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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Sullivan Tire Plans Major Expansion In Taunton, Massachusetts, Myles Standish Industrial Park

09/04/2014
This Fall Sullivan Tire plans a major expansion into Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton, Massachusetts, when the auto service provider moves into a new 200,000-square-foot facility that will provide a hub for its call center, office, and warehouse facilities.

The Taunton Development/MassDevelopment Corporation, which is overseeing the site’s redevelopment, sold the 15-acre parcel to Maggiore Companies, which is completing the facility to lease to Sullivan Tire. The company expects to host about 100 jobs at the site.

“The future is bright at Myles Standish Industrial Park with strong additions like Sullivan Tire,” Senator Marc R. Pacheco said. “I have been proud to help transition the former Dever School into this successful industrial center through legislative initiatives and partnerships at the state and federal level.”

“I welcome Sullivan Tire and its employees to the park, which will complement the hundreds of jobs to be created at Myles Standish as we move forward with projects such as the Life Sciences Education and Training Center on site,” he added. “The $1.6 million EDA grant for the park marks significant progress towards our goal of making the Life Sciences Education and Training Center a reality. Through this federal investment, Southeastern Massachusetts will soon be home to a cutting-edge center that expands our skilled workforce base and attracts the competitive life sciences sector to the region.”

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts provided $3.1 million from the MassWorks Infrastructure Program to kick off the project with access roadways, utilities, and storm water systems in 2011, followed by a second $2 million grant for life sciences infrastructure. The U.S. Economic Development Administration also provided $1.5 million in 2012 toward the infrastructure costs for this development as well as a recently approved $1.6 million grant for the life sciences infrastructure.

“This is certainly great news welcoming the renowned Sullivan Tire to the City of Taunton. This would not have been possible without our partners in the federal and state government or MassDevelopment,” said Taunton Mayor Thomas C. Hoye Jr.

In 2012, MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, and the Taunton Development Corporation partnered to form a nonprofit development corporation to redevelop the 220-acre site, which will expand the MSIP and develop a new life science business Park. The TD/MDC has completed MEPA permitting for the site, developed two critical roads – Charles F. Colton Road and Pioneer Way – and sold 18 acres for economic development projects. TD/MDC has completed three phases of demolition and remediation, and is cleaning up select parcels with $600,000 in brownfields grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“We welcome Sullivan Tire to Taunton,” said MassDevelopment President and CEO Marty Jones. “Many partners have helped to transform this site and pave the way for this addition, which we expect will be the first of many more companies choosing to locate and grow in this industrial park.”

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