Commissioners Court, January 20, 2026
Approved: Economic development incentive agreement with Industrial Electric Manufacturing (IEM), unanimous
What happened
On January 20, 2026, Bexar County approved Economic development incentive agreement with Industrial Electric Manufacturing (IEM) (unanimous).
The Bexar County Commissioners Court approved authorizing staff to negotiate an economic development incentive agreement with Industrial Electric Manufacturing (IEM) for a $200 million, 500,000 sq ft (two-phase to 1M sq ft) electrical equipment manufacturing campus at Brooks Glob…
- Jurisdiction
- Bexar County, TX
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- January 20, 2026
- Decisions
- 15 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
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Economic development incentive agreement with Industrial Electric Manufacturing (IEM)
Authorization to negotiate a tax abatement / economic development incentive agreement with Industrial Electric Manufacturing (IEM) for a new 500,000 sq ft manufacturing facility (expandable to 1M sq ft in two phases) at Brooks Global Crossing in Precinct 4. Total investment $200M ($120M real property, $80M personal property), estimated 2,960 new jobs, base hourly wage $18.27, average salary $53,073. Recommended incentive: 10-year 70% tax abatement on $80M personal property, estimated value $1,547,454. Requires exception to minimum job requirements and living/all-industry wage guidelines. Moved by Commissioner Calvert, seconded by Commissioner Rodriguez.
- Approval of an exception to the minimum job requirements contained in tax abatement guidelines
- exception to living wage / all-industry wage requirements (base wage $18.27 vs. required $20.18 living wage / $21.34 all-industry wage; 90% of employees will be at or above all-industry wage)
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Key Decisions (15)
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Development Activity (4)
IEM San Antonio manufacturing campus
Industrial
Blanco Road Phase 3 roadway project
Infrastructure
McDonough Plaza Park construction project
Other
Wilshire facility law enforcement training center (NEISD)
Infrastructure
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Industrial Electric Manufacturing's $200M, 1M sq ft two-phase electrical equipment…
Infrastructure
Completion of Blanco Road Phase 3 (four-lane expansion to county…
Sentiment
County staff and commissioners emphasized faster, more nimble procurement (threshold…
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Who spoke
42 distinct speakers; 15 identified names.
All speaker roles: 1 Chair, 6 Commissioner, 12 Public, 2 Clerk, 9 Witness, 10 Staff, 1 Attorney, 1 Applicant.
Identified name roles: 1 Chair, 1 Clerk, 7 Witness, 4 Staff, 1 Attorney, 1 Applicant.
Speaker sample: Mark Harris, Applicant.
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Zoning terms (6)
23 recorded timestamps
- motion to approve (3 timestamps)
- residential (2 timestamps)
- deferred (1 timestamps)
- approved (10 timestamps)
- industrial (5 timestamps)
- commercial (2 timestamps)
Decision moments (15)
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