Facility to Loom Large on NAFTA Superhighway
A 10-million-square-foot rail-served industrial property, SW International Gateway Business Park, is soon to be underway, serving six ports within 250 miles, including Houston, Corpus Christi and Galveston.
EL CAMPO, TX—A 10-million-square-foot rail-served industrial property named SW International Gateway Business Park is soon to be underway, serving six ports within 250 miles, specifically Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Freeport, Galveston, Houston and Port Arthur. A groundbreaking ceremony on June 19 will be held by developers Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial Group, Ridgeline Property Group and Kansas City Southern.
Located 71 miles southwest from Houston, the master-planned multi-modal distribution park will offer frontage to the US 59/Interstate 69 NAFTA Superhighway, and provide access, visibility and rail service via the Kansas City Southern–the premier carrier for rail traffic to and from Mexico.
“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.
Other key features of the park include approximately 1.375 miles of frontage on US 59/I-69 and a staging area for more than 200 rail cars. It is located within a foreign trade zone, offering additional local and state economic incentives.
The development has the ability to deliver build-to-suits within 12 months of executed lease. Two NAI Global offices were tapped to market the project, led by Steve Pastor and Susan Fox with New Jersey-based NAI James E. Hanson, and John Simons, Holden Rushing and Chris Haro of NAI Partners in Houston.
“Railroads are now thinking outside the box for better service and Kansas City Southern wanted to better accommodate clients,” Pastor tells GlobeSt.com. “Product in southern Texas is older and traffic/population are a factor. Industrial owner/users needed a place to expand and El Campo checked all of the boxes that Corporate America needs. It is the first state-of-the-art rail park just a few hours from Mexico on the main line of Kansas City Southern, it’s efficient and has the right incentives.”
Kansas City Southern offers seamless cross-border transportation into and out of Mexico with customs pre-clearance for faster, lower-cost service than trucks can offer. Its logistics network operating centers located in the US and Mexico keep trains and shipments moving securely and on time. And Kansas City Southern’s unique rail access via Kansas City Southern de Mexico to the Port of Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast avoids congestion of West Coast ports. Kansas City Southern’s primary US holding is the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central US. Its international holdings include KCSM, serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50% interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. Its North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a railway network linking the US, Mexico and Canada.
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