Wheatland Eco Park
Wheatland Eco Park promotes innovative research and production facilities. Continued development of the site at Wheatland Eco Park will include residential, commercial and mixed-use facilities. The close proximity of all buildings promotes land conservation and promotes healthy lifestyles..
Development | Mission Statement
To develop a sustainably-designed industrial park with flexible accommodations that will promote entrepreneurial companies. Wheatland Eco Park will seek recruitment of enterprises to exploit potential by-product exchanges and industrial networking.
Sustainability
Constructing more energy efficient structures through use of state-of-the-art principles of building science. This equates to improvement in energy efficiency, indoor air quality, comfort, safety and reduced water consumption.Getting the balance right between the environment and those who live, learn, work and play here, making sure it lasts long into the future.
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Overview
Location. Location. Location.
Giles County is located in the Allegheny Mountains in the southwest portion of Virginia, on the border of West Virginia. The county has a long history of industrial development that began with the westward expansion of this country when early settlers developed extensive uses for the area resources.
Giles County is located in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
Roanoke is 70 miles east; Richmond, the state capital, is 244 miles east; and Washington, D.C. is 300 miles northeast.
The New River Valley
Home of Virginia Tech and Radford University
Virginia’s New River Valley is made up of the counties of Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and the City of Radford. It is located in southwestern Virginia in the midst of the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. The 1,458 square mile region is bordered on the northwest by West Virginia and along the southeast by the Blue Ridge Mountains. With Interstate 81 passing through the region and Interstates 77 and 64 nearby to the south and north respectively, the area is strategically accessible to both the East Coast and Mid-West markets.
The New River Valley is home to Virginia Tech, Virginia’s largest university and one of the nation’s leading research centers along with Radford University and New River Community College.
Information provided by Onward NRV
Wheatland EcoPark awarded $3.3 million in Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
Conceptual Plan Facts
- Industrial, Research/Development Transitioning to Production
- To include Office, Retail, Commercial, Residential and Ample Convenient Parking
- Total EcoPark Size: 130 Acres
Site Specifications
- Zoning – Business/Light Manufacturing
- Topography – Gently Rolling
- Foreign Trade Zone
- HUBZone
- Opportunity Zone
- All pads are currently Tier 3
- Site Area (acres): 130.00
- Largest Contiguous Parcel (acres): 110.00
- Subdividable: Yes
- Zoning: Business/Light Manufacturing
- Topography: Gently Rolling
- Foreign Trade Zone: Yes
- HUBZone: Yes
- Electric Provider: Appalachian Power
- Natural Gas Provider: One mile to 42” pipeline with connection opportunity
- Water Provider: Giles County Public Service Authority
- Sewer Provider: Town of Pembroke
- Telecommunications Provider: Pembroke Telephone Cooperative
- Broadband Speed Level: 1Gbps symmetrical fiber service available
NanoSonic's LEED Green Building
NanoSonic became the first tenant in Wheatland EcoPark, an environmentally-friendly office and light manufacturing industrial park in Giles County, Virginia, and the first such environmental development in Southwest Virginia. Our main building is a LEED, energy-efficient green building and was designed and operates through an integrated process. We used low impact site development practices and stormwater is treated naturally, which is especially important in our rural location. Energy efficiency includes features such as low-e glazing, digital photocells and occupancy sensors to help control lighting, and Energy Star-rated equipment. All finishes, sealants, coatings and adhesives are low-VOC for improved indoor air quality for a healthier work environment. We save water use inside with low-flow plumbing fixtures, and outside we planted native vegetation that does not require irrigation. More than a quarter of the materials in the building itself have recycled content and more than 10 percent of them were sourced within 500 miles.
NanoSonic, Inc.
Award-winning, high-tech company founded in 1998 by Richard Claus, Ph.D.