Bryce  Custer,  SIOR,  CCIM,  MRICS  

Monaca  PA,    October  16,  2018    

How  to    extend  the    range  of  an    electric    vehicle!!  

We  are  at  the  beginning  of  an  economic  revolution  along  the  

Ohio  River  Corridor  and  throughout  the  

 Appalachian  Basin.    

From  “Rust  Belt  to  Plastic  Belt”  

What  Do  You  Need?  •  Abundant / Low-cost Feedstock? •  Proximity to Customers? •  Suitable Site? •  Infrastructure? •  Workforce? •  Incentives?

Abundant/Low-­‐cost  Feedstock  Ethane  (C2H6)  

• Shell – Utilizing pipelines • Others – Ethane storage hub??

(Thank you Mom and Dad for the Chemistry Degree!!)

Proximity  to  Customers  

“THERE  ARE  NO  SUITABLE  SITES  ALONG  THE  OHIO  

RIVER  CORRIDOR”    

FAKE  NEWS!!!    

SUITABLE  SITE  • “Flat Land” • ~1,000 Acres?? • “Hi-Low” or “Tiered” Approach

Ohio River – M70 Marine Highway Corridor

(Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers) Pittsburgh, PA

to Kansas City, MO

Navigable    Waterways  from  Ohio  River  Corridor  

•  Interstate/State Routes •  Ports •  River •  Airports •  Rail Access domestically and globally  

Rail:  Class  1  Rail  •  Norfolk Southern Corporation •  CSX Transportation, Inc

Regional  •  Wheeling and Lake Erie Trackage rights to CSX and NS

   

Abundant  Workforce  Beaver Falls, Monaca, Aliquippa, Coraopolis, PA ; East Liverpool OH

Steubenville, OH Weirton, WV

St. Clairsville, OH; Wheeling and Tridelphia, WV

Marietta, OH

Parkersburg, WV

SHELL

PTT Global

 Trained  Employees  

•  Schools •  Trade Schools •  Specialized Programs

Community  Commitment  to  Growth     Local, Regional, State Incentives CCPA      OMEGA  CDC  Butler  County  Canton  Regional  CoC    

EODA          APEG    The  Progress  Fund  Southwestern  PA  Corp  

Mon  Valley  Alliance  Stark  Development  Board    Jobs  Ohio  

Hancock  County  Development  Authority    AND  MANY  OTHERS!!!  

“WE  WANT  YOU  and  WILL  DO  WAHTEVER  IT  TAKES!”  

Mont  Belvieu    vs.  Ohio  River  Corridor  •  70 + year history of petrochemical processing •  Strategically located on Gulf Coast

•  Access to onshore and offshore transportation •  Above one of the world’s largest salt domes

•  Storage capability •  Raw material

•  30 miles east of Houston

Together  we  can:  •  Be  Producers,  Not  Exporters  •  Improve  Infrastructure  •  Break  the  generational  cycle  of  

unemployment  

AND  WE  CAN    

#MAGA  Make  Appalachia  Great  Again!!!  

Boys  Choir  and  French  Horns  Playing:  “You  Can’t  Always  Get  What  You  Want”  

 

Bryce  Custer,  SIOR,  CCIM,  MRICS  P  330  418  9287  bryce@NAIORC.com  twitter@OhioRiverCRE  www.OhioRiverCorridor.com