The project represents a $10 million investment from The Texan Stores that will include a fuel station and a concession store with a restaurant at CCIA’s entrance.<\/p>\n
A new development is coming to the Corpus Christi International Airport, bringing with it a familiar Texas name.<\/p>\n
At Tuesday\u2019s City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and city councilmembers approved the first reading of a long-term lease to bring the first-ever The Texan fuel station to Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
The project represents a $10 million investment from The Texan Stores and will include a fuel station and a concession store with a restaurant. The development will be located on city-leased land at the entrance of the Corpus Christi International Airport.<\/p>\n
According to city and airport leaders, the project has been in the works for several years and aims to fill a gap in services near the airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always a gap, especially people that aren\u2019t from Corpus, and they bring their rental cars out,\u201d said Jeremy Valgardson, Assistant Director of Aviation at CCIA. \u201cSo having that gas station right there at the corner will be convenient for everyone coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Councilmembers approved the first reading proposing a 40-year lease with an option for a 10-year extension. Valgardson said this is part of a broader effort to expand services and attract new development near the airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is really another step towards our goal of increasing the frontage of the airport, of having a gas station, and eventually a hotel and hopefully some other non-aviation services there,\u201d Valgardson said.<\/p>\n
Councilman Roland Barrera said the project has been discussed for some time and will benefit both travelers and those who work in and around the airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cA couple thousand people work in the area, about 1,000 that work at the airport, so now they have a place where they can either pick up some tacos or on their way home, get some gas,\u201d Barrera said. \u201cI think there\u2019s a little market there for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some councilmembers raised concerns about the project\u2019s business plan, traffic flow and the number of proposed parking spots. Airport officials said The Texan conducted a traffic study and chose to install higher-volume pumps based on that data.<\/p>\n
Councilman Mark Scott said he sees the development as a positive sign for the city\u2019s services and economic growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that a company like that wants to move their services into Corpus Christi is a sign that we\u2019re a place that people want to move to,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
Barrera echoed that sentiment, adding that the project will bring in new tax revenue for the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to provide new tax revenue for the citizens of Corpus Christi that we can use to fix roads, hire police officers, firefighters,\u201d Barrera said. \u201cI think overall, for a property that had no taxable value because the city owned it, now we\u2019re generating revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Airport Department is expected to return to address City Council for a second reading on Nov. 11, where leaders will provide additional feedback from small businesses located at the airport and from The Texan representatives addressing council concerns.<\/p>\n
Once permits are issued, construction is expected to take about eight months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project represents a $10 million investment from The Texan Stores that will include a fuel station and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-3817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}