KINGMAN, AZ-After a two-year search in the Southwest, Cantex Inc. has selected a 30-acre site to develop a $30-million manufacturing and distribution facility. The Fort Worth-based manufacturer will break ground soon on a 500,000-sf hub about 200 miles northwest of Phoenix.
Bob Riley, director of economic development with the Kingman Airport Authority, tells GlobeSt.com that Cantex, which makes PVC conduits and electrical products, studied sites in Arizona, Utah and Nevada before deciding on the acreage at Commerce and Bonanza, located in the 4,000-acre Kingman Airport & Industrial Park. "The availability of rail on that site was why Cantex went with it," says Riley, whose board operates the industrial and business park. "Rail service is becoming more difficult to obtain nationwide."
The plant, expect to add 50 to 80 jobs to the area, is slated to come on line in August. "They also have room to expand on this parcel if they need it," Riley adds.
Cantex acquired the land through a public auction by the City of Kingman. Riley says there are still about 100 acres left in the park's first phase. The second phase has 1,200 to 1,500 acres, priced at $1.50 per sf for non-rail land and $2 per sf for rail-served tracts. The park is serviced by Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern & Santa Fe.
RBR Construction Inc. of Weatherford, TX is the general contractor for the Cantex project. Staubach Co. brokers in Phoenix, Denver and Dallas oversaw the site selection and land acquisition.
Cantex, now part of Sumitomo Corp. of America, has eight manufacturing plants and two distribution centers in the US. The Kingman factory will be the first fabricated fitting plant and distribution center in the West to complement a PVC conduit plant in Reno.
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