Work starts on two-building Pasadena industrial park

​​​​​​​​PASADENA – Clay Development & Construction Inc. has begun construction on Energy Commerce Phase II, a two-building, 334,360-sf warehouse and distribution property at 607 and 615 E. Sam Houston Pkwy. ​​​​​S.

The first facility is a 101,400-sf rear-load building with a 28-foot clear height. The second is a 232,960-sf warehouse/distribution, cross-dock facility with 32-foot clear height.

Phase II sits on 5.8 acres in Energy Commerce Business Park, a 45-acre deed-restricted business park in the Port of Houston submarket.

Phase I, completed in 2016, includes two buildings totaling 287,560 sf. It is 70 percent leased to DNA Motoring, Safelite, Cintas First Aid & Safety, Applied Industrial Technologies, JGB Enterprises, HMT, and Southern Dock Products.

In 2015, First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. acquired Energy Commerce Business Park Phase I from Clay.

NAI Partners will handle sales and leasing. Trustmark Bank is providing construction financing.