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Whatâs going to be made?
It remains unclear what Foxconn will make under the new contract. Foxconn officials last year began hinting at the possibility of building electric vehicles, with manufacturer Fisker announcing in February a partnership with Foxconn to build vehicles. Last month, company chairman Young Liu said the Mount Pleasant factory was in the running, along with Mexico, to be Foxconnâs North American electric vehicle production hub â although no formal decisions have been made.
Foxconn has yet to receive any state dollars, but the project in Mount Pleasant already has cost the state more than $200 million in state and local road improvements, sales and use tax exemptions, grants to local governments and for worker training and employment. Foxconn officials estimated in October the company had invested $750 million in the state.
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Foxconn Talks Continue in Wisconsin
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KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. We are waiting to learn details on a possible new deal involving the state of Wisconsin and Foxconn.
What You Need To Know
Foxconn was ineligible to receive tax credits from Wisconsin for work done in 2019
WEDC said Foxconn did not meet the required minimum number of full-time employees hired to work on the project
The WEDC is working with Foxconn to renegotiate
If you recall, Foxconn was ineligible to receive tax credits from Wisconsin for work done in 2019, according to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
WEDC said Foxconn did not meet the required minimum number of full-time employees hired to work on the project and the company did not follow through on its project that it described in the original contract.
By DIANA PANUNCIAL, Racine Journal Times
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. Howard Haubrich, a real estate agent with Bear Realty, has a few properties he’s trying to sell between Racine and Kenosha County. But there’s only one of them that’s carrying a price tag of $3.9 million.
It’s a 30-acre property on the 4000 block of 90th street in Mount Pleasant. And it’s “right across the street from Foxconn,” Haubrich said.
He had hoped it would be prime real estate for developers and businesses trying to get in on the sprouting Interstate-94 corridor around Foxconn. But, since it was put on the market in December, there haven’t been any buyers. Not yet at least.