Tyler

By DAYNA WORCHEL
Staff Writer

The city of Tyler has added a feather to its cap — a green one in the form of a new, environmentally friendly structure called the GenCore Building. The 34,800 square foot building, due to be completed in the fall of 2011, will be home to the Tyler-based GenCore company. It will also be the first development on the property to be called Corporate Green at Eagle's Nest, to be located at the southwest corner of Paluxy Drive and Eagle's Nest Boulevard.

“It will be the first of its kind in East Texas,” company owner and president Phil Burks said at a press conference on Wednesday at Tyler City Hall. The building, which will be available to house multiple tenants, will boast such features as plug-in stations for electric cars, a 36,000 gallon cistern to collect rainwater to water trees on the property, and light emitting diode bulbs inside of the building.
Burks said his company has hired an arborist to make sure as many trees are preserved as possible, and that there are plans to use the tree chips on the building grounds from those that are removed from the property.

Tom Mullins, president and CEO of the Tyler Economic Development Council described the project, which will cost between $10 and $12 million, as innovative. “It will add 10 jobs in the near future,” he said.

Burks said his company should employ about 35 to 37 employees at the time they move into the new building.

Woman Found Along Interstate Died From Cocaine Use   02/06/12
TISD Board Approves Long-Range Plan, Looking At Possible November Bond Election   02/06/12
Child Battles Very Rare, Incurable, Fatal Disease   02/07/12
Man Gets 33 Years For Beating Girl, 3   02/06/12
Tyler Officer Injured In Crash   02/06/12
Photos: Bullard High School Winter Formal   02/06/12
Saturday Wreck Kills Three In Rusk County   02/06/12
Winnsboro Man Gets 33 Years In Child Beating Case   02/07/12
Baseball Legend’s Wife Pays Visit To Texas College   02/06/12
D.C. Internships Open For UT Tyler Students   02/06/12
Teacher, 26, Killed In Accident   02/04/12
Carrier Closing Plant In 2013   02/03/12
Brother Enters Plea, Gets 20 Years For Shooting Sister   02/03/12
Arp Man Runs TV Station From Own Home   02/05/12
Huge Turnout For Reopening Of Locust Goodwill Store   02/03/12
Tyler City Leaders Speed Along Homeless Center   02/07/12
UPDATE: Deal In Texas Redistricting, Some Opposed, Says Attorney General   02/06/12
Tyler High School Students Delve Into Job Shadows At Local Businesses   02/06/12
Police Arrest Man Suspected In Early-Morning Tyler Shooting   02/04/12
UT Tyler, Discovery Science Place Forming Collaboration   02/07/12