Chicago Construction News staff writer
Upside Foods has shelved its plan to build a new facility in Glenview and will instead expand the company’s existing site in Emeryville, California.
The decision to cancel the project and instead invest in the Emeryville facility is a response to the current financial landscape and Upside Foods emphasizes that this shift does not signify a step back but rather a “strategic repositioning to ensure the company’s sustainable growth”.
In September 2023, the company announced its plans to open a large cultivated-meat plant in Glenview, Illinois. The 187,000-sq. ft. plant was slated to have an initial capacity of millions of pounds of bioreactor-brewed meat per year.
Uma Valeti, CEO of Upside Foods, says the change in plans is also laying the groundwork for future expansion, including the eventual establishment of a full-scale commercial facility.
