Sugar Land’s shortage of developable land may be limiting the city’s ability to compete for projects totaling billions of dollars in investment and thousands of potential jobs, according to records obtained by the Houston Chronicle through a public information request.
Sugar Land responded to just seven of 148 economic development requests this fiscal year, as a shortage of developable land limits the city’s ability to compete for major projects.
Records obtained by the Houston Chronicle through a public information request show that projects for which Sugar Land did not submit sites represented at least $30.8 billion in potential investment, including a $12.5 billion manufacturing project, a $10 billion semiconductor campus and a $5 billion advanced manufacturing operation…