A new state construction filing puts Carrier's name on a half-billion-dollar factory project in far north Fort Worth, the same building the city offered the HVAC maker when it competed for a new plant this summer.
The project, titled "Project Jay - Carrier," is registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's architectural barriers program at Alliance Westport 12, 1501 Distribution Drive, in the Denton County part of the city. The filing lists an estimated cost of $500 million.
What the filing describes
- Scope. Selective demolition and upgrades to about 600,000 square feet of a 1.2-million-square-foot building that already stands, including new offices, mezzanines, stairs, an elevator, improvements to the building envelope and infrastructure for three manufacturing lines.
- Schedule. Work is listed to start Dec. 1 and finish Sept. 1, 2027.
- Who pays. The project is privately funded, and the filing says the tenant is providing the money.
- Parties. The owner is Alliance Westport No. 12 Ltd., at Hillwood's Fort Worth office address. The design firm is Gray AES of Lexington, Ky.
The filing does not say how many people would work there or what the lines would make. Its status is listed as registered.
The city's August pitch
At an Aug. 25 council work session, the city's economic development staff said Fort Worth was one of four cities in the running for a $433.8 million Carrier factory, the Fort Worth Report reported. The proposed site was Alliance Westport 12, next to the Wistron plant that makes data center components.
