TexAmericas Center Retains No. 5 Ranking Among Nation’s Top Industrial Parks

TEXARKANA, Texas — TexAmericas Center, which owns and operates one of the largest advanced manufacturing, logistics and rail-served industrial parks in the United States, has retained the No. 5 position in Business Facilities’ 2026 Annual Metro Rankings, extending its run to seven consecutive years among the country’s top 10 industrial parks.

The repeat top-five finish was announced as part of the publication’s 22nd Annual Rankings Report. This year’s Industrial Parks ranking focused on intermodal and utility capabilities, manufacturing activity, available land and space, and the economic impact each park delivers within its surrounding region. The ranking follows a year in which existing tenants expanded, new projects advanced and TexAmericas Center invested in additional rail capacity.

“Returning to the top five confirms that the work happening across our campus is being noticed,” said Scott Norton, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of TexAmericas Center. “Companies are investing, adding jobs, and expanding here because our team and regional partners are prepared to solve problems and help projects move forward. This ranking reflects that shared effort.”

Regional collaboration remains central to TexAmericas Center’s ability to compete for new projects and support companies already operating on the footprint. Partnerships with Texas A&M University-Texarkana, Texarkana College, the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana and Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas (WSNET) connect employers with recruitment support, training resources, workforce development programs and a regional talent pipeline. Together, those relationships provide companies with support before, during, and after they begin operations.

Those partnerships supported several expansion projects over the past year. EnergyX brought its Lithium processing demonstration plant online after completing over a $20 million investment. COIM USA announced an expected $50 million specialty chemical manufacturing expansion made possible through collaboration with regional stakeholders. Renew Truck also expanded its presence by leasing an additional 2,604-square-foot industrial building and a 2.35-acre lot, increasing its total production space to 16,673 square feet and creating room to add new product lines. Rowe Casa Organics bought a 150,000 square foot light industry building and built out over 50,000 square feet to consolidate its headquarters, R&D lab space, and product manufacturing space.

TexAmericas Center also advanced Project Big Pine with Potentia Development, adding a new category of opportunity to its project pipeline. Planned for approximately 500 acres, the mission-critical campus is designed for data centers, AI infrastructure and other power-intensive users. If fully developed, Project Big Pine could represent approximately $3.5 billion in investment and 120 permanent jobs.

With core site due diligence completed and surveys underway, Project Big Pine has moved into active development, positioning TexAmericas Center and the Texarkana region to compete for large-scale projects requiring speed-to-power, development certainty and long-term expansion capacity.

TexAmericas Center also added two locomotives through a $3.15 million investment to strengthen in-house rail movement, support growing tenant demand and improve the safety and efficiency of rail operations. The investment, funded in part through a $1.5 million Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant from the Texas Military Preparedness Commission, provides added capacity for existing tenants, future projects and operations supporting Red River Army Depot and its contractors.

TexAmericas Center now has 1.4 million square feet of industrial and commercial space in use and 44 companies operating across the footprint. Together, those companies support 1,536 jobs and reported $95.2 million in 2025 payroll. Employment on the property has grown 136% over the past five years, while TexAmericas Center’s third-party logistics customer and tenant base has grown 67%.

Located along the Interstate 30 corridor in Northeast Texas, TexAmericas Center gives companies access to the four-state market of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas from a central U.S. location. Interstate connectivity, seven rail lines converging in the Texarkana region, an on-site 350-car rail yard, more than 30 miles of rail and access to air and fiber networks support a wide range of industrial operations.

The footprint is home to companies representing advanced manufacturing, specialty chemicals and materials, defense and weapons systems, tactical and commercial vehicle remanufacturing, battery and energy technologies, small arms and ammunition, plastics and pipe production, transportation equipment, transloading, warehousing and railcar storage. This mix gives TexAmericas Center a diverse industrial base while creating opportunities for shared infrastructure, logistics services and regional supply-chain growth.

“Rankings are earned through execution,” said Eric Voyles, Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Development Officer at TexAmericas Center. “When a company evaluates TexAmericas Center, it can find rail-served sites, move-in-ready space, flexible real estate options, in-house logistic services and a network of partners prepared to help solve operational, workforce, and development needs. That combination gives businesses a more direct path from site selection to operations to profitability.”

For more information about TexAmericas Center and its available sites, facilities and services, visit TexAmericasCenter.com.