The Connect November 2024
Hillwood welcomes new, industry-leading customers to AllianceTexas
AllianceTexas serves as a corporate base for some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Amazon, FedEx, BNSF Railway, Meta, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, Topgolf Calloway and UPS, among dozens of others.
From the most tenured corporate residents like Recaro Aircraft Seating, which has celebrated 25 of its 50 years in business at AllianceTexas – to one of our newest customers, Henry Schein, which just opened its first Texas distribution center at AllianceTexas, providing healthcare solutions for office-based dental and medical practitioners. Hillwood continues to focus on customer retention and recruitment, with several new additions, which are highlighted below.
A Top Aviation Destination. Global aviation leader Embraer will expand its operations to include an investment of up to $70 million in its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services network at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The investment is a partnership between the City of Fort Worth, Denton County and the State of Texas. Operations are slated to kick off in the second quarter of 2025 at an existing hanger at Perot Field and will support Embraer’s growing fleet of E-Jets.
North Texas’ central location in the U.S. will increase Embraer’s service capacity by 53%, allowing it to serve more E-Jets customers and create approximately 250 new aviation jobs in Texas. The new Fort Worth service center adds to Embraer’s global network, which includes 80 authorized centers and 12 owned service centers worldwide.
A pioneering aerospace corporation specializing in advanced vertical lift technology solutions, AVX Aircraft Company recently celebrated its grand opening at Perot Field. The company’s new headquarters, which includes a 7,000-square-foot prototype lab and testing space, is now home to 40 engineers and professionals dedicated to expanding and testing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for military and commercial applications.
Bill Burton, executive vice president of marketing and development at Hillwood, said regarding their opening, "AVX's focus on advancement in the aerospace sector makes it the perfect customer to establish a presence at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport and the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone."
Build It, and They Will Come. Southwire, a leading manufacturer of wire and cable used in the transmission and distribution of electricity, celebrated the grand opening of its newest customer service center located at Alliance Westport 25, Hillwood’s latest offering in next-generation logistics facilities within the Alliance Westport sector of AllianceTexas.
Southwire’s nearly 1.2 million square foot facility, originally a speculative industrial project, is responsible for distributing products for the company’s full suite of solutions, and the facility will employ 250 team members. Hillwood Chairman Ross Perot, Jr., noted of the opening, “We’ve owned this land for 30 years, and I can’t think of a better client to have on it than Southwire. We look forward to Southwire growing with us.”
Recently announced, neighboring Alliance Westport 14 and 24, speculative industrial projects, are both currently under construction. They are an integral part of Hillwood’s strategy to continually have ready-to-occupy Class A industrial options of all sizes for new and existing customers at AllianceTexas. Read more about these two projects.
Supply Chain Expansion. To the south, the Hillwood team celebrated with DICK’S Sporting Goods as they officially broke ground at Hillwood’s Risinger/35 Logistics Park, located in South Fort Worth. The 800,000-square-foot regional distribution center, which will bring 300 new full-time jobs to the region over the next 10 years, will support DICK’S business in Texas and provide more efficient distribution capabilities to over 100 DICK’S Sporting Goods stores across several states.
Hillwood Construction Services will develop and construct the new facility, which will feature sustainability initiatives, including high-efficiency lighting and HVAC, recycled and environmentally friendly construction materials, energy management systems and recycling programs for corrugate and plastics.