PepsiCo has locked in a lease for the giant warehouse at 950 N. I-45 in Hutchins, a more-than-1,000,000-square-foot facility that earlier this year was at the center of headlines over reports tying it to a possible ICE detention site. The deal flips one of North Texas' most talked-about empty sheds into one of the region's biggest industrial wins of the year.
According to CoStar News, PepsiCo signed one of North Texas' largest industrial leases this year at the property, listed as 950 IH-45 in Hutchins. CoStar reports the agreement covers a building of more than one million square feet and marks a major logistics victory for the company in the Dallas market.
Property marketing materials on LoopNet show Building 1 at Majestic Realty's PointSouth park offering 1,013,833 rentable square feet, 165 loading docks, 182 trailer stalls and 40-foot clear height. The listing notes the delivery was completed in late 2022 and that the building sits beside freight infrastructure serving the region's busiest industrial corridors.
From Detention Talk To Distribution Hub
Earlier this year, reporting tied the same warehouse to plans for a roughly 9,500-bed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention hub, a prospect that sparked local alarm and civic pushback. That reporting, which identified the 950 N. I-45 site and noted DCAD values and other public records, was detailed by D Magazine, which traced the building's ownership and public-record footprint.
Majestic Realty later moved to quash the detention claims, saying it "has not and will not" enter into an agreement to sell or lease the building to the Department of Homeland Security, a reversal covered by The Real Deal. Elected officials and Hutchins leaders had warned that converting the property to a detention use would strain local services and threaten the city's tax base.
What The PepsiCo Deal Means For Hutchins
Majestic's project page for PointSouth highlights the park's connectivity to I-45 and I-20 and lists large consumer brands including PepsiCo among its notable area occupiers, underscoring why the site is attractive to major distributors, according to Majestic Realty Co.. Local real-estate brokers say deals of this scale tighten supply for large cross-dock sheds across North Texas and often translate into hundreds of logistics jobs, though exact hiring plans tied to the lease were not disclosed in initial reports.
For Hutchins, the new tenant appears to lock the building's future into logistics rather than detention, giving the small city a major industrial anchor that already contributes meaningfully to the tax roll. Landlords and local officials will be watching how the site is staffed and operated in the months ahead as the region absorbs one of its largest single-building leases this year.
