Baltimore County will soon be home to luxury car manufacturer McLaren’s first state-of-the-art vehicle processing center in the country.

The 50,000 square-foot facility will use cutting-edge technology to inspect, customize, and prepare the supercars to be shipped to 26 dealerships across the U.S. The company anticipates creating close to two dozen highly-skilled jobs in the county, including automotive technicians, paint, logistics, and management personnel.

“Every vehicle coming into North America comes through Baltimore,” said Nicolas Brown, president of McLaren, the Americas, during a sit down with Governor Wes Moore.

This $10.5 million investment demonstrates Maryland’s impact on foreign companies looking to expand in the U.S., showcasing the Port of Baltimore’s strategic location and reputation as a major hub for automotive operations.

“As a manufacturer of high tech, innovative vehicles we are proud to be creating well-paid and highly trained technical jobs to ensure that our customers in the U.S. get the highest quality service for their new McLaren supercar,” said Brown. “The new McLaren VPC will enable us to fully check and sign off every single car, install local accessory packs and bring full paint protection film installment directly on site with the additional bonus of helping to revitalize a brownfield site.”

McLaren expects to open the facility by late 2026. Read the full announcement.