Tahoe Reno Industrial Center
The Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) is a privately owned 107,000 acres (167 sq mi) industrial park, located at Interstate 80 in McCarran, Storey County, Nevada.[1][2] The center is the largest in the country, occupying over half of the land mass in Storey County, and is home to over 100 companies and their logistics centres such as PetSmart, HomeDepot, Walmart and others.[3] The Gigafactory 1 is being built there to serve Tesla Motors and Panasonic.[4]
Facilities include rail-serviced sites with Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway, municipal water and sewer, natural gas service, and five power plants on site producing more than 900 megawatts (1,200,000 hp).[1]
History
In 1995, Storey County saw an opportunity in the open area close to rail and highway, but isolated from residential areas avoiding disturbance.[5] PetSmart became the first tenant.
Private extension
In 1998, private developers bought 102,000 acres of the adjacent Asamera ranch (formerly McCarran ranch) from Gulf Canada for $20 million cash,[5][6] and the area was zoned as "I-2 Heavy Industrial" in 2000, including retail.[5][7] It operates as a public–private partnership, where the owners provide $5 million for the county to support TRIC. The owners also built infrastructure such as roads, rail, gas, power, water, and sewer, and is reimbursed with 35% of the tax paid by the tenant companies to the county.[5] The owners built the six-mile, four-lane USA Parkway between TRIC and I-80 for $60 million in 2007 as the second access, along with rail spur.[6][8]
In 2009 TRIC had 4,500 employees on 11 million sq ft of buildings,[5] growing to 14 million sq ft in 2014,[8] and 5,000 employees in 2015, increasing to 15,000 over the next years. The additions have contributed to economic activity in the Reno area.[9] NDOT took over the Parkway for $43 million in 2015, extending it for $70 million to the 
US 50 – Carson City, Fallon to cope with the increasing traffic.
Top employers
Incomplete list, sorted by number of employees,[10] but can be sorted by each column. Area use is from county records.[11] Dates are at the start of 2016 unless otherwise noted.
| Employer | # of Employees |
|---|---|
| Wal-Mart (Distribution) | 600-699[10] |
| Zulily | 500-599[10] |
| Tesla Motors | 200-299[10] |
| Thrive Market | 218[12] |
| James Hardie | 100-199[10] |
References
- 1 2 "Tahoe Reno Industrial Center". Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ Chereb, Sandra (September 21, 2014). Las Vegas Review-Journal. Missing or empty
|title=(help); - ↑ "Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center: Oasis in the Desert". September 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ Nelson, Paul (September 25, 2014). "Construction Underway at Tesla Gigafactory Near Reno". KTVN. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bonnenfant, Brian (February 8, 2009). "Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center: A Public-Private Partnership on Steroids". Center for Regional Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- 1 2 "Owner of Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center says he just likes to build". Nevada Appeal. October 18, 2007. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Company aims to develop retail at TRIC". Northern Nevada Business Weekly. May 23, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- 1 2 "Lance Gilman's $43 million Tesla payoff has believers — and critics". Las Vegas Sun. December 30, 2014. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ↑ An amazing economic development resource page 5+8. Norther Nevada Real Estate Journal, November 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Top Employers". Nevada Labor Market Information, 1st Quarter 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
Click Storey County
- ↑ Seddon, Jana. "2016/17 Storey County Secured Assessment Roll", from county records
- ↑ "GOED Board of Directors Approve Eight Companies at July Meeting", page 7 Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development, AUGUST 2016.
External links
Coordinates: 39°32′30″N 119°29′09″W / 39.5416°N 119.4858°W