Winnipeg receives application for industrial park project in CentrePort South
Posted May 26, 2026 2:10 pm.
Last Updated May 27, 2026 9:51 am.
A 700-acre industrial park could be coming to Winnipeg.
The development in CentrePort South, named Catalyst Park, would be located north of Saskatchewan Avenue and west of the airport.
Mayor Scott Gillingham welcomed an application Tuesday by Winnipeg’s Jessiman family.
“This will be the largest industrial development in Winnipeg’s history, so it really speaks to the potential to grow Winnipeg’s sky economy. I know already that one of the interested parties in looking at being located within this development is related to the aerospace sector.”
Winnipeg’s so-called “sky economy” is a term Gillingham has repeatedly used to describe the city’s aerospace and aviation sectors. The city says Catalyst Park could also support air-freight firms.
“It represents high-paying jobs, it represents economy, and most excitingly, growth in Winnipeg’s sky economy,” Gillingham said.
CentrePort’s president and CEO Carly Edmundson would not specify which aerospace company has expressed interest but hopes the park will be the tip of the iceberg.
“Seven hundred acres is the size of some cities, so thousands of jobs could potentially be created in Catalyst Park,” Edmundson said.
Theres a total of 1,800 acres of new developable land, enabled by city council’s 2022 decision to service CentrePort South, an initiative first pushed by Gillingham when he was on council.
“Having 1,800 acres of employment lands come online at CentrePort, the first being Catalyst Park, will be a true catalyst in the area, jobs, opportunities for companies, and also in the future a residential area in CentrePort South,” Edmundson said.
“This is the reason when I was city councillor I pushed to get CentrePort South serviced,” added Gillingham.
As for next steps, the application will go to Assiniboia Community Committee for approval and will likely involve a public hearing. Gillingham has already begun lobbying to push it through, penning a letter to the committee.
“I remain open-minded to the specifics when an application comes forward as far as any hearing or objections or requests that come forward. I’m very open-minded for what may need to change, but in general, I want to see CentrePort South developed,” the mayor stated.
There’s no word yet on when construction could begin, or what the cost would be.
Edmundson says it wouldn’t be unthinkable to see shovels in the ground as early as construction season next year.
