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Construction underway for 1.2M-SF spec warehouse in TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park
October 4, 2022 - Construction has started on another 1.2 million-square-foot speculative warehouse in the massive TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park outside Baytown in Chambers County.TGS Cedar Port DC 4, expected to be delivered in the first quarter of next year, is the second 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse TGS Cedar Port Partners LP has started building within...
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No tenant? No problem. Million-square-foot ‘spec’ industrial buildings are popping up across Houston
September 29, 2022 - From Baytown to Brookshire to Conroe and beyond, developers are breaking ground on million-square-foot industrial buildings.After success with its first building, Houston-based TGS Cedar Port Partners is set to deliver another 1.2 million-square-foot spec distribution building in Baytown early next year, adding to a growing number of mega-buildings going up...
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Exxon’s Baytown facility finds new ways to break down plastic as consumers demand better recycling
September 29, 2022 - A stream of everyday plastics such as detergent containers, pill bottles and unsoiled diapers is already finding its way inside an ExxonMobil lab in Baytown, where the company readies to launch one of the continent’s largest advanced recycling facilities. Ziploc bags filled with many-colored pieces of torn-up...
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ExxonMobil’s Dave Andrew talks to BIC Magazine at the 2022 Gulf Coast Industry Forum
September 22, 2022 - Dave Andrew gives an update on ExxonMobil's large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas. Watch the interview here.
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After opening of latest Grand Parkway section near Dayton, ‘explosive growth’ happening east of Lake
September 14, 2022 - For some communities on the far east side of the Houston area, the days of sleepy countryside life may be numbered.As real estate development pushes farther and farther to Houston’s exurbs, one submarket that is seeing explosive growth is the area stretching from the eastern side of...
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Blue Tide Environmental makes final investment decision to add hydrotreater, redesign Baytown base o
September 14, 2022 - Blue Tide Environmental has big plans for its recycling plant for used motor oil in the Houston area.The Plano, Texas-based company reached a final investment decision to add hydrotreater units to its re-refinery facility in Baytown. Steve Lewis, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Blue Tide,...
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Houston industrial leases surge as abundant space attracts out-of-state tenants
September 8, 2022 - Developers are breaking ground on several industrial projects in Houston amid record demand for space as an influx of out-of-state industrial tenants seek a Texas hub for retail, e-commerce and logistics operations.Leasing activity by companies locating to Houston for the first time has more than tripled in the last 18...
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Air Liquide to build $550MM ASU, Baytown, Texas
August 23, 2022 - Air Liquide has proposed a $550 million project for the design and construction of a new world-scale air separation unit (ASU) for the production of argon, oxygen, and nitrogen for distribution to customers in the Gulf Coast area, according to an application filed with the Texas Comptroller’s Office. ...
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Third Terminal On The Way At Port Houston As Supply Chain Reshuffle Sends Growth Soaring
August 22, 2022 - Traffic is up nearly 25% at Port Houston so far this year amid what one commercial real estate observer called a perfect storm of global transportation and supply chain pressure.Now plans are afoot to deal with the unprecedented volume of cargo pouring into the city, including...
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The next U.S. energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico
August 15, 2022 - With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains $370 billion for climate and energy programs, policy experts are forecasting a big expansion in clean electricity generation. One source that’s poised for growth is offshore wind power.The U.S. has just two operating offshore wind farms, off...
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