\nLego has hired about 500 employees for the facility and expects to hire 1,760 over 10 years
\nCompany also will build $366M warehouse in Prince George County<\/p>\n
The Lego Group<\/a>\u2018s $1 billion facility in Chesterfield County<\/a> is nearly 35% complete, Lego Manufacturing<\/a> Virginia General Manager Jesus Iba\u00f1ez said Wednesday.<\/p>\n The Danish toymaker held a topping-out ceremony Wednesday at the 340-acre site in Meadowville Technology Park, placing a steel beam signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other government and business executives atop the structure of its packing building. Although there weren\u2019t any colorful plastic bricks, a steel structure with a ceiling and some flooring stood on site.<\/p>\n \u201cI do believe that today is a milestone in so many regards,\u201d Youngkin said. \u201cIt\u2019s a milestone in a construction<\/a> project, it\u2019s a milestone in commitment, it\u2019s a milestone in collaboration and partnership, and it is also a milestone in the impact that these bricks have on children\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Billund, Denmark-based Lego first announced the project<\/a>, expected to create about 1,760 jobs over 10 years, in July 2022 and held a ceremonial groundbreaking<\/a> at the site in April 2023. The company initially expected to begin production there in the second half of 2025 but announced in February 2024<\/a> that production would begin in 2027.<\/p>\n Lego is targeting January 2027 for the Virginia site\u2019s completion, Iba\u00f1ez said. When complete, the site will have 13 buildings comprising more than 1.7 million square feet, including office spaces, molding, processing and packing facilities and a high-bay warehouse.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 2027, this building will be buzzing with activity,\u201d Iba\u00f1ez said. \u201cJust think for a moment, right here in this location, our bricks, packed in pre-packed bags, will be assembled with building instructions and placed into the colorful Lego boxes you will see on shelves, reaching children and, of course, adults all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n The company currently has hired more than 500 people to package toys in a temporary facility in Chesterfield\u2019s Walthall Interchange Industrial Park. Those workers will eventually transition to the permanent factory, Iba\u00f1ez told Virginia Business and reporters from other media outlets.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will transition the colleagues,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will run both facilities at the same time. For a while, the temporary facility will help us to ramp up what we are going to do here. Gradually, we will start increasing jobs in this facility.\u201d<\/p>\n Gray | Hourigan, a joint venture between Lexington, Kentucky-based Gray and Richmond-based Hourigan, is the general contractor on the project, which has about 1,000 construction workers.<\/p>\n The Chesterfield factory will be Lego\u2019s first U.S. manufacturing facility and its second in North America (the first being in Monterrey, Mexico).<\/p>\n Lego Vice President Preben Elnef said Lego\u2019s partnerships \u201cwith the Commonwealth of Virginia, Chesterfield County, Gray | Hourigan, the local business community, economic development<\/a> organizations and so many others reminds me and us in the Lego Group why we have selected the location here. It is not only awesome \u2014 it\u2019s perfect for Lego Manufacturing Virginia here, right here.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Gov.](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lego-beam-signing-2-338x386.png\"\/)
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin (L) signs a steel beam while Lego Vice President Preben Elnef and Lego Manufacturing Virginia General Manager Jesus Iba\u00f1ez look on at the topping out ceremony for Lego\u2019s $1 billion Chesterfield facility. Photo by Katherine Schulte\/Virginia Business<\/p>\n