PEARLAND TOWN CENTER Pearland Town Center, located near the SH 288 and Broadway Street intersection, features regional shopping choices and restaurants in more than 940,000 SF of retail space. The clustering of uses attracts customers from beyond Pearland. The retail report discusses the advantages of the tenant mix and some disadvantages of allowing non-retail uses within the center. There is one prominent area left for development within Pearland Town Center. This 11-acre tract of land is recommended for a high-density residential development to provide additional stable demand for services within the area. Additionally there are approximately five pad sites to be developed ranging from 15,000 SF up to nearly three acres of land. Pearland Town Center may also be encouraged to further develop the underutilized parking areas for opportunities with new buildings.
Industrial In addition to retail businesses, Pearland also has a major industrial and manufacturing presence. As of 2023, Pearland has more than 60 manufacturers and 2,100+ specialized workers. In addition, Pearland’s convenient location with access to two major airports, railroads, highways, and distance from the seaport makes it a strategic location for manufacturing supply chain production. Below is a list of all the manufacturing projects and businesses that conduct business and industrial production within
Pearland’s City limits: Î Lonza Houston Inc. Î Tool-Flo Manufacturing Î PT Solutions Î Zapp Precision Wire Î MultAlloy
Î Adient Medical Î Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation (MCO-I) Î Dover Energy
Î Merit Medical Systems Î Brask, Inc. Neela Î Merit Medical Systems Î Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
FIGURE 7.15: UNDEVELOPED PARCEL IN PEARLAND TOWN CENTER
LIFE SCIENCE Lonza is a custom manufacturer and developer for the pharmaceutical and biotech markets. Founded in 1897, Lonza now has more than 55 major manufacturing and R&D facilities and approximately 15,500 full-time employees worldwide. In April 2018, the company opened a 300,000-SF manufacturing facility located in Pearland’s Lower Kirby District. It is the largest dedicated cell-and-gene-therapy manufacturing facility in the world and is home to 900 employees. Merit Medical Systems, a global medical device company, opened its 118,000-SF research and development and manufacturing facility on a 12-acre site just north of Shadow Creek Ranch in the Lower Kirby District. Headquartered in Utah, Merit serves hospitals worldwide by manufacturing more than 2,000 proprietary, disposable medical devices used in diagnostic and interventional cardiology and radiology procedures. Approximately 400 employees work at the Pearland location. Adient Medical, a medical device manufacturer that develops implantable medical devices that dissolve for the prevention of pulmonary embolism, expanded its offices with a relocation to a 1,900-SF office and research space in Reflection Bay at Shadow Creek. The company was founded in Pearland in 2012. Base Pair Biotechnologies, a provider of aptamer discovery and development services for research institutions, universities, and pharmaceutical companies opened its office in Pearland in 2014. The company develops aptamers, novel chemical components for research and medical DNA diagnostics, which can be used as substitutes for antibodies in many applications. In 2017, the company relocated to a larger office and laboratory space in Pearland. Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., a Saint Paul, Minnesota-based cardiovascular medical device developer, opened its 46,000-SF state-of-the-art facility for the manufacturing of commercialized interventional treatment systems for vascular disease.
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