Rivian is planning a new Sacramento showroom, service and delivery center inside the former Fry’s Electronics building on Northgate Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Councilmember Lisa Kaplan announced Monday that the electric vehicle company<\/a> has signed a long-term lease for about 60,000 square feet at the property.<\/p>\n “I am proud to welcome a company that is helping shape the future of transportation while also creating opportunities for our residents and contributing to the long-term success of our community,” Kaplan said in a statement.<\/p>\n The facility is planned as a customer-facing destination, with a large showroom, demonstration stalls, vehicle service lifts and maintenance services.<\/p>\n “Sacramento is critical to our growing commercial footprint in Northern California,” said Tommy Carrillo, director of commercial facilities real estate at Rivian, in a statement.<\/p>\n Kaplan said Rivian is aiming to open the facility in the third quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n New jobs are expected, including management, service, sales and customer service positions. However, neither Kaplan nor Rivian gave a specific number.<\/p>\n The planned Northgate Boulevard facility will be Rivian’s second major Sacramento-area project. The company opened a 480,000-square-foot parts distribution center at Metro Air Park in 2025.<\/p>\n Fry’s Sacramento store closed<\/a> in 2020, and the company’s remaining stores shuttered for good in 2021. Plans have since been in the works to redevelop the 17.6-acre site near Interstate 80<\/a> into Northgate Industrial Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n