Build-to-suit tenants weighing a site at Arrowhead Park need a builder who can turn a program into a priced building before the lease is signed. The park lists direct visual exposure to Interstates 10 and 25, build-to-suit capability with multiple development partners, and land and space available. It also sits in the Dona Ana County Free Trade Zone Area. Those features suit companies who want a custom building with interstate frontage and a short path from lease to occupancy.
We take that program and build it. Our industrial design-build team works with the tenant and the development partner to settle the footprint, the clear height, the dock count, the power and the office finish, and then prices them in a single package. That removes the guessing between design and construction, and it gives the tenant a fixed price early.
The park's page also lists projects that show the range: a Dona Ana Community College Creative Media Technology Building, a Film Street Construction project and a planned Film and TV Soundstage Complex for which design-build proposals were due April 18, 2025. A soundstage is a tall, quiet, clear-span box with heavy power, which is close to what we build for industrial users, and it shows the park is open to specialized buildings.
A build-to-suit requires more than a shell. Preconstruction services gives you a cost model while the design is still moving, so the tenant knows how a change in clear height or dock count will affect the price. Utility coordination gets power and water capacity confirmed early. Our permitting team prepares the application so it is submitted on the day the design is complete.
We also build the pieces around the shell: the truck court, parking, stormwater, site lighting and fencing. For a tenant with specialized needs, such as a sound-isolated stage or a clean assembly space, we bring in the specialty designer at the beginning so the structure and mechanical systems support the requirement.
Build-to-suit projects go wrong when the program changes after pricing. We start with a short questionnaire about how your operation works: pallets per day, trucks per day, people per shift, equipment, process loads and expansion plans. From the answers we produce a space program, a block plan and a budget range, all within the first few weeks.
We then hold a decision meeting where the tenant picks among options with their costs shown. A change at that point costs a revision to the drawings. A change after the steel is ordered costs a change order and a delay. We keep a log of decisions and who made them, and we refer back to it when questions arise later. If the tenant needs to install equipment before the building is complete, we write that early access into the schedule, with a defined handover date for the area and clear rules about insurance and utilities.
In a developer-owned building, the cost is shared between the owner and the tenant through rent and a tenant improvement allowance. We help both sides understand it by separating the base building from the tenant-specific work. The base building includes the shell, the slab and the site. The tenant-specific work includes the office, the dock equipment, the special power and the process systems.
The infrastructure at the park is also part of the picture. A 2010 report says the park covers 224 acres at the southern end of the campus between the interstates, and that a $1.5 million U.S. Economic Development Administration grant funded infrastructure, including widening Arrowhead Drive from two lanes to four, completing the wastewater system and adding street lighting. That work suggests a site in the park starts with road, wastewater and lighting access that many raw parcels lack, though we verify the utilities available at the specific lot.
Because this park belongs to the university, we ask early whether design standards or an added review step apply on top of the building permit, and we build the answer into the schedule. The 2021 New Mexico Commercial Building Code (14.7.2 NMAC) adopts the 2021 International Building Code as amended and took effect July 14, 2023, so the code side is clear.
The park sits within the Dona Ana County Free Trade Zone Area, a status that can matter for importers and manufacturers who move goods across the border. We are builders, not customs advisers, so we suggest speaking with a specialist about what the status means for your operation. We design the dock and yard for the flow they describe.
The park sits between Interstates 10 and 25, and the I-10 and I-25 interchange area next door is the national southern end of I-25. For a logistics and distribution company that ships north or west on the interstates, or that receives from the border, that position means short drayage runs and easy truck access.
It is also close to the NMSU campus, which supports a labor pool and a research ecosystem, and to the airport for companies with air freight needs. Owners comparing it with Santa Teresa should weigh the border position there against the labor and interstate position here. We can price a comparable building in each.
Send us your pallet counts, truck counts, staffing and process loads. We will return a block plan, a budget range and a schedule, so you can compare Arrowhead Park with your other options.
The park lists build-to-suit capability with multiple development partners, so a tenant can have a building designed around its operation and delivered under a lease. We work with the tenant and the developer to define the program, the budget and the schedule before the lease is signed.
We build clear-span steel shells with heavy electrical service and tall interior clearances. Acoustic isolation, rigging loads and mechanical noise control need a specialist designer, and we bring one into the team early. We do not claim any work on the planned soundstage described by the park.
It may be, if you import components or export finished goods. We build the dock, yard and secure storage that your process requires, and we recommend that you talk with a customs adviser about how the status applies.
The pace depends on design completeness, covenants review, permits and steel lead times. Preconstruction is where the time is saved or lost. A clear program and early decisions can shorten the schedule more than any field acceleration.
Yes. We coordinate with whichever partner controls the site, and we deliver the building under the tenant, the developer or a joint agreement, depending on the lease structure.