Construction to start on 1.2 million-square-foot spec warehouse near Houston

TGS Cedar Port Partners, LP has broken ground on a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative warehouse in Bayport at Cedar Port Industrial Park, the company said in news release.

The building pad and first slab pour is complete with construction expected to be complete by the second quarter of next year, the company said.

"The building is located in the booming, multi-modal TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park, ideally located for warehousing, distribution and   fulfillment operations," the company said. "Industry leaders such as Wal-Mart, Floor & Décor, IKEA, Home Depot, Niagara Bottling, Webstaurant, Ravago and Vinmar all have major distribution and fulfillment centers in TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park, taking advantage of the location and access to abundant, cost-effective labor."

The recently completed segment of the Grand Parkway will allow customers of the industrial park easy access to and from the Port of Houston with no stop lights, the news release said.

The industrial park, located in West Chambers County, is the "largest master-planned, rail-and-barge-served  industrial park in the U.S," spanning 15,000 acres with 18 million square feet of industrial and manufacturing warehouses, the company said.

The new warehouse will have more than 1,000 parking spaces for trailers and 1,500 for cars, the news release said.

It will feature LED lighting, 40-foot clearance, a "ring road" around the building and sprinkler system, the company said.

The project is one of several announced recently for Cedar Port Industrial Park.

An Atlanta company, Floor and Décor Outlets of America, announced this year that it has purchased almost 100 acres at the industrial park for a 1.5 million-square-foot distribution center, the Houston Business Journal reported.