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Released December 18, 2017 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Southeast market region, which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, is set for $33.3 billion in planned industrial project starts in 2018. While some of these projects will be pushed out to future dates or cancelled, new projects will be added throughout 2018. The Industrial Manufacturing Industry, with $14.5 billion in planned projects, dominates the region's proposed project starts in 2018. This is followed by the Power Industry, with $3.8 billion in planned projects, and the Oil & Gas Production Industry, with $3.3 billion.

Click to view Planned 2018 Project Starts in the U.S. Southeast Click on the image at right for a breakdown by industry of planned 2018 project starts in the U.S. Southeast market region.

Among the largest projects planned to kick off in the region in 2018 is Kinder Morgan Incorporated's (NYSE:KMI) (Houston, Texas) addition of a second train at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on Elba Island in Georgia. The project will add four liquefaction units to produce 1.5 million tons per year of LNG for export. Royal Dutch Shells plc (NYSE:RDS-A) (The Hague, Netherlands) will purchase all of the LNG produced at the plant. The project, which has an estimated total investment value (TIV) of $1.5 billion, is set to kick off in the first quarter of next year and be completed in late 2021. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Among the largest Industrial Manufacturing Industry projects is the expansion of Concourse G at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. The $983 million project is part of the airport's $6 billion ATLNext capital improvement plan. The project will add 10 new gates along with support equipment and systems to accommodate growth in international operations. The expansion is set begin late next year, taking about five years to complete. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Also in Georgia, Sentury Tire North America LLC (LaGrange, Georgia) is developing a $530 million car and light truck tire manufacturing plant in LaGrange. The project is Phase I of a two-phase project and is planned to kick off early next year for completion in the second half of 2019. The 1.7 million-square-foot facility will have a production capacity of 12 million units per year. SSOE Group (Atlanta) is construction manager. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

In Tennessee, Alphabet Incorporated (NASDAQ:GOOG) (Mountain View, California), the parent company of Google, is set to begin construction of a brownfield data center in Clarksville. The project is being developed on 1,300-acre site at a former semiconductor manufacturing facility. Construction is planned to kick off next summer, with completion set for the end of 2019. The project has an estimated TIV of $600 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Turning to the Power Industry, one of the largest projects set to kick off in the Southeast in 2018 is Georgia Power Company's (Atlanta) planned 139-megawatt solar farm near Warner Robins, Georgia. Georgia Power is a unit of Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta). The facility will be constructed next to the Robins Air Force Base. Construction is set to begin next summer for completion in late 2019. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Gulf Power Company (Pensacola, Florida), another unit of Southern Company, plans to add 218-MW combustion turbines to its Lansing Smith Power Station in Lynn Haven, Florida, and its Scholz Generating Station in Sneads, Florida. The additions of the simple-cycle turbines are set to begin in the third quarter, with completion set for the first quarter of 2020. The projects have a combined TIV of $402 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the Lansing Smith and Scholz power stations.

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