industrial park

American  

noun

1. an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.

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Etymology

Origin of industrial park

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The new facility will be built at Douglas Park, an industrial park just north of Long Beach Airport with a history of aerospace manufacturing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Today, it is home to a 179-acre industrial park, two golf courses, berry farms, condominium developments and multimillion-dollar mansions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Nearby, construction work was getting started for the day on a vast new industrial park housing facilities including rare earth processing sites.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

In April, I visited Reframe’s factory at an industrial park in Andover, Massachusetts.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

Andy and Shin are about the same age and they often ate lunch together at Los Chilaquiles, a cheap Mexican joint in a strip mall not far from LiNK’s office in a Torrance industrial park.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden