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BNSF Buy Positions Dallas Logistics Hub

The closing of 198 acres at the Dallas Logistics Hub clears the way for the development to become the nation's first industrial park with two intermodal facilities.

By John McCloud | Updated on May 23, 2008

DALLAS-The May 11 closing of the sale of 198 acres at the Dallas Logistics Hub to BNSF Railway Co. clears the way for the Allen Group development to become the nation’s first industrial park with two intermodal facilities. The 6,000-acre master-planned project on county land southwest of Dallas adjoins Union Pacific’s existing 360-acre Southern Dallas Intermodal Terminal at one end, and the plan calls for a 300-acre BNSF intermodal center at the opposite end.

The plan, however, remains tentative. In conjunction with the sale transaction, BNSF and the San Diego-based developer entered into an option agreement giving the railroad the right to purchase an additional 164 acres, which would need to be activated for the intermodal facility to move forward. But the Fort Worth-based rail company remains noncommittal about its intentions. “We are not able to discuss terms, nor are we discussing any plans we have or don’t have for that parcel,” says BNSF spokesman Pat Hiatt. “It’s basically a real estate transaction. That’s all I can say.”

The reluctance to commit appears to be caused by uncertainty over the need for yet another facility in the market. BNSF already has a 735-acre intermodal facility at Hillwood’s 17,000-acre Alliance development northeast of Dallas that has not reached its one million-lifts-per-year. It also acquired additional land at Alliance for eventual expansion. Allen Group corporate marketing director Jon Cross honors the railroad’s ambivalence but points out the site’s location makes an intermodal center there all but inevitable from a logistics standpoint. “People in general are starting to understand that massive highway and rail infrastructure that exists and the future infrastructure that will come in place makes this the region’s natural logistics hub,” he tells GlobeSt.com.

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