A 43,035-square-foot Rivian electric vehicle dealership and service center is proposed for a vacant lot at 23 Arnage Road, wedged between the Jaguar/Land Rover and Holman Motorcars dealerships along the I-64 corridor in Chesterfield Valley.

DSS Building Group submitted plans on behalf of Rivian Automotive for the single-story sales and service building on a 4.69-acre parcel in the Chesterfield Commons Seven subdivision. The project includes 130 parking spaces, 55 vehicle display spaces, and a bio-retention basin, according to the Architectural Review Board packet for the board's May 14 meeting.

Twenty-eight of those display spaces would face I-64, screened by trees and shrubs within a 30-foot landscape buffer.

The project stalled at its first ARB appearance on April 16, when board members pushed back on the building's look. The ARB cited the design's "industrial" feel and unpainted tilt-up concrete panels as a poor fit for the surrounding area, and the applicant requested a hold to rework the plans.

For the May 14 review, the applicant revised the design significantly. Exposed concrete will now be painted Repose Gray, with EIFS surfaces in Traffic White. The north elevation facing I-64 was reworked to extend Black Forest composite fiberboard across the full width with additional glazing. The building's facade was also stepped at varying depths of roughly 2, 4, and 6 feet to break up the flat plane, and new planters were added along the west side.

The building stands 25 feet 4 inches tall, with 6-foot rooftop screening bringing the total height to about 31 feet. The main entrance faces I-64 to the north.

The ARB meeting packet was published May 13, one day before the board met, and the outcome of the May 14 review has not been made public. The project must still go before the Planning Commission after all outstanding staff items are resolved. No Planning Commission date has been set.

Rivian already operates a service and demo center at 6120 N. Lindbergh Blvd. in Hazelwood, about 20 miles from the proposed Chesterfield site. The company reached 100 service centers nationwide in the first quarter of 2026 and has set a goal of more than 150 by the end of 2027. Rivian operated 39 showrooms across the U.S. and Canada as of the first quarter.

The Chesterfield facility would be comparable in size to a 44,000-square-foot Rivian service center that opened in Charlotte, N.C., in 2025. Rivian began production of its lower-priced R2 midsize SUV on April 22 at its Normal, Illinois, plant, with customer deliveries expected to begin in June, according to the company. Starting at roughly $45,000, the R2 could broaden the customer base for facilities like the proposed Chesterfield site.