OmniSource acquires 55-acre tract within Gulf Inland Logistics Park

Gulf Inland Logistics Park, a 2,400-acre rail-served industrial park developed by Liberty Development Partners in Dayton, Texas, reports OmniSource LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Steel Dynamics Inc., has acquired a 55-acre, rail-served tract within the park to build upon its metals recycling operations in the Gulf Coast region.

The site is located about 30 minutes from downtown Houston and the Port of Houston.

“OmniSource, a prominent player in North America’s scrap and secondary metals industry, has found a strategic home in Gulf Inland Logistics Park,” says Marcus Goering, principal at Liberty Development Partners. “Their state-of-the-art metals recycling center is part of OmniSource’s growth strategy, with Gulf Inland Logistics Park offering unrivaled advantages in the efficient collection, processing and nationwide distribution of recycled metals.”

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The agreement includes the improvement of Rolke Road from U.S. Highway 90 and the construction of a new road within the development, Riverbend Way, as well as the supporting utility infrastructure in Dayton, Texas. Liberty Development Partners and CMC Railroad also will deliver rail and supporting services to Fort Wayne-based OmniSource.

OmniSource operates nearly 70 scrap collection and processing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico, including 11 operating shredders, which can process more than 7 million tons of ferrous scrap annually and more than 1 billion pounds of nonferrous metals.

“Gulf Inland Logistics Park’s strategic proximity to Houston and its direct connectivity to key road and rail networks make it the perfect site for our latest metals recycling facility,” OmniSource President Miguel Alvarez says. “The opportunity to begin operations in 2024 will empower us to quickly enhance our capacity to cater to our customers’ demands and significantly extend our footprint throughout the southern United States.”

Liberty Development Partners says it recently completed the construction of Stilson Road at Gulf Inland Logistics Park, which included extending it into a 41-foot-wide concrete heavy haul road, as well as signalization of the intersection at U.S. Highway 90, connecting to the development. Currently under construction, Rolke Road will stretch 7,000 feet from Highway 90 to the entrance of the park.

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As improvement continue, Liberty Development Partners says Gulf Inland Logistics Park infrastructure will include railcar storage capacity for an excess of 3,000 railcars, master-planned regional detention, heavy haul roadways, city of Dayton water, sewer and fiber, Centric Infrastructure high-pressure natural gas and an electric power substation, providing tenants with the services and infrastructure necessary to support any business.