The Global Transportation Hub (GTH) in Regina’s west-end will soon be home to a UFA Petroleum Cardlock location.
The United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd. (UFA) announced last week they are expanding to the GTH. CEO of UFA Fred Thun says ground work began last fall and expect to complete the project in late 2025 or early 2026.
“In Regina, weather plays a significant part in when you’ll be able to finish these types of things,” Thun said.
Once complete, it’ll be UFA’s ninth location in Saskatchewan. It’ll feature “high-speed satellite pumps, wide lanes and an expansive parking lot with overnight amenities, including contemporary shower and washroom facilities” according to a UFA news release on its website.
Thun says the GTH provides “an incredibly exciting opportunity to bring UFA to Regina and to a new category of customer as well”, adding the province offers a robust agriculture, energy, and transportation sectors.
“The opportunity to expand our cardlock network to the Global Transportation Hub was just an opportunity that we couldn’t refuse. It just gives us a way to impact communities and the industries that support Saskatchewan and ultimately agriculture in a more direct manner,” Thun added.
The GTH is an inland terminal featuring several business such as Loblaws and Amazon, a CPKC inter-modal facility and a Cargill Canola Processing Facility. UFA’s location is on the corner of Pintle Street and Rotary Avenue on five-and-a-half acres of land within the GTH, according to a footprint map on the GTH website.
Daniel Hersche, President and CEO of the GTH, noted conversations with UFA about opening a location on the west side of Regina began about a year-and-a-half ago.
“They were able to see that we have quite a bit of investment and activity at the site I think that was appealing when they were starting to look for locations in and around Regina,” Hersche said. “The people that are going to be taking loads to Cargill and to Loblaws and I think, again, it was a good match and the timing was right…and that was a service that we were looking to have out at the GTH as well.”
Hersche believes adding another business in the GTH builds “good momentum” for the City of Regina and surrounding area by creating more jobs and “more investment in the region.”
“I think we are becoming more and more attractive as more business locate out there.” Hersche added.
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