The breakdown
In the city’s SH 35 corridor, Mission Building Systems, which engineers metal buildings, has begun work on its nearly 125,000-square-foot facility, which will sit on a 16.7-acre tract on West Orange Street near SH 35, according to the email blast from the city.
The building is expected to bring about 100 jobs, officials said. The city began working with Mission Building Systems in 2022.
What else?
In the city’s Lower Kirby District, which sits at the southwest corner of South Beltway 8 and SH 288, work has begun on two detention ponds that were among a number of things permitted over the last two years, according to the city’s email.
The site’s master plan overall calls for both residential living and businesses, the latter of which includes retail, office, technology and research campus, and light manufacturing spaces, which will be connected by parks, walking trails and boulevards, according to the email.
There is also work expected on the east side of Fruge Road and Levey Lane, as well as water line extensions, which will begin construction this year, according to the email.
