RailPort is a 1,700-acre TXI rail-served business park development south of Dallas/Fort Worth, in Midlothian, Texas (Ellis County).

Mileage Chart

Downtown Dallas

24

Downtown Fort Worth

27

Grand Prairie

15

Arlington

19

DFW Airport

29

Access

  • Major thoroughfare access from Highway 67 and Highway 287
  • Easy access to Interstate Highway 45, Interstate Highway 35, Interstate 20, State Highway 67 and State Highway 360
  • 30 minutes from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Love Field

Size

  • 1,700 acres
  • Various parcels and sizes available
  • 5 – 200 acres

Zoning

  • Heavy to light Commercial

Development

  • Phase I: Complete
  • Phase II: Complete
  • Phase III: TBA

Freeport Tax Exemption

  • City of Midlothian
  • Midlothian Independent School District

COMMUNITY PROFILE +

Midlothian, Texas

Tax Rate (Per $100 assessed value) as of 10/07
Ellis County $0.393607
Midlothian, City $0.650000
Midlothian ISD $1.367500
Other (Water District) (was consolidated with city tax)
TOTAL $2.0175

Utilities

  • Electric Energy Delivery
  • TXU Electric Delivery
  • Reliability - 99.98564%
  • Voltage - 69 KV, 138 KV , 345 KV
  • Natural Gas Transmission
  • TXU Gas/ATMOS Energy

Telephone

  • AT&T Digital

Transportation

  • Air Service
    Mid-Way Regional Airport
    Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (40 mins)
    Dallas Love Field (30 mins)
  • Freight Carriers
    Central Texas Freight Lines
    Road Way, Tex-Pack
    United Parcel Service
    Consolidated Tex-Pack
  • Rail Service
    Burlington Northern Santa Fe
    Union Pacific railroad
EDUCATION - Midlothian ISD
Public School Operating Budget (2004): $40,347,643
Early Childhood/Pre-K 4 Schools 59 Enrollment
Elementary 5 Schools 3,153 Enrollment
Middle/Jr. High 2 Schools 1670 Enrollment
High School 1 School 2,032 Enrollment
Private
Special/Head Start		 2 Schools 39 Enrollment

Area Universities / Colleges

  • Navarro College
  • Texas A&M - Commerce
CLIMATE
Annual Average Temperature: 65°F
Monthly Average High Temperature: 96°F
Monthly Average Low Temperature: 35°F
Annual Average Precipitation: 30.05"
Annual Average Snowfall: trace
Elevation: 700
WAGE DATA
Production Classification $ Low $ High
Entry Level
Assembler, General
7.78
13.24
Electrician
13.76
19.64
Laborer, General
7.13
11.32
Machinist, General
9.47
16.31
Maintenance, General
9.20
16.35
Mechanic (Maintenance)
11.56
23.28
Truck Driver, Lt., any ind.
8.21
14.41
Warehouse, worker
7.24
11.49
Welder, Production
9.73
15.38
Office, Clerical and Technical
Accountant/Auditor
17.16
33.79
Computer Programmer
22.79
44.17
Customer Service Rep.
9.01
15.47
General Office Clerk
7.11
12.36
Key Data Entry Oper.
8.92
15.20
Secretarial
8.34
13.66
Shipping & Rec. - Clerk
8.57
14.00

Economic Development Incentives

  • City/County Tax Abatements
  • Enterprise Zone
Industrial Development Bonds
  • Foreign Trade Zone
  • 4A/4B Economic Development Sales Tax
  • Freeport Tax Exemptions

(all subject to minimum criteria and discretion of various taking entities and economic development concerns.)

INFRASTRUCTURE +

Roads

  • 48 ft. width
  • Concrete, curbed and gutter
  • Lighted
  • Engineered for WB-50 tractor trailers

Water

  • 12" loop distribution system
  • 300 ft. fire hydrant spacing

Sanitary Sewer

  • Gravity flow system
  • Engineered for industrial processes
  • 8"- 30" lines

Storm Water Drainage

  • Underground storm water collection system
  • Open vegetated channels
  • No on-site storm water definition required

Landscaping

  • Fully landscaped medians and rights of way

Electrical

  • Loop feed system fed by substation with 3 separate feeds

Natural Gas

  • Dual 30" sources
  • 8" Loop feed
  • 250 mmbtu available capacity

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES +

Freeport Tax Exemption

  • City of Midlothian
  • Midlothian Independent School district

Electric Energy Delivery

  • TXU Electric Delivery
  • Loop Feed Electrical Distribution

Dual Source Gas Service

  • TXU Gas Pipeline - X System
  • North Texas Pipeline

Gas Transmission Capacity

  • 250,000 MMBtu/day available
  • 8" Distribution Line in Place
  • 12" Distribution Line Available

Dual Rail Service

  • BNSF & UP Rail Service

Industrial Gases

  • Air Products and Chemical, Inc.

Low Tax Rates

Texas Enterprise Zone

Telecommunications

  • SW Bell (Digital and Fiberoptic)
  • Williams Communications (fiber optics)

Controlled Development Environment

  • Owners Association Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions

CONDITIONS & RESTRICTIONS +

Owner's Association

Restricted Uses

Building Material Standards

  • Concrete paving
  • Brick, concrete, glass

Exterior Lighting Standards

Landscaping / Irrigation Standards

INDUSTRY LINKS +

Midlothian Economic Development Corporation
www.CEDMidlothian.org

Midlothian Chamber of Commerce
www.midlothianchamber.org

Midlothian Independent School District

www.midlothian-isd.net

Texas Department of Economic Development
www.tded.state.tx.us

City of Midlothian

www.midlothian.tx.us

Ellis County Central Appraisal District

www.elliscad.org

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