TheFreightway.com
About St. Louis Regional Freightway
Established as the St. Louis region’s authority for coordinating support for industrial businesses and the logistics infrastructure they depend on, the St. Louis Regional Freightway (the Freightway) provides site selection and business assistance to manufacturing, logistics and multimodal transportation companies and their service providers. As an enterprise of Bi-State Development, the Freightway partners with public sector and private industry businesses to advocate for infrastructure development that supports the movement of freight, leads initiatives to grow the region’s talent pool, and plays a critical role in marketing the region as a world-class manufacturing and distribution cluster within the City of St. Louis and seven adjacent counties in Missouri and Illinois. To learn more, visit thefreightway.com.
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