A pair of Foxconn-related companies are seeking proposals from construction managers for yet another building the technology giant is putting up at its planned manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant.
Two projects along Interstate 39/90 appear likely to fetch contractors nearly $150 million, according to preliminary results from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's July bid letting, which called for yet more work related to the factory Foxconn is building in Racine County.
Gov. Tony Evers says he believes Foxconn Technology Group will hire 1,500 people by the time production begins next spring at its new display-panel plant in southeastern Wisconsin.
The leader of Wisconsin's jobs agency, which negotiated the Foxconn Technology Group deal, is stepping down later this year, around the time that he could be replaced by Gov. Tony Evers.
Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, the largest contract assembler of consumer electronics for companies such as Apple, said Friday he was stepping down amid speculation he could be planning a presidential run next year.
Workers began pouring the concrete foundations and footings for Foxconn Technology Group's nearly 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday.
Mount Pleasant officials plan on Wednesday to weigh in on the designs for the factory that Foxconn Technology Group is building on a local site, a project the tech giant is still seeking contractors for.