All this talk about an old building being renovated near the expressway

This is the old warehouse building off expressway near Boca Chica Blvd off Paredes Ln Rd behind Vermillion and Oyster Bar.  (Thanks to Bronsbil Estacion contributors for sending us info and images for this post)

This building was called "The Valley Bonded Warehouse and Storage Company," it was built in 1928 by a group of Brownsville businessmen including J.M. Nix who built the Hotel El Jardin, every provision had been made for the care of furniture, merchandise, with special rug rooms and private locked rooms for those desiring them. Also, a specially constructed deposit and silver storage vault was available. The warehouse was built on the Southern Pacific's tracks east of Brownsville, just beyond Los Ebanos. Not sure when the third story was added, but it was originally two stories. (Jose Cazares)

Jose Cazares -- Back in 1928 when This building was built, the Valley Bonded Warehouse and Storage Company, as it was called, also provided service in the handling of local and long distance hauling, packing and shipping of household goods and every class of movable, the distribution of pool cars, storing of household and automobiles. 

So it was something like a UHAUL storage company of today.

 Eddie Sanchez photo

  Eddie Sanchez photo

 Eddie Sanchez photo

 Conceptual illustration of renovated building "222 Station" off Paredes Ln Rd & Boca Chica - near Vermillion Restaurant and bicycle lane where Southern Pacific railroad tracks used to be

John Petrarca -- Thank Javier Huerta next time you see him - Brownsville native, St. Joe graduate, U.T. School of Architecture graduate, ex Lake Flato Intern that owns OrigoWorks Properties & Architecture, they are the ones investing in the future of the City of Brownsville. It looks like they will be taking space on the top floor for their new headquarters in Brownsville. It also looks like a modern co-working space called Venture-X and the new offices for Atlas Hall & Rodriguez Law Firm will be taking space in there as well. They also developed and own Morrison Plaza 1 & 2 off of Pablo Kisel and Morrison Road. They are also the Architecture firm chosen by the City of Brownsville to design the new $30 million BRO Airport Terminal.