Although the two automakers recently had a rocky breakup, Mercedes-Benz is set to purchase Chrysler ’s former Chrysler Pacifica Advance Design Center in Carlsbad, California. Both have signed the purchase agreement, but the sale is still awaiting final approval.
The former Chrysler studio measures in at 35,000 square feet and was listed on the market for $7.3 million. Chrysler closed the facility earlier this year, with all 20 employees moving or leaving the company, according to Automotive News.
Mercedes already owns a design studio not far from the Chrysler office in Irvine, California, but the fate of that studio remains up in the air. At 13,000 square feet it is less than half the size of the Chrysler studio but employs 18 workers.
The Chrysler Pacifica studio has churned out some of Chrysler’s most famous designs, including the 2006 Dodge Challenger concept and the Plymouth Prowler.
