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Tropicana Building, one of the largest home and apartment builders in El Paso, Awarded $11 million in Low-Income Tax Credits, Once Again Creating Jobs and Generating Tax Revenues to Improve El Paso’s Infrastructure

August 1, 2022

Tropicana Building, one of the largest home and apartment builders in El Paso, Awarded $11 million in Low-Income Tax Credits, Once Again Creating Jobs and Generating Tax Revenues to Improve El Paso’s Infrastructure

Tropicana Building announced today that on July 28th, the Board of Governors of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, unanimously approved an award of $11 million in low-income housing tax credits for their proposed Fiesta Palms Apartments. The $16 million development will be constructed at 1080 Horizon Boulevard in Socorro, Texas, near North Loop Drive, and is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy sometime in 2024. The construction will provide jobs for over 200 El Paso area workers, and housing for 80 low-income families, as well as providing much needed property tax revenue, sales tax revenues and other fees to the city of Socorro, that has worked in partnership with Tropicana to help bring these much-needed units to the area.

The award is Tropicana’s 38th competitive 9% tax credit award since 2001—the most in the state of Texas during that time frame. Tropicana Building is owned by Bobby and Randy Bowling and has brought over $300 million in funding through federal tax credits to the El Paso region as well as over $500 million in apartment construction work to their hometown since 2001.

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Celebrating the Power of Home with Habitat for Humanity
CELEBRATING THE POWER OF HOME WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
July 1, 2026

Today, Tropicana Homes owner Randy Bowling joined Habitat for Humanity of El Paso in celebrating a life-changing milestone as the Martinez family received the keys to their new home. For Griselda Martinez and her three children, this home represents so much more than four walls and a roof. It is the beginning of a new chapter filled with stability, security, and hope after years of overcoming…

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Tropicana Homes Launches $50,000 Matching Gift for Homes For Our Troops’ Days of Giving Campaign
TROPICANA HOMES LAUNCHES $50,000 MATCHING GIFT FOR HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS’ DAYS OF GIVING CAMPAIGN
June 20, 2026

Tropicana Homes’ $50,000 matching commitment will double community donations during the Days of Giving campaign, helping fund specially adapted homes for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans.

El Paso, TX- June 20, 2026- Tropicana Homes is proud to announce a $50,000 matching commitment in support of Homes For Our Troops’ (HFOT) Days of Giving campaign. From July 1 through July 14,…

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Bobby Bowling IV Presents Congresswoman Veronica Escobar with NAHB Defender of Housing Award in Washington D.C.
BOBBY BOWLING IV PRESENTS CONGRESSWOMAN VERONICA ESCOBAR WITH NAHB DEFENDER OF HOUSING AWARD IN WASHINGTON D.C.
June 12, 2026

Tropicana is proud to recognize Bobby Bowling IV for representing both El Paso and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in Washington, D.C., where he presented Congresswoman Veronica Escobar with the organization’s prestigious [Defender of Housing…

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