The City of Huntsville announced on Tuesday that the city council approved a development agreement to build an Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.
Eli Lilly and Company announced in December plans to invest $6 billion in a Huntsville campus. Construction on the plant is set to begin this year at a 260-acre site at the northeast corner of Interstate 565 and Greenbrier Parkway. The city is also holding an adjacent 240-acre site for potential expansion.
Company officials say the new facility will create 450 jobs for engineers, scientists, and lab technicians. Work building the plant is expected to bring around 3,000 construction jobs to the area…