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Industrial & Warehouse Construction in
Simcoe County

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Simcoe County is our home market. Terrahills is headquartered in Ramara, and the 100,000 sq ft Ramara Industrial Park is our own multi-unit industrial development, which means the permitting offices, the servicing capacity and the soils here are things we deal with every week, not once per project.

Industrial demand in Simcoe County is driven by tenants priced out of the GTA looking for Highway 400 and Highway 11 access, and by a local manufacturing and agri-processing base that needs modern, code-compliant space. Serviced industrial land is the constraint. Much of the county's available industrial land is greenfield, which puts site servicing, stormwater management and zoning on the critical path before any steel is ordered.

That is exactly the scope Terrahills carries. On the Ramara Industrial Park we took a greenfield parcel through zoning, full site servicing in Phase 1, and phased building construction so early tenants could occupy while later units were still going up. The same delivery model applies to a single-tenant warehouse in Innisfil or a food-processing plant in Bradford.

What is specific to building industrial in Simcoe County

  • Greenfield industrial land is common. Budget for servicing extensions, stormwater ponds and road works, not just the building
  • Frost depth is designed around 1.2 m across most of the county; low-lying and shoreline parcels near Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching can carry organic soils and high water tables that push foundations to piles
  • Shallow limestone bedrock is encountered on parts of Ramara and Orillia: good bearing, but rock excavation for services and footings changes the price
  • Municipal site plan approval runs through the lower-tier municipality (Ramara, Orillia, Barrie, Innisfil, Bradford West Gwillimbury) with County and conservation authority (LSRCA / NVCA) sign-offs
  • Highway 400 corridor sites in Innisfil and Bradford compete with York Region on logistics; Highway 11 sites in Orillia and Ramara compete on land cost

What it costs here

published 2026 Ontario construction cost benchmarks, GTA hard costs: warehouse $75–$180/sq ft, distribution facility $170–$480/sq ft. Cold storage in Ontario runs roughly $240–$420/sq ft depending on refrigeration plant and freezer share. Hard costs only. Land, servicing, development charges and soft costs sit outside these bands.

Proof of delivery

Ramara Industrial Park: 100,000 sq ft multi-unit industrial development, Ramara, Simcoe County. Greenfield through occupancy under one contract. EU-GMP certified pharmaceutical facility, Ramara. Regulated-environment industrial construction delivered on schedule.

Industrial & warehouse construction

FAQ

Questions clients ask about industrial & warehouse

Yes. We are headquartered in Ramara and work across the county: Barrie, Orillia, Innisfil, Bradford, Midland, Collingwood and the townships between. The Ramara Industrial Park is our own development, so we are on the ground here continuously.
It is the constraint. Serviced sites exist in Barrie, Innisfil and Bradford but move quickly; much of what remains is greenfield. We take greenfield parcels through zoning and servicing as part of the same contract as the building, that is how the Ramara Industrial Park was delivered.
The geotechnical report decides it. Much of the county has competent till suitable for spread footings and grade beams below 1.2 m frost depth. Shoreline and low-lying parcels can carry organic soils that require piles; parts of Ramara and Orillia have shallow bedrock. We commission the investigation before the footprint is fixed.