HOUSTON, TX – Trammell Crow Company (TCC) and partner Artis REIT announce that construction has commenced on a new, Class-A, 519,224-square-foot rail-served distribution facility for Plastic Bagging & Packaging, Inc. (PBP), an international producer of plastic bagging and provider of packaging services. The new build-to-suit facility will be located on the Grand Parkway in Cedar Port Industrial Park east of Houston. Completion is scheduled for Summer 2019.

“Gulf Coast chemical companies are continuing to ramp-up resin production reaching an estimated 54 million metric tons of resin per year by 2020, much of which will be exported outside of North America,” said Daniela Dell’Oglio, an Owner with PBP. “Our new, state-of-the-art facility has been designed to serve this rapidly growing market.”

The build-to-suit facility will feature 32-foot clear-height distribution space, 60-foot speed bays, a 65-foot clear-height roof pop-up for an indoor silo, and approximately 8,000 square feet of office space. It will also contain a form, fill and seal production line capable of processing 70 tons of resin per hour. In addition, approximately 9,500 track feet of rail will be developed and used by PBP to store and switch rail cars. The facility is served by the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe.

The facility is being constructed on land acquired by an affiliate of Artis REIT during the spring of 2018. Jim Pratt and Mike Taetz with Colliers International represented PBP in the transaction, and TCC is the project developer.

“We are pleased that PBP and Artis REIT have entrusted Trammell Crow Company to manage the development of this important and complex project at the epicenter of the Resins Corridor,” said George Farish, Vice President with TCC’s Houston office. “We have rolled up our sleeves and worked through a wide range of technical requirements that will ultimately result in a best-in-class rail-served distribution facility. We look forward to completing the building for PBP’s occupancy next summer.”

The building, rail improvements and rail bridge are being constructed by EE Reed Construction, Trans-Global Solutions and Christensen Bridge & Rail, respectively. The facility design team includes Powers Brown Architecture, Landev, Kimley-Horn, RITD, Binkley & Barfield, and Bihner Chen.