Built around your operation
From the Right Site to the Right Facility
Welcome Group helps tenants find the right site across Texas and the Southeast, then works with them to design a facility around their operations. We can also customize a building at one of our developments already underway to meet the tenant’s specific requirements. In either case, we start with how you operate, including equipment layout, utilities, loading, yard space and room to expand.
Planning the right facility
Site & access
Consider labor, transportation, truck access and the site’s development potential together.
Layout & workflow
Plan production, storage, office and loading areas around your equipment and how people and materials move.
Utilities & infrastructure
Evaluate utility capacity, site conditions and approvals early so they can inform scope and timing.
Room to grow
Account for yard space, circulation and potential expansion as part of the site plan.
From site selection to occupancy
Define the requirement
Start with target markets, building size, equipment, shift patterns and the date the facility needs to be operating. Identify which requirements are essential and which can flex.
Evaluate the site
Review zoning and permitted use, utility capacity, truck routes, site access and room for expansion. Confirm what needs further study before committing to a site.
Set the scope
Translate the operating requirements into a building plan. Establish what the base building will include, what the tenant will install and when the major decisions need to be made.
Plan the handoff
Coordinate construction milestones with equipment delivery, commissioning and move-in. Welcome Group’s long-term ownership and management continue after occupancy.
Build-to-suit in practice
Lower Kirby Business Park
Pearland, TX
Thorpe’s 87,450-square-foot facility at Lower Kirby is designed to bring manufacturing, fabrication, engineering, warehousing and field services under one roof.
Cedar Port Industrial Park
Baytown, TX
Welcome Group’s 23-acre development includes a build-to-suit land opportunity near the Port of Houston.
Before you commit to a site
When is build-to-suit a good fit?
When a business has requirements that are difficult to meet in existing space, such as unusual power loads, crane service, dedicated yard space or a layout built around a production line.
What determines the schedule?
Site due diligence, approvals, utility service, design decisions and equipment lead times all affect delivery. Share your target move-in date early so the team can work backward from it.
LET’S BUILD WHAT YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS
Whether you need help finding the right site or customizing a building at one of our developments, we’ll work with you to design a facility around your operations.