A business park or office park is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. The first office park opened in Mountain Brook, Alabama, in the early 1950s to avoid racial tension in city centers.
Business parks are often developed in suburban locations where land and building costs are cheaper. They also tend to be located near motorways or main roads for easy access.
Criticism
The impact of business parks on surrounding areas and communities has been criticized:
- Large gaps between urbanized zones, increasing the suburban sprawl.
- The appearance of the buildings.
- Obsolescence, vacancy, and disrepair.
List of major business parks
Suburban office parks like this in the Boca Corporate Center & Campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, are usually lushly landscaped so that a peaceful workspace is created
- Algeria
- Algiers Medina, Algiers
- Bahia Center, Oran
- Argentina
- Catalinas Norte, Buenos Aires
- Australia
- Norwest Business Park, Bella Vista, New South Wales
- Belgium
- Haasrode Research-Business Park, Leuven
- Bulgaria
- Business Park Sofia, Sofia
- Canada
- Kanata Research Park
- Burnside Park
- China
- Shanghai China Fengpu Industrial Park, Shanghai
- Denmark
- INCUBA Science Park
- Symbion Science Park
- Dubai
- TECOM Investments
- Dubai Internet City
- Dubai Media City
- Dubai Knowledge Village
- Dubai Studio City
- Dubai Biotechnology & Research Park
- Dubai Outsource Zone
- International Media Production Zone
- Dubai International Academic City
- Energy & Environment
- Dubai Healthcare City
- Dubai Industrial City
- Egypt
- Capital Business Park [1]
- Estonia
- Ülemiste City
- Central America
- Altia Business Park, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- Miramar Free Zone, San Salvador, El Salvador
- Germany
- Avantis, Aachen & Heerlen, the first cross-border German-Dutch business park
- Businesspark Regensburg
- black forest business park, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Achern
- Hong Kong
- Cyberport
- Hong Kong Science Park
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Talentis Business Park www.tbp.hu
- Ireland
- Citywest, Dublin
- East Point Business Park, Dublin
- Greenogue Business Park
- International Financial Services Centre, Dublin
- Dublin Airport Central
- India
- Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Pune
- Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram
- International Tech Park, Bangalore
- Electronics City, Bangalore
- HITEC City, Hyderabad
- Infopark, Kochi
- Tidel Park, Coimbatore
- Tidel Park, Chennai
- Indonesia
- Solstice Park, Bandung
- Israel
- Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem
- Italy
- Milano 3 City, Milan
- Japan
- Osaka Business Park, Osaka
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- PRIME Business Park
- Latvia
- Dominante Park, Riga [2]
- Malaysia
- Cyberjaya, Petaling Jaya, Iskandar Malaysia
- Malta
- Smart City Malta
- Morocco
- Canablanca Nearshore Park
- Technopolis Park
- Netherlands
- Avantis, Aachen & Heerlen, the first cross-border German-Dutch business park
- Chipshol Park Schipholrijk, Amsterdam
- New Zealand
- Sylvia Park, Auckland
- Philippines
- Cebu Business Park, Cebu City
- Cebu IT Park, Cebu City
- Iloilo Business Park, Iloilo City
- Philexcel Business Park, Clark Freeport
- Poland
- Kraków Business Park, Zabierzów
- Długosza Business Park, Wrocław
- Romania
- Pipera Business Center
- Baneasa Business Park
- Bucharest Business Park
- Brasov Business Park
- ZIOS, Zona Industriala Ocna Sibiului, Jud. Sibiu
- Russia
- Country Park, Khimki
- Serbia
- Airport City Belgrade
- Singapore
- Changi Business Park
- International Business Park
- South Africa
- Route 21 Corporate Park, Pretoria
- South Korea
- Digital Media City, Seoul
- Samsung Town, Seoul
- Teheran Valley, Seoul
- Songdo International Business District, Songdo International City, Incheon
- Centum City, Busan
- Daedeok Science Town, Daejeon
- Spain
- @ Sant Cugat Business Park
- Parque Tecnológico de Madrid, Tres Cantos, Madrid
- Sweden
- Johanneberg Science Park, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
- Lindholmen Science Park, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
- Sahlgrenska Science Park, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
- Thailand
- SCB Park Plaza
- United Kingdom
- Aztec West, Bristol
- Birmingham Business Park, Solihull
- Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge an integral part of Silicon Fen
- Cardiff Gate International Business Park, Pontprennau, Cardiff
- Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Cardiff Business Park, Llanishen, Cardiff
- Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland
- East Moors Business Park, Tremorfa, Cardiff
- Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh
- Green Park, Reading, Berkshire
- Lingfield Point, Darlington, County Durham
- Maxim Office Park, Glasgow
- Milton Park, Oxfordshire
- Omega, Warrington
- Oxford Business Park, Oxford
- Pera Business Park, Leicestershire
- Pride Park, Derby
- Quorum Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Regent Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Shrewsbury Business Park, Shrewsbury
- Slough Trading Estate, Slough
- Solent Business Park, Whiteley, Hampshire
- Solstice Park, Wiltshire
- Stockley Park, London
- Swansea Enterprise Park, Swansea
- Team Valley, Gateshead
- Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire
- Thorpe Park, Leeds
- United States
- Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California
- ConoverWest Business Park, Conover, North Carolina
- Cummings Research Park, Huntsville, Alabama
- Denver Tech Center, Denver, Colorado
- Dundee Park, Andover, Massachusetts
- Eastman Business Park, Rochester, New York
- Great Valley Corporate Center, Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Interlocken Business Park, Broomfield, Colorado
- Interstate 40 Business Park, Conover, North Carolina
- MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York
- Midtown Centre, Jacksonville, Florida
- Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- Raritan Center, Edison, New Jersey
- Hauppauge Industrial Park, New York
- Rensselaer Technology Park, North Greenbush, New York
- Research Triangle Park, Raleigh/Durham
- Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto, California
- The Summit at Danbury, Danbury, Connecticut
- University Research Park, Charlotte, North Carolina