The Abatement RegisterVan AlstyneAgreement 0013826
Texas Chapter 380 / 381 agreement · Van Alstyne

BIG D LUMBER COMPANY, LLC

Agreement 0013826, filed with the Texas Comptroller by CITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS.

$22,000,000.00committed capital investment
$375,000.00grant or incentive
50permanent jobs committed
10–50%of City Portion of Sales Taxes abated
March 1, 2027performance deadline
The obligation

What the contract requires.

“Company covenants and agrees to obtain or maintain a City Certificate of Occupancy for the Facility located on the Property on or before March 1, 2027”Executed agreement, p. 5
“Employment. Company covenants and agrees to employee at least fifty (50) Full-Time Equivalent Employment Positions at the Facility by no later than July 1, 2027”Executed agreement, p. 4
“Capital Expenditure for the Project of at least twenty-two million and no/100 dollars ($22,000.000.00.)”Executed agreement, p. 5
The repayment remedy

What happens if it is not met.

“In the event the Company defaults and is unable or unwilling to cure said default within the prescribed time period, the Program Payments provided by the City to Company pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement, shall become immediately due and payable by the Company to the City.”Executed agreement, p. 10

Where a deadline above has passed, no public record exists of whether it was met — not in the Comptroller’s filings, nor in the local government’s own disclosures. That is not evidence of non-compliance. Texas requires nobody to record it.

Abatement schedule · City Portion of Sales Taxes · p. 7

What was abated, and for how long.

50%1st
40%2nd
30%3rd
20%4th
10%5th
50%1st
40%2nd
30%3rd
20%4th
10%5th

A local abatement waives only that taxing unit’s share of the property tax bill. School districts, counties, cities and hospital districts each sign separately.

Every field, as the contract states it

The record.

FieldValue & quoted sourcePage
Granting bodyCITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXASCITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS AND BIG D LUMBER COMPANY, LLC2
Contracting entityBIG D LUMBER COMPANY, LLCCITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS AND BIG D LUMBER COMPANY, LLC2
Parent / guarantorNot stated in the agreement—
InstrumentChapter 380 Economic Development Program and AgreementCHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT2
Governing chapterChapter 380, Local Government CodeDeana Patterson County Clerk Grayson County, TX <<<PAGE 2>>> CITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS AND BIG D LUMBER COMPANY, LLC CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT This CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between the CITY OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS, a Texas home-rule municipa—
Capital investment$22,000,000.00Capital Expenditure for the Project of at least twenty-two million and no/100 dollars ($22,000.000.00.)5
Grant or incentive$375,000.00Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, the total maximum aggregate amount available to the Company under this Section S(a)(1) is three hundred and seventy-five thousand and no/100 dollars ($375,000.00).7
Jobs committed50Employment. Company covenants and agrees to employee at least fifty (50) Full-Time Equivalent Employment Positions at the Facility by no later than July 1, 20274
Wage requirement$18.00 per hourFull-Time Equivalent Employment Positions” mean a job requiring a minimum of One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty (1,920) hours of work averaged over a twelve (12) month period earning a minimum of $18.00 per hour.4
Square footage76,000 sq. ft.1. 76,000 sq. ft. x $1.00/sq. ft. fee (buildings over 50k sq. ft.) = $76,000; plus8
Acreage21.14 acresWHEREAS, the Company owns certain property in the City containing 21.14 acres of land, which is more particularly described in Exhibit “A”2
Performance deadlineMarch 1, 2027Company covenants and agrees to obtain or maintain a City Certificate of Occupancy for the Facility located on the Property on or before March 1, 20275
ExpirationDecember 31, 2032This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, as defined herein, and shall continue thereafter until! December 31, 2032 unless otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.3
Effective dateMay 6, 2026Page 2 of 17 City of Van Alstyne, Texas and Big D Lumber Company, LLC Chapter 380 Economic Development Program and Agreement 5/6/2026 1:30:16 PM3
SignatoryGarrett CockrellIf to the Company: Big D Lumber Company, LLC. Attn: Garrett Cockrell 301 S. Interurban St. Richardson, TX 7508112
Chain statusTerminal document — no later agreement in the registry names this one as its predecessor—
How to check this page

Every line above is in the contract.

Agreement 0013826 is filed with the Texas Comptroller. Pull the PDF, go to the page number beside any row, and read the sentence. If a figure here does not match the document, tell me and it is corrected the same day.

Where the contract says nothing, the field is left empty rather than filled with a guess.

One of 1,645

Which of these are on your book?

This is a single agreement. I have read 1,645 of the 4,428 Texas has filed, resolved which have been superseded, and recorded what each commits a company to.

Send me an entity and a county and I will tell you what is on it — quoted, page-cited, checked. Free for the first one.

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