Only months after the Brownsville Navigation District Board of Commissioners held a groundbreaking for the Port of Brownsville’s business park in June, prospective businesses are preparing to negotiate lease agreements with the port.

At a recent regular board meeting, the BND Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve leasing rates for the business park. The competitive rates aim to attract sustainable, high-quality companies to the port, ensuring its long-term success.

Port staff from the Engineering and Facilities Maintenance departments have completed several construction milestones in-house for the 118-acre business park. This includes leveling the site and installing water/sewage pipes and fire hydrants.

The business park is the BND’s latest infrastructure investment to draw in industrial and manufacturing companies supporting the port’s mission to enhance workforce opportunities for the Rio Grande Valley. It also offers a strategic location near the Brownsville Ship Channel with direct truck and rail connectivity to an efficient logistical network that saves time and money.

Benefiting the RGV and Texas

Since 2015, Texas has attracted more than 288 corporate headquarters, according to the Texas Office of Governor Greg Abbott. During a visit to the Valley in August, Abbott touted the Port of Brownsville as the “centerpiece of future economic expansion for this entire region.”

“What’s going on at the port cannot be overstated. We are working and have been working with billion-dollar businesses that are expanding operations in the Port of Brownsville,” said Abbott. “This port is incredibly important as an international transfer point. It already provides well over 50,000 jobs and $3 billion in economic activity.”

As a leading maritime port for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Port of Brownsville’s position along the U.S.-Mexico border makes it the optimum location for companies seeking to establish in Texas and northern Mexico and capitalize on the nearshoring trend.