There has been nothing like it before. Buzz surrounding the newest commercial real estate development is dominating the agricultural narrative in Canada and beyond. It’s time for agriculture, technology, and real estate to get cozy. Agritech Haven International (AHI) is breaking ground this spring. The evolution of agtech begins now.
AHI is a brand new all-weather real estate portfolio that presents agribusiness in a cohesive smart business park, containing a high-quality platform to launch successful commercial storefronts and indoor agricultural spaces. It’s the world’s first approved development with a detailed master plan providing federally regulated, smart communities and a full range of compliant, value-added services for its members.
The purpose-built facility project is spearheaded by Sunny Sarpal, Director & Team Lead of AHI. As the project evolved, Centcom Construction Ltd. and Sevenz Consulting Inc. began playing vital roles.
Centcom is a leader in the commercial construction industry with a history of working with Fortune 500 companies. Having over 40 years of experience as consultants and contractors in top-tier sectors throughout Western Canada and the Northern Territories, the Calgary, Alberta based company has over 100 years of combined construction experience. Referred to as the contractor of choice, the firm has completed over 4,000 projects in the oil and gas facility space. Sevenz Consulting has a known track record designing master-planned developments, building full-service hospitality infrastructure, multi-level apartments, entertainment complexes, seniors medical housing, commercial retail units, modular based projects, and a wide range of specialized projects.
Built using 37 trade skillsets, the smart agritech community eliminates the logistical complexities for agribusinesses by providing pre-approved licensed growing space with access to a full range of services. AHI is a hub where licensed nurseries, lettuce and leafy green producers, micro cultivators, standard cultivators, microprocessors, standard processors, and bulk oil and distillate processors can have dedicated approved, compliant space in a community with other like-minded entrepreneurs. This also means bottlers, manufacturers, packagers, gourmet food makers, operators, educators, and other industry professionals can get in on the high-demand space, too.
AHI master planned developments meet all regulatory bylaws zoning requirements. Units provide medical and food grade finished properties secured and monitored 24 hours a day. Space can suit both small- to large-scale operators and offer the benefits of being near a large pool of agriculture-based labour force, proximity to international distribution hubs, and safe and reliable supply of water and electricity. Members of AHI can also work together and access sales, marketing, distribution, logistic and other services required to complete the cycle of a thriving agribusiness.
The business park design is built to spec to meet federal regulatory requirements for specialty agribusinesses and growers. Using durable, non-combustible construction materials, AHI handles extreme weather conditions experienced in Central Alberta. This brand-new real estate asset class is scalable, and it won’t be long before AHI communities will be expanding across Canada and internationally.
AHI is made by and for people with a passion for real estate, agriculture, and technology.
Development Highlights:
- Technology infused/smart business park
- Size of Phase 1 development: 187,096 sqft
- Scalable to every country internationally
- Compliant asset class for regulated and licensed industries of all types
- Turn-key assets to allow operators to solve a global problem of food security
- The management team led by an experienced and respected general contracting firm from Western Canada
- Entire AHI Red Deer North footprint of 1.1 million sqft
Who is Agritech Haven for?
All types of licensed and compliant professionals, businesses, corporations and industries, including:
- Food producers
- Vegetable producers
- Lettuce and leafy green producers
- Confectionary kitchens and chefs
- Bulk oil and oil distillate processors
- Microprocessors
- Standard processors
- Controlled product manufacturers
- Pharmaceutical producers
- Chemical handlers
- Bottlers
- Manufacturers
- Packagers
- Cold storage systems
- Educators
- Nurseries
- Micro cultivators
- Standard cultivators
- Aviculture bird breeders
- Aquaculture fish producers
- Apiculture bee producers
Growth-generating unit features:
- Medical and food grade compliant facilities
- License ready business plans and structures
- 24-hour on-site security and monitoring
- On track to become a Good Production Practices (GPP) certified facility
- On track to become an EU Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) certified facility
- Constant, clean, measurable, and reliable power
- Treated and monitored water supply
- On-demand carbon dioxide (CO2)
- High-pressure steam, volatile organic compound (VOC), and dehumidification systems
- Patented air and surface technologies
- Air showers, monitoring systems, and UV technologies
- Multiple layers of odour control and mitigation systems
- Architects, engineers, and consultants at your service
- Enforcement of strict integrated pest and plant management protocols to ensure growers and commercial products maintain high quality standards