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Northwest Continues to Outpace in Industrial Space

The Northwest is the juggernaut of rail, port and petrochemicals due to population and transportation access for shipping to Texas and US markets, with Cutten Distribution Center I expected to accommodate some demand.

By Lisa Brown | lisabrown | Updated on August 25, 2017

Cutten cross-dock facility The Cutten cross-dock distribution facility is located on 16.2 acres at 11833 Cutten Rd.

HOUSTON—Northwest Houston continues to outpace the rest of the city in industrial space at 146 million square feet and growing. The Northwest is the juggernaut of rail, port and petrochemicals due to population and transportation access. It has the largest population growth in the city of young, skilled blue and light-blue collars. And, the Northwest offers highways aplenty as a distribution hub for shipping to Texas and US markets.

“With new communities and steady population growth throughout Houston, retailers, food groups and consumer products companies, some of them new to Houston, are in the market for next-generation industrial space,” says Robert Clay, president of Clay Development & Construction.

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