GARDEN HEIGHTS
Future Economic Growth in Brownsville
Texas LNG
“Texas LNG project will provide construction jobs, permanent jobs, tax revenue, and ancillary benefits to local businesses, benefiting the Port of Brownsville and wider Cameron county region.”
Texas LNG
Approximately 5,000 local construction jobs during peak construction. • 350-400 long-term jobs once facility is operating. • Committed to hire at least 35% of workforce locally. • 3,000+ indirect jobs created. • Project will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in local economic benefit.
Texas LNG
“Texas LNG seeks an additional five-year extension to complete construction and place the project in service until November 22, 2029.”
https://lngprime.com/americas/glenfarnes-texas-lng-pens-new offtake-deal/116175/
Texas LNG
“U.S. energy company Glenfarne Group LLC, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Glenfarne Energy Transition, LLC, hopes its $4 billion Texas LNG facility will be in production by 2027, employing over 1,200 construction workers and more than 100 fulltime employees thereafter. Like the Rio Grande LNG project, renewable energy will be used to power the facility.”
https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/usa/2023/08/new lng-export-facilities-will-add-billions-to-texas-economy
Texas LNG
“Amending the tax abatements for the Rio Grande LNG project is clearly a smart economic strategy for the community. The project’s peak development period will create and sustain over 5,000 construction jobs and 437 on-site jobs once the facility is fully operational. These jobs, with expected average annual salaries of $100,000, are poised to generate $43.7 million in new yearly payroll, significantly boosting local wages, purchasing power, and general commerce.”
https://riograndeguardian.com/silva-rio-grande-lng-is-a-catalyst-for local-economic-and-environmental-prosperity/
Space X
• SpaceX is planning to build a $100 million office and industrial factory that could fit 15 football fields. The project, titled “SpaceX Starbase Office,” will be located at 52190 San Martin Blvd. in Brownsville, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records. The location is at the SpaceX launch facility on Boca Chica Beach.
• The scope of work includes five levels of office mezzanine, as an addition to an approximately 1-million-square-foot special use industrial factory. The project has an estimated cost of $100 million. The start date for the project is listed as Feb. 23, with a completion date of Jan. 1, 2025.
• ValleyCentral reported that SpaceX was planning to open a $15 million shopping center in Brownsville. The project will include a grocery store, retail shops and a restaurant with an outdoor deck overlooking the Rio Grande.
https://www.valleycentral.com/spacex/spacex-plans-to-build-100m office-industrial-factory-that-could-fit-15-football-fields/
Space X
“In a recent announcement on "X" (formerly known as Twitter), SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk revealed plans to move SpaceX headquarters from Hawthorne, California to Starbase at Boca Chica Beach, not far from Brownsville.”
