GE, industrial companies coming to Tomball

Violette said the city and the TEDC are still in the process of approving the final building design for the new facility before construction can begin.

“The architectural renderings are just beautiful,” she said. “It’s really exciting to have a global name like [GE] go into the park. Obviously, this is going to be huge for us.”

Just a few miles north of the business and technology park, another GE division is moving in along with Coastal Power Systems, a Houston-based power distribution company specializing in circuit breaker repair and retrofitting. The company has a strategic partnership with GE’s energy division, said CPS President Mike Davis.

“In essence, GE field service crews will go on-site and do installations and start ups of switch gears and circuit breakers, and Coastal Power Systems supports them via our shop,” Davis said. 

The company is expected to move into a 22,000-square-foot stand-alone facility on 5 acres of land at 1030 Persimmon Road in mid-to-late July.

Davis said CPS chose the location in Tomball to meet the needs of several companies and clients that have already moved to the area, including Baker Hughes and Elliot Electric Supply Inc.

“A lot of oil and gas—as well as commercial [companies]—are starting to branch out from the Houston area, and we’re doing the same,” he said. “Not to mention the commute is better because a lot of us are from that area. The Grand Parkway is another reason why we also waited [to relocate, and] now [that] that’s completed, we have a lot of avenues for our employees to get to work.”