The Houston Spaceport came a little closer to becoming reality with the purchase of property near Ellington Airport.
Following approval from the Houston City Council, land and an aerospace engineering building next to Ellington Airport were bought at a cost of $6.9m. The airport is owned by the City of Houston and, according to Airport Systems, the 53,000 square-foot building and land were obtained using airport funds.
The building, which according to Ellington Airport General Manager Arturo Machuca will be the Houston Spaceport’s first dedicated infrastructure, will be a general office and manufacturing facility. Machuca led Houston Airport Systems (HAS) in its push to have the Federal Aviation Administration issue a Launch Site License.
The Houston Spaceport is expected to bring a significant influx of investment to the city. The HAS will modify the purchased building and in time the property will house small and large companies on the same campus to enable collaboration.
So far, letters of intent have been received by HAS from UK-based Catapult Satellite Applications and Intuitive Machines to lease space. More lease requests are anticipated in short order, which will provide additional sales opportunities for various Houston businesses, such as Stationery printers.
A diverse variety of co-working space would likely include space for companies in the earliest stages of development, as well as space for companies that are in a growing phase and larger facilities for mass production.
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