Bell Textron is gearing up to pour roughly $70 million into retooling a big factory in north Fort Worth so it can build the U.S. Army’s next-generation MV‑75 vertical-lift aircraft. The project would overhaul a roughly 447,000-square-foot industrial shell at 15100 N. Beach St, turning it into a production and assembly hub. Construction is set to kick off in April, with an addition scheduled to wrap up by early 2027. This remodel is one piece of Bell’s larger Dallas-Fort Worth build-out tied to the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program.
Those specifics, including the $70 million estimate and the April start date, are laid out in a recent filing reviewed by the Fort Worth Report. The filing details the planned remodel of the building, along with an addition meant to prep the site for MV‑75 component work and testing. It also spells out the developer’s projected construction timeline and the associated permit requests for the retooling effort.
Public commercial listings identify the property at 15100 N Beach St as a single-story manufacturing shell of about 447,000 square feet in the AllianceTexas/NE Tarrant submarket. A listing on LoopNet notes that the site covers more than 34 acres and offers extensive parking and dock access, features Bell has cited as necessary for high-volume component production…