Port of Brownsville could soon host Nodule City, a first-of-its-kind commercial deep-sea mining hub
The Metals Company is eyeing 1,466 acres at the port for Nodule City, a proposed hub to process metals mined... Read more »
Industrial Real Estate
SpaceX is giving Brownsville $220M for water projects. In exchange, the city gave up zoning control of 444 acres near Starbase
The last-minute deal followed a raucous six-hour meeting in which police removed several people, and SpaceX declined to give commissioners... Read more »
SpaceX seeks to take zoning control over nearly 450 acres from city of Brownsville as a ‘regional’ water deal takes shape
The city says SpaceX is negotiating an investment that could roughly double regional potable water capacity as commissioners weigh its... Read more »
Volvo’s truck deal in Mexico is driving millions in new investment at Matamoros plant
Core Molding is adding two 4,500-ton presses in Matamoros to produce 1,000 Volvo truck roofs per week starting in 2027.... Read more »
Industrial growth is bringing RGV workers home — now the region needs to build its next workforce generation
More than 70% of Rio Grande LNG’s 6,000-plus construction workers are from the Valley as leaders prepare for the next... Read more »
The Valley landed the projects. Now it has to power them — and the others that are following
Industrial growth is bringing power requests larger than Brownsville’s electric system as the Valley races to expand power and water... Read more »
New report uses Rio Grande Valley to show how ICE raids can hurt local economies
More than 9,100 ICE arrests across South Texas have coincided with a record quarterly construction decline as Valley builders report... Read more »
SpaceX quietly secured zoning approval for a new nearly 34-acre heavy industrial site along Boca Chica Highway
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. could expand its industrial operations to another 33.9 acres near Boca Chica Beach, records show.... Read more »
Cement industry sees prolonged slowdown, but data centers remain bright spot, new forecast says
High interest rates continue to slow U.S. construction, but data centers remain a key growth driver, the American Cement Association... Read more »
Brownsville data center debate rolled into larger zoning ban on event centers, social clubs and more
The city of Brownsville is overhauling its zoning code for all nuisance businesses, from data centers to social poker clubs... Read more »
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