UPS is planning to open a 176,000-square-foot facility in Schertz to help the company serve customers in fast-growing cities such as Cibolo and New Braunfels. The Atlanta-based shipping company is leasing space at Enterprise Industrial Park along the Interstate 35 corridor for the small-package operation.

The $33 million automated facility will handle 7,500 packages per hour and is expected to open in mid-2024. It will be between existing UPS hubs in Northeast San Antonio and San Marcos. UPS’ San Antonio expansion is coming in spite of the company’s expectation that global delivery activity is cooling this year.

San Antonio, along with most of Texas urban areas are seeing robust growth in the industrial sector. About 8.8 million square feet was built last year, 8 million square feet is under construction and 5.5 million square feet is proposed through 2023. Some of the largest leases in 2022 included Tesla taking 439,809 square feet and Dollar General taking 267,840 square feet at industrial parks on the Far East Side.