John Schmitz Family Office Breaks Ground Industrial Rail Park

B-29 Investments, the single-family office representing the interests of John Schmitz and his family, has broken ground on Camp Howze Industrial Rail Park, a 489-acre master-planned industrial development in Gainesville, Texas. The groundbreaking took place in mid-to-late June 2026 on the site of a former U.S. Army training installation roughly 70 miles north of Dallas, with Gainesville’s mayor, the Gainesville Economic Development Corporation, Cooke County officials, and Texas state senators in attendance. Planned for up to 7 million square feet of industrial space across 14 buildings, the park will offer both rail-served and non-rail-served build-to-suit sites for logistics, manufacturing, and distribution tenants, ranging from 50,000 square feet to more than 1 million square feet. A central feature of the project is its rail infrastructure: BNSF Railway is constructing a direct rail connection to the site, which has been designated a BNSF Certified Site, with rail service expected to begin in the second quarter of 2027. The park will also include a transload facility of more than 30 acres and a roughly 200,000-square-foot freight-forwarding facility, and has already secured Buzzi Unicem Cement as its first customer. Stream Realty Partners is handling leasing, and the project’s appraised value is projected to exceed $620 million, with cumulative economic impact potentially reaching into the billions of dollars over a 10- to 20-year horizon, according to Gainesville EDC estimates cited by the Cooke County Record.

About B-29 Investments: The John Schmitz family office

B-29 Investments is a single-family office based in Addison, Texas, representing the interests of John Schmitz, who serves as the firm’s Chairman and Founder, and his family. The firm invests across multiple disciplines, including energy private equity, real estate, and land and ranch assets. Its energy platform draws on more than 25 years of investing experience and over 45 years of combined industry operating experience, with a portfolio spanning energy services, exploration and production, and midstream and logistics companies such as Axis Energy Services, Bell Supply Company, Caliber Completion Services, Commando Pressure Control, Endurance Lift Solutions, Scout Surface Solutions, and Silver Creek Exploration. On the real estate side, B-29’s Realty platform pursues hands-on investments in partnership with local officials to promote regional growth, a strategy reflected in its long-term backing of the Camp Howze site. The family office’s broader holdings include the Stark Ranch, a Texas Longhorn cattle operation in Cooke County, alongside Merit Advisors and MyWorkDoc.

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Article Source: Cooke County Record, 30.06.2026