Groundbreaking for 540-Acre Rail-Served Industrial Park in [Location]
Rendering of El Campo warehouse.
EL CAMPO, Texas – In June a development team that includes Stonemont Financial Group of Atlanta will begin construction on a 540-acre, rail-served business park in El Campo, roughly 60 miles southwest of Houston.
The SW International Gateway Business Park is designed to improve logistics to and from Mexico by reducing trucking costs and delays, according to John Simons of NAI Partners. At full build-out, the project could accommodate up to 10 million square feet of warehouse space, Simons said during an NAI Partners press briefing this week.
Developers on the project include SW International Gateway Business Park, Ridgeline Property Group, and Kansas City Southern. The site will offer direct frontage along the US 59/I-69 NAFTA corridor, providing strong highway connectivity.
“The SW International Gateway Business Park represents a strategic opportunity for businesses that ship goods between the United States and Mexico,” said Zack Markwell, CEO and Managing Principal of Stonemont Financial Group. “This development will allow transportation of goods to occur more efficiently.”
Key features of the master-planned, multi-modal distribution park include:
About 1.4 miles (7,260 feet) of frontage on US 59/I-69
Staging capacity for more than 200 rail cars
Foreign Trade Zone designation and access to additional local and state economic incentives
Six Texas ports within 250 miles: Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Freeport, Galveston, Houston, and Port Arthur
On-site centralized transload station to support shipments crossing the U.S.–Mexico border
KCS certification
Ability to deliver build-to-suit facilities within 12 months of executing a lease
Fully entitled, development-ready, rail-served sites available for lease, build-to-suit, and design-build projects
Kansas City Southern Railway will provide seamless cross-border rail service into and out of Mexico, including customs pre-clearance to speed transit and lower costs compared with trucking. Its modern logistics operating centers in both the U.S. and Mexico help ensure trains and shipments move securely and on schedule.
Unique rail access via Kansas City Southern de México to the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast offers an alternative route that can avoid congestion at busy California ports.
