TexAmericas Center Announces 3 New Hires

TEXARKANA, USA (Dec. 8, 2022) – TexAmericas Center (TAC) today announced it has welcomed three new hires to its team to assist in tenant and community relations, communications, and economic development at the industrial park.

§ Melanie Buttaro is the Tenant Relations and Real Estate Specialist at TexAmericas Center, acting as the liaison between the Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Development Office, the organization, and its tenants. She is responsible for coordinating with current and prospective tenants and TexAmericas Center staff to lease properties. Melanie serves as the first point of contact with tenants, fielding questions and managing concerns. She manages the status of contract negotiations and rental agreements and assists with move-in requirements.

§ Courtney Gutierrez is the Proposal Content and Client Experience Coordinator at TexAmericas Center. In this role she supports the Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Development Officer in attracting the interest of prospective clients to TexAmericas Center real estate, incentives and logistics services and programs. In addition to assisting clients, Courtney executes marketing, public relations and communication responsibilities across the organization.

§ Pam Richardson is the new Administrative Assistant for Operations and Receptionist at TexAmericas Center. She provides support for the operations division, manages the receptionist duties of the organization, and assists the Chief Operations Officer and operations staff. Pam is the first person people speak to at TexAmericas Center and is dedicated to making them feel welcome.

In November, Gutierrez and Buttaro completed the Basic Economic Development Course in Dallas, which is an intensive three-day training program. The complex and competitive course helps participants gain a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals involved in the operation of public and private industrial and economic development organizations.

“Our new hires are bright and hard-working, and most of all they are dedicated to helping businesses in our region,” said Scott Norton, Executive Director and CEO of TexAmericas Center. “We’re thrilled to have them on our team.”

About TexAmericas Center

Located on the Texas side of the Texarkana metropolitan area, TexAmericas Center owns and operates one of the largest mixed-use industrial parks in the United States. With roughly 12,000 development-ready acres of land and approximately 3.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial product, TexAmericas Center services four states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas).

For three consecutive years, Business Facilities magazine has ranked TexAmericas Center among the top 10 industrial parks in the country, most recently ranked No. 5 in 2022. (#5 for 2022). Tenants appreciate an impressive transportation corridor that uses multiple state highways, interstates, air freight, and rail lines to disperse from a central U.S. location. In fact, seven rail lines converge on the Texarkana region TexAmericas Center is host to an on-site rail yard and has over 30 miles of rail running through its properties. TAC Rail services include transload as well as rail car storage and movement.

TexAmericas Center also offers third-party logistics (3PL) services to assist companies with inventory management, warehousing, and fulfillment needs. The organization recently completed construction on a 150,000-square-foot, state-of the-art speculative building and has the capability to lease, build-to-suit, or facilitate greenfield owner-constructed projects in a timely efficient manner.

It is a designated US Opportunity Zone, HUBZone, New Market Tax Credit Census Tract, Foreign Trade Zone #258, and a Texas Enterprise Zone. TexAmericas Center has the operating capabilities of a municipality but functions like a traditional real estate development company, offering customized real estate solutions. For more information about TexAmericas Center, visittexamericascenter.com.