Phoenix Investors doubled the facility's size as part of a more than $60 million project. Electric automaker Rivian has leased the existing building for storage, and plans to occupy the half-million-square-foot addition.
The new $1.7 trillion federal spending plan just signed into law includes millions in earmarks for projects in McLean County, including Illinois State University’s nursing college, a new pedestrian and bike path along College Avenue, and a sewer project in Heyworth.