{"id":19575,"date":"2026-05-14T21:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/news\/15\/07\/2026\/por-que-la-zona-de-comercio-exterior-de-mcallen-adquirio-1-500-acres-en-la-zona-norte-de-la-ciudad\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:37:24","slug":"por-que-la-zona-de-comercio-exterior-de-mcallen-adquirio-1-500-acres-en-la-zona-norte-de-la-ciudad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/es\/news\/14\/05\/2026\/por-que-la-zona-de-comercio-exterior-de-mcallen-adquirio-1-500-acres-en-la-zona-norte-de-la-ciudad\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 la Zona de Comercio Exterior de McAllen compr\u00f3 1,500 acres en la zona norte de la ciudad?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The McAllen Foreign Trade Zone near South Military Highway has grown over the past five decades into an industrial park of more than 700 acres, but to keep expanding, the organization purchased 1,500 acres north of Monte Cristo Road about 20 miles away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/es\/podcast\/56-anos-1-millon-de-pies-cuadrados-y-sigue-creciendo-un-recorrido-por-la-zona-de-comercio-exterior-de-mcallen-con-mark-garcia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13766\" style=\"width:377px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-690x388.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Episode-30.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/podcast\/56-years-1-million-square-feet-and-still-growing-inside-the-mcallen-foreign-trade-zone-with-mark-garcia\/\">Watch the podcast with Mark Garcia.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBack when we first started, we were probably one of the first developers ever down there on South Military; it was all farmland, fields, and crops. We\u2019ve seen a lot of growth over the 56 years we\u2019ve been out there,\u201d Mark Garcia, CEO of the McAllen Foreign Trade Zone, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/\"><em>Rio Grande Valley Business Journal<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new site is similar to the Foreign Trade Zone\u2019s roots, it\u2019s undeveloped brush lands, which means it\u2019s going to need significant infrastructure investment from water, to sewer and even internet. The city of McAllen agreed to annex the Hidalgo County land into city limits in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working with the city of McAllen. We need to get water and sewer up there because it\u2019s just a matter of time before we get these companies in front of us saying, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m ready to invest.\u2019 But the last thing you want to tell them is, \u2018Okay, give me a couple years and we\u2019ll be there.\u2019 We\u2019ve got to be ready,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cIt was a strategic move because we knew everything was going to end up growing on the north side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The existing Foreign Trade Zone site already works with about 80 companies and is planning to construct 1240,000 square feet of new warehouse space to meet future demand; its occupancy rate is upwards of 95%, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose of the zone is to enable U.S. manufacturers to import foreign components to manufacture their own products and to re-export those goods without paying duties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"A gated dirt-road entrance to a Foreign Trade Zone property surrounded by brush land and chain-link fencing in north McAllen.\" class=\"wp-image-14106\" style=\"width:459px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-1067x800.jpeg 1067w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-647x485.jpeg 647w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McAllenFTZNorth2-307x230.jpeg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Entrance to the FTZ property in north McAllen. <br\/>Photo Credit | Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a real benefit to them because normally, anything that comes into a port of entry has to pay duties before it comes into the U.S.,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cSo these companies located in a foreign trade zone actually have the ability to store it, then re-export.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, with vehicle manufacturing, car makers will import all the components from the steering wheel to the tires. If those parts were imported individually outside a foreign trade zone, each component would be subject to a separate duty rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey can take those components, defer all those duties, and manufacture that vehicle. At the end of the day, that vehicle has a different duty rate as a completed vehicle,\u201d Garcia. \u201cAnd in some cases, it\u2019s almost duty-free. That\u2019s what we call the inverted tariff option.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Foreign Trade Zone has McAllen in its formal name, its benefits can extend to businesses across Hidalgo County, it\u2019s not required to build or lease inside the industrial parks, but companies often want a turnkey solution, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Foreign Trade Zone area is also about a mile south of the new overweight highway corridor being constructed by the Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority \u2014 which would enable tractor trailer traffic to smoothly travel from the international bridges to Interstate 69 heading further north.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The land for an industrial park and mixed-use development surrounds the former Moore Air Base \u2014 which has been retrofitted for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"A USDA Moore Air Base sign stands behind a chain-link fence near open land in north McAllen under a bright blue sky.\" class=\"wp-image-14108\" style=\"width:497px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-1067x800.jpeg 1067w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-647x485.jpeg 647w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MooreAirBaseNorthMcAllen-307x230.jpeg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The USDA\u2019s Moore Air Base facility sits near the expansion area. <br\/>Photo Credit | Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there\u2019s been a big investment in that site.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moore Air Base is part of the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. It has hosted a fruit fly research facility, but there\u2019s a new $750 million screwworm mitigation facility being built\u00a0 to breed sterile flies used to fight the pest that threatens to destroy cattle ranching in Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are a lot of opportunities there with this facility going up there, close to 500 employees,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI think we\u2019re perfectly positioned to be able to offer some alternatives and development out there for industrial space.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While construction on the new USDA facility is underway and there are plans for many more employees, the Foreign Trade Zone is working on setting up a temporary food court on the property.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of ideas, we\u2019re planning on an educational component in this new high-tech type of development,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p 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