Development
BY EMILY LINCKE
Industrial park sparks job growth
Measuring the impact
Traffic can be bad along FM 1485 and Gene Campbell Road, where the industrial park is located, said Isabella Diaz, a 15-year resident of New Caney. Diaz said big trucks from the industrial park and nearby construction sites contribute to increased traffic and potholes. Mattlage said growth always has pros and cons. “The Industrial park has been there since 2002,” Mattlage said. “Developers have always known we have a business park that keeps expanding by hundreds of acres.” More than 1,000 people are already employed by companies with facilities in the industrial park, Mattlage said, and the new projects are projected to add almost 400 more jobs. “[The projects] also increase the tax base for the county,” Mattlage said. “While EMCID receives no benefit from property values, Montgomery County, our school districts, and others do.”
building a warehouse in the park, said Kelley Mattlage, EMCID’s vice president and chief communications officer, via a Nov. 5 email. “It may seem like a lot of activity at once, but really it’s not,” Mattlage said. “These are big projects with companies spending millions, sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars. They take time, they change scope, and these are really projects that take years to develop on our end and theirs.” Representatives for Tension Steel Corporation USA opted not to comment on this report. Officials with GCP Paper USA Inc. and Catalyst Trading Company did not respond to requests for comment as of press time. ACORN HILL DR.
Activity picked up this summer at the East Montgomery County Industrial Park with four industrial projects coming soon. The largest projects are from GCP Paper USA Inc.—a paper products manufacturer—that will be opening a 566,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and a 450,000-square- foot warehouse. Construction on the $38.3 million manufacturing facility kicked off in June, while work on the warehouse is slated to begin in 2030. Construction on a new industrial facility for Tension Steel Corporation USA is estimated to begin in January. East Montgomery County Improvement District officials are also talking with Catalyst Trading Company about
RANCH ESTATES DR.
Industrial park projects
CRYSTALWOOD ESTATES DR.
2 GCP Paper USA Inc. warehouse • Size: 450,000-square-foot warehouse • Timeline: construction to begin by 2030 3 Tension Steel Corporation USA manufacturing facility • Size: TBD • Timeline: construction estimated to start in January 1 GCP Paper USA Inc. manufacturing facility • Size: 566,000-square-foot facility • Timeline: broke ground in June 2025; completion by June 2026
Local jobs to be added
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2
EMERALD LN.
GCP Paper USA Inc.
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EMERALD FOREST DR.
250 jobs
CHRISTOPHER WAY
CELIA WAY
1485 Tension Steel Corporation USA 120 jobs 7 jobs Catalyst Trading Company
NICHOLS LN.
Catalyst Trading Company warehouse • Size: 200,000-square-foot facility (exact address TBD) • Timeline: TBD
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TREE MONKEY RD.
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SOURCE: EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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