$30M SALES AND SERVICE FACILITY COMING TO DALLAS

DALLAS — Richardson-based Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors has begun construction on a new 187,810-square-foot sales and service facility, located in the Mountain Creek Business Park in Dallas. The new building will sit on a 20-acre site and provide repair and maintenance services for diesel and natural gas engines and power generation equipment made by Cummins Inc. The tenant is Arlington-based Cummins Southern Plains LLC. The new facility will employ more than 150 people, mostly technicians, distribution associates and administrative personnel. Hill & Wilkinson is providing design/build services for the project and Dallas-based Merriman Associates/Architects Inc. is providing architectural services. The facility is slated for a December 2013 delivery. Additionally, the City of Dallas is providing a seven-year property tax abatement toward 50 percent of the improved value of the property.