CSX - What Type Companies Might Follow …

Posted by Bob Gernert on May 10, 2007 at 2:57 pm

Once the Winter Haven ILC is underway, CSX intends to purchase the surrounding 900+ acres the plans for which will be evaluated by the Development of Regional Impact (DRI) process. The plans call for a combination of warehousing, industrial and office space. Here are a few of the tenants attracted to the Alliance, Texas ILC:

Tenants at Alliance include the county Workforce Board, AT&T, Bell Helicopter, Cardinal Health, Coca-Cola, Daimler Chrysler Services, Ford Motor Company, a branch of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Fidelity Investments, Fortuna Pizza Pasta Subs, General Mills, General Motors, Hampton Inn and Suites, The Home Depot, IHOP, Kraft Foods, Manpower, Motorola, Phillips Electronics, Pitney Bowes, Ryder System, Snooty Pig Café, Texas Instruments, a US Customs Office and numerous other offices, retail operations and distribution facilities.

While the Winter Haven ILC is projected to employ 2,000 people when fully operational, companies like those listed above will, over time, locate facilities employing thousands more, bringing quality jobs and a diversified economic base.

Update May 29, 2007:  In a decision released today, the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will evaluate both Phase I and Phase II as a single “Development of Regional Impact” (DRI. This process will provide a thorough review of the Intermodal Center with regard to such issues as transportation and environmental impacts of the center.

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  • May 14th, 2007 at 9:53 am
    Pam Childers

    I have pictures of what surrounds CSX’s site in Fairburn GA. Would you like to see?

    One question people need to ask…What was already in the area before the ILC’s came?

    In regards to Alliance — nothing, the homes, etc. came later.

    In regards to Fairburn, GA — Ford Motor Company (by the way, they are gone now), Owen Corning, Purina, Millions of Sq Ft of Warehousing (of at least which 800,000 sq ft has been vacant for at least 10 months according to the gentlemen from ING, who happen to own the building). There appeared to be lots and lots of vacant warehouse buildings in the area. I will admit that ING (and MD Hodges, who they apparently bought out) does a very nice warehouse. Fairburn GA was already an industrial community to a large extent.

    As to the Winter Haven ILC employing 2,000 (200 of which will be employeed by CSX)people when fully operational…What guarantee do we have that these people will be from Winter Haven and not transferred in from other locations? Taft, for example. This question was specifically asked of Rick Hood during the trip to Georgia…He had no answer.

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