REDMOND
Pending city approval, a new 61-acre industrial park in Redmond
could be ready for tenants as early as this summer. With
an estimated $15 million construction price tag,
Bend-based Edge Development
Group would build 28 lots, which range from one to four
acres, for what’s being called the Topaz Business
Park. Bud Prince, manager of Redmond Economic Development,
estimates that there are 10 industrial parks in the city either
under construction or ready for tenants. Higher land and
workforce costs in Bend will drive that number even higher, he
says. “Companies are looking at Bend and saying,
‘We can’t do it,’” he says.
