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The authority retained the consulting firm Landrum & Brown to develop its airport property land-use plan consistent with this model. As illustrated, the plan defines seven separate but integrated zones: 1. International Gateway and Commerce Center
2. Future growth of aviation activities 3. Future runway and air logistics 4. Regional Logistics and Business Complex
5. Educational and Technology Park 6. Multi-modal Transport Park 7. Indianapolis Conservation and Recreation Complex
Zone 1, which is the airport’s gateway,
will be occupied by high-end offices and commercial facilities providing a positive first impression of the airport. It will be connected to the airport hotel and passenger terminal as well as to the multi-modal transport park. Zone 2, where the old passenger terminal was located, offers runway access. This zone will be used for logistics purposes and future aviation needs with the old terminal removed. Zone 3 is to be reserved for a third parallel long-range runway along with air logistics facilities.
airport ownership. In 2006, the airport partnered with Shenker to implement one of the most advanced cold-chain operations in the industry. This operation eliminates many risks
associated with transporting temperature- controlled materials, not only for Shenker but for numerous other biopharma and healthcare product distributors in the region. As a result, IND has become a magnet for attracting these distributors to the airport area and throughout the greater Indianapolis metropolitan region.
Aerotropolis strategy The Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) has recently embarked on an important mission to not only guide the growth and future prosperity of IND but also to make the airport an even stronger engine for regional economic development.
As with most airport authorities, IAA had previously focused largely on aeronautical infrastructure and investment. In the past year, under the visionary stewardship of its
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executive director and CEO, John D Clark III, the authority has developed a new strategic plan that involves: • Pursuing innovative approaches for increasing and diversifying non-airline revenues.
• Maximising IND’s land and infrastructure assets for both future aviation and commercial growth.
• Ensuring that IND is a cost-competitive airport for airlines to serve and commercial facilities to operate.
• Allying with surrounding jurisdictions and other local stakeholders to stimulate additional private-sector investment, jobs, and taxes in outlying communities.
Key to this initiative is the planning and
implementation of the aerotropolis model that will preserve land for IND’s future aviation needs while ensuring that commercial development on IND’s extensive property and outlying areas is economically efficient, aesthetically pleasing, and environmentally sustainable.
Zone 4, with proximity to air service providers, is targeted to fast-cycle logistics, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and facilities for e-fulfillment, light assembly, electronics repairs, and biopharma and drug distribution. The north east corner of the site will have a passenger train stop on the Indianapolis–Chicago line that is planned for future high-speed rail, connecting the airport quickly to downtown. Zone 5 is dedicated to aviation and air
logistics education and training, along with related research and technology development on these topics.
Zone 6 links the off-airport rail system to an on-airport light rail connection to the terminal and airport hotel, as well as to gateway commercial facilities in zone 1. Zone 7, a large conservation area, will remain mostly undeveloped for environmental reasons but may see limited use for such functions as tree farms, botanical gardens, weekend fresh farm products, and park and recreation activities. The land-use plan is designed for flexibility over the coming decades, even allowing for
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