Carrier Corp builds heating and cooling equipment. Fort Worth wants a new manufacturing plant from that company. A city briefing is not the same thing as a signed deal.
On Aug. 25, 2026, the Fort Worth City Council heard an economic-development briefing on a proposed Carrier manufacturing plant. The Fort Worth Report covered that session. According to that account, Fort Worth is competing against three other cities for a project the city values at $433.8 million. Nearly 500 jobs are on the city’s sheet. It is no done deal.
What would Fort Worth give, and what would it ask for? Brianna Brown, the city’s assistant economic development director, told the council the city is proposing a seven-year tax abatement valued at about $10.9 million. The city would also nominate Carrier for a Texas Enterprise Zone grant estimated at about $2.5 million. In return, as the city presented it, Carrier would commit to at least $433.8 million in capital by the end of 2028 — including $36 million in real-property construction and $397.8 million in equipment. Hiring, as presented, would be a minimum of 495 jobs by the end of 2029 at a minimum average salary of $75,000. The company would also pledge to spend 30% of construction costs with small businesses, according to that same account. Those are the city’s proposed deal terms as reported. They are not a payroll CasterHQ audited, and Carrier has not confirmed every line to this desk.
Where would it sit? The proposed location is Alliance Westport 12 at 1501 Distribution Drive in AllianceTexas, a 1.2 million-square-foot building under construction by Hillwood, next to the recently opened Wistron plant. The city said Fort Worth is competing against lower-tax sites closer to Carrier’s current U.S. operations in Florida and North Carolina, including locations in Virginia and Alabama with lower property-tax rates.
The next public clock on the Fort Worth side is Sept. 15, 2026, when the council is expected to vote on the tax-abatement package. Brown said Carrier planned to decide on the plant in the third quarter of 2026. A work-session briefing and a later vote are different steps. Even a yes vote is not the same as a signed contract and production on the floor. Until a deal is closed and announced as closed, this stays a proposal.
Bottom line for a North Texas industrial reader: a real HVAC maker is looking at Fort Worth, the city has put dollar and job numbers on the table, and a council vote is on the calendar for Sept. 15. Proposed is not closed. Do not treat the $433.8 million or the 495 jobs as done until the company and the city say the deal is signed. This is a separate Fort Worth pitch from the HARTING Connectivity proposal that has a later Sept. 29 vote clock.
Limits
Figures and site details are from the Fort Worth Report’s Aug. 25, 2026 account of the city’s economic-development presentation. The underlying city PDF was not opened. Carrier did not confirm the project to CasterHQ. Competing cities beyond the named states were not taken from a primary company release used here. The photograph is the historic Texas and Pacific warehouse in downtown Fort Worth, not Alliance Westport 12 and not a built Carrier plant.
Sources
- Fort Worth Report, Aug. 25, 2026 (Bob Francis), citing City of Fort Worth Economic Development: Fort Worth competing for a $433.8M HVAC manufacturing plant from Carrier Corp.
