A Texas company’s Illinois expansion with a new $54 million, 100% solar-powered manufacturing site near the St. Louis region is under construction by a Metro East contractor.

The merger was announced Dec. 18 but has run into opposition.

The company already has about 50,000 square feet of warehouse at the Albany site.

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Rivian announced the incentives months after it revealed it was shifting production of its R2 model away from Georgia.

Rivian will use the money for “expansion of the plant, improvements in public infrastructure and job training programs for Rivian’s workforce, leading up to the company’s production of its midsized SUV, R2.”