MRC Global Inc. the global distributor of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF) and related products and services, has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, MRC Global (US) Inc., has entered into 15-year leases with a unit of Liberty Property Trust to open a new regional distribution center (RDC) and operational hub for the Gulf Coast area in La Porte, Texas. The new facility will house over 400,000 square feet of warehouse space, have over 75,000 square feet of office space and an extensive pipe yard to support MRC Global’s customers in this important refining and chemical market.
The new facility, located at the Port Crossing Commerce Center in La Porte, TX on Texas Highway 146, is strategically located near many of MRC Global’s downstream refining and chemical customers. It has ready access to rail at the facility and to the container terminals at Barbours Cut Terminal and the Bayport Terminal, both of which are less than three miles away.
MRC Global expects the RDC to be operational in late 2017 and the adjacent offices to be ready in the Q3 2018.