20 - Year Growth Plan - City of Kendleton

Section 7.0 Economic Development7.6 Proposed Regional Commercial/Industrial DevelopmentsThere are several proposed developments within or adjacent to Kendleton’s ETJ asdiscussed previously in Section 3.1. These include the CenterPoint Intermodal Center(which includes the Kansas City Southern Railroad facility) and GBI InternationalBusiness Park. There is also a 293 acre tract being marketed immediately to the north ofthe Intermodal Center which likely has a similar light industrial and warehouse use. Theproximity of these regional developments to each other as well as their location alongUS 59 adjacent to the Kendleton ETJ will create higher land use intensity.These developments will also create a multitude of additional jobs. It is very likely thatmany of these employees will live nearby in Kendleton and commute to work outside ofthe ETJ. Tables 7-H through 7-J are broad estimates of the number of employeesgenerated by land uses that might be within these three developments. Given itslocation on the edge of Fort Bend County, industrial uses are estimated at 4,000 squarefeet per employee and warehouse uses are 7,500 square feet per employee.Each table includes employee estimates based on different combinations of land uses.This is also assuming each development is at full build-out. Three differentcombinations of land uses are shown in each table to reflect the variety of potentialemployee numbers in each development. At the time of this planning document’sadoption, it is impossible to determine the exact size or proportion of land uses,commercial revenue generated, or the number of future employees who will live in theKendleton ETJ.Table 7-H: Estimated Employees at CenterPoint Intermodal FacilityGross Area: 27,704,160 SF (636 Acres)Leasable Area: 7,500,000 SF (27% of Gross Area)50%WarehouseScenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 350%Light Industrial75 %Warehouse25%Light Industrial25%Warehouse75%Light Industrial3,750,000 SF 3,750,000 SF 5,625,000 SF 1,875,000 SF 1,875,000 SF 5,625,000 SF500 937 750 468 250 1,406Total Employees: 1,437 Total Employees:1,218 Total Employees: 1,656Table 7-I: Estimated Employees at GBI SiteGross Area: 13,939,200 SF (320 Acres)Leasable Area: 4,181,760 SF (assume 30% of Gross Area)50%WarehouseScenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 350%Light Industrial75 %Warehouse25%Light Industrial25%Warehouse75%Light Industrial2,090,880 SF 2,090,880 SF 3,136,320 SF 1,045,440 SF 1,045,440 SF 3,136,320 SF278 522 418 261 139 1,698Total Employees: 800 Total Employees: 679 Total Employees: 1,83748 City of Kendleton