Port construction McCarthy Building Companies Inc. is constructing three major projects to expand the facility.

HOUSTON—The Port of Houston Authority is a 25-mile-long complex of 150-plus private and public industrial terminals along the 52-mile-long Houston Ship Channel and is consistently ranked first in the United States in foreign waterborne tonnage. A modernization project is currently underway at the port which will expand the facility.

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. is constructing three major projects there, including Bayport Wharf 2, Container Yard One and East End at Barbours Cut Terminal, and Barbours Cut Wharf 2 rehabilitation project. This brings McCarthy's current work with the port to approximately $121.6 million in construction costs.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.