The anchor tenant option
A typical development practice is to seek a major anchor tenant to serve as attractor by its prestige and potential for other firms to be suppliers or customers.
In an EIP the major inputs and outputs of this anchor will help define the search for the next round of companies, those capable of using its by-products or supplying it with theirs.
Examples include a pulp and paper mill, a food-processing facility, or an electricity
generating station.
Once this first major company has signed a contract to locate in the park, its staff will probably be able to help identify recruitment candidates who fit well with it.
After several other companies have committed, there will be a richer mix of potential exchanges, which will define the next wave of recruitment.