Intuitive Machines, Inc. 10-K

Item 2. Properties. Our principal facility is currently based on Houston, Texas; however, we are currently transitioning to a new lunar production and operations center at the Houston Spaceport at Ellington Airport. The center is designed to span across about 12.5 acres of real estate and to have more than 100,000 square feet of office and advanced production space. Other features are being designed to include tiered storage, an advanced loading dock, and a production area with 45-foot ceilings and crane that will be capable of handling all Nova Lunar Lander designs. The facility will host the first commercial use SCIF in Houston with a plan to include office tenant space for Department of Defense units and innovation accelerators. The new lunar production and operations center and corporate offices under construction at the Houston Spaceport are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023, and are estimated to cost approximately $40 million to complete, subject to future design or development changes. We expect to fund the new facilities’ construction costs as they are incurred using cash on hand and in reliance upon a build-to-suit lease arrangement whereby the lessor is expected to reimburse up to $40 million for certain costs incurred by us for design, construction, and development. Upon completion of the construction project, the lunar production and operations center will serve as our principal facility under a ground lease agreement with an initial term of 20 years with four optional renewal periods of 5 years each.