PEDC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS In this section, the key summary list of projects that the PEDC has helped to develop includes: LOWER KIRBY DISTRICT Located along the southwest corner of South Beltway 8 and State Highway 288, this is a master planned 1200-acre mixed-use development. Per the Lower Kirby Urban Center Master Plan completed in 2011, the district includes residential, office, and natural trails along the buildings. The development of the master plan began in 2009 and in partnership with the City of Pearland, consultant Gateway Planning Group was hired to strategically develop this project in compliance with the City’s existing development standards. Today, the existing developments on site include: Î Millar Inc.’s 56,000 square-foot (SF) headquarters, manufacturing and R&D facility (currently under construction) Î Endress+Hauser’s 112,000-SF Gulf Coast Regional Center campus Î Lonza’s 300,000-SF viral and immunotherapy development and manufacturing facility – the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in the world Î America Modern Green is developing the Ivy at Lower Kirby – a mixed-use planned development proposed to include office, continuing care retirement center, retail, condominiums, townhomes, and apartments. Î Tool-Flo’s 80,000-SF headquarters, training, and manufacturing facility Î Rex Supply’s 46,000-SF facility that serves as a headquarters for Rex Supply and a new distribution center for Production Tool Supply Co., LLC Î Merit Medical’s 92,000-SF R&D/medical device manufacturing facility Î Dover Energy’s 150,000-SF manufacturing and operations center Î Mitsubishi Heavy Compressor Corporation’s 180,000-SF office, manufacturing, and warehouse facility
Located on the northwest corner of the intersection of SH 288 and FM 518 is the Shadow Creek Ranch Town Center, a 600,000 SF retail center that contains notable tenants such as HEB and Academy Sports & Outdoors. The center is located within Shadow Creek Ranch, a 3,500-acre master- planned community that was ranked as one of the top 10 master-planned communities in the Greater Houston area for several years. Shadow Creek Ranch is the largest neighborhood in Pearland and is consistently ranked as one of the top suburban master-planned communities by popular real estate sites like Realtor.com, HAR, and Zillow. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - CLEAR LAKE PEARLAND CAMPUS Opened in 2010, this satellite university branch (UHCL Pearland) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in professions such as education and nursing. In 2015, $26.4 million dollars in funding was awarded by the legislative session to expand the campus’s nursing and other healthcare related programs. In 2019, the new 69,000-SF Health Sciences and Classroom building opened that houses the majority of the UHCL’s health science programs. HEALTHCARE FACILITIES Pearland’s healthcare industry’s presence has been consistent and expanding. Hospital systems within the City include HCA Healthcare Houston Pearland, a 97-bed acute care hospital that includes a full-service, freestanding 24-hour emergency department, imaging center, and a three-story, 80,000- SF medical office building and Memorial Hermann’s medical campus, a four-story, 64-bed acute care hospital that features an intensive care unit, operating rooms, cardiac catheterization labs, medical/ surgical units, and women’s and neonatology services. Other health care systems with a presence in Pearland include: Î Encompass Health Î Kelsey Seybold Î Interim Healthcare Î Texas Children’s Hospital Î Houston Methodist MOBILITY AND CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT To facilitate growth of the Pearland community and create a robust economy with a strong tax base to support our City and schools, it is imperative to have infrastructure and connectivity that supports existing business and new businesses growth. PEDC continually contributes to infrastructure projects, including many public/private partnership projects that have facilitated and leveraged investment from the private sector to bring investment and jobs to Pearland. PEDC is currently spearheading and funding the implementation of the following public infrastructure developments: Î State Highway 35 Redevelopment Strategy Î State Highway 288 Corridor Master Plan Improvements Î Broadway Corridor Development Plan These public infrastructure projects will improve accessibility to all new and revitalized developments that the City and PEDC have worked to provide for.
Î Bass Pro Shop’s 150,000-SF retail location developed by Poag & McEwen Î Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.’s 46,000-SF medical device manufacturing facility
PEARLAND TOWN CENTER Pearland Town Center is a regional shopping mall developed with a “lifestyle center” concept. Located near the intersection of Broadway (FM 518) and State Highway 288 and managed by CBL & Associates, the center was completed in 2008 and continues to grow. In 2021, HCA Healthcare opened a two-story 48,000-SF center for clinical advancement that helps to train medical staff throughout the year. The center provides retail, residential, office, and hotel space within the nearly one-million-SF, open-air location. More than 100,000-SF of office space is available on the second floor above the retail shops. A 110-room, four-story Courtyard by Marriott hotel is located above the center’s retail shops. Pearland Town Center includes offices and a 235-unit multifamily residential space above the stores, a 25-acre lake and adjacent walking paths and parks. Retail tenants include anchor stores Macy’s, Dillards, Barnes and Noble, and Dick’s Sporting Goods, along with other nationally-known retailers.
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