PepsiCo is planning a massive new facility in Brookshire after signing the largest industrial lease of the year in the Houston area.
A job posting published in early October suggests the soda maker is hiring an inventory control specialist at its new PepsiCo warehouse, described as a 1.1-million-square-foot facility at 31270 Kingsland Blvd. in Brookshire.
“Join PepsiCo in a game-changing role as the Inventory Control Specialist for our first-ever 1NA Mixing Center, a pioneering facility integrating PBNA, Quaker, and Frito-Lay products into a single, streamlined distribution system,” the job posting on ZipRecruiter.com reads.
It’s not clear what a “mixing center” entails, but the posting described the Brookshire warehouse as “the first of its kind integrating products from our business sectors PBNA, Quaker, and Frito-Lay.”
PepsiCo officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. However, the Brookshire project comes as PepsiCo is reportedly overhauling its supply chain, consolidating its food and beverage businesses, each worth about $30 billion, into a single, integrated network to cut costs, according to industry news site Supply Chain 360.
BROOKSHIRE GROWTH: Tesla plans battery storage facility that could support 1,500 jobs
The beverage maker leased the building, a 1.051 million-square-foot warehouse south of Interstate 10, from developer Hunt Southwest in the third quarter, according to real estate firms CoStar, Savills and Avison Young, which were not involved in the transaction. Houston Business Journal was the first to report the news.
While it’s not yet clear how many jobs the facility could provide, a similarly sized PepsiCo industrial project in Denver supports about 500 jobs. That project, however, is a manufacturing facility rather than a distribution or fulfillment center, so staffing needs could differ significantly. Meanwhile, marketing materials for the Brookshire site suggest the property has space for 374 parking spots.
Construction filings suggest the Brookshire building is being outfitted with an office space in a $5.3 million project codenamed “Project Otis,” according to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records.
Work was scheduled to start in July and complete by the end of October, according to TDLR records, which are subject to change. Powers Brown Architecture was the design firm listed on the project.
Hunt Southwest, which built the speculative warehouse in 2023, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. CBRE brokers Nathan Wynne and Jason Dillee, who marketed the space for lease, declined to comment.
