Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb is eyeing Houston for a $1B manufacturing plant that would create close to 500 jobs, according to a state filing.
The 104-acre site in Generation Park, a master-planned business park just outside Beltway 8 in northeast Houston, is one of three sites in three states that the New Jersey-based company is considering, according to an application for tax incentives filed this week with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
If built in Houston, the facility would bolster the region’s status as a biotech hub, following pharma giant Eli Lilly’s announcement of a $6.5B plant under construction in Generation Park…