Developer proposes 175,000-square-foot office-warehouse on 12th Street; council to hold town hall
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Bridal Stacy Group told the Brookshire City Council it plans a speculative, Class A, 175,000-square-foot office-warehouse on about 13 acres along 12th Street; the project would require additional right-of-way and a widened, commercially viable road.
Bridal Stacy Group told the Brookshire City Council on Nov. 6 that it has an approximately 13-acre tract under contract along 12th Street and plans a speculative, Class A concrete tilt-wall office-warehouse totaling about 175,000 square feet.
"Currently we have, an approximately 13 acre tract of land under contract along 12 Street. And what we intend to develop there is what you see here, which is an office warehouse project," said Will Stacy, representing Bridal Stacy Group, during the council presentation. The firm provided a site rendering and a preliminary plan showing additional right-of-way would be needed to widen 12th Street so the property could support commercial traffic.
The developer told the council it had discussed right-of-way with representatives for adjacent parcels and that most of the required land could likely be donated; one corner parcel remained a question mark because the owner was out of town. "Between the tract that we have under contract currently and the owner on the North Side Of 12th Street, the bulk of the right of way ... we can relatively confidently say is going to be there for the city in order to make the expansion," Stacy said. He added the bulk of the new right-of-way would fall on the south side of the street, which he said would limit disruption to existing homes.
Bridal Stacy Group provided a preliminary tax calculation the company said was based on similar Empire West buildings. The presentation estimated roughly $280,000 a year in taxable value on the ground for the proposed building (excluding inventory taxes) and included a developer estimate that city property-tax revenues from the building could pay for construction of a commercially viable 12th Street within about 18 months.
Council members and at least one resident raised concerns about impacts to people who already live on 12th Street and asked whether the developer had engaged neighbors; the developer said initial outreach had not yet occurred and that a public hearing or town-hall would be part of the process. City staff confirmed the project would require additional right-of-way acquisition, design work (LJA was mentioned as a likely consultant), and potential reimbursement arrangements if the developer advanced and funded initial road work.
After the presentation the council later directed staff to schedule a town-hall-style public meeting specifically for the Bridal Stacy Group 12th Street development so residents can engage directly with council and the developer.
The matter at this stage was informational: no formal zoning, platting or public-works approvals were taken at this meeting. Council members emphasized resident outreach and a formal public process would be required before any right-of-way acquisition or construction began.
