ROSENBERG, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Union Pacific Railroad is developing a 2,040-acre industrial park in Rosenberg’s extraterritorial jurisdiction that could bring thousands of jobs and significant economic growth to the area, located about 38 miles southwest of downtown Houston in Fort Bend County.
The Mainline Texas Industrial Park, with up to 20 million square feet of potential commercial development, is expected to create employment opportunities in warehousing, logistics, manufacturing and transportation for area residents.
About 1,300 acres of the industrial park will be rail-served land, with the remainder open to other commercial development. The project will also provide storage facilities for 1,700 railcars…