Crain's Chicago: 400 New Navistar Jobs Certain, Current Job Retention Unclear

It's long been a debate how many jobs Navistar will bring to Illinois, though the "golden number" seemed to be roughly 3,000.

Crain's Chicago examined the company's state tax credit application and determined that number won't be immediately reached. According to the article, a portion of current jobs will be retained while roughly 400 are added "over the next several years."

The State of Illinois approved the application in March.

Upon their announcement to move to Lisle, the company mentioned it would "phase down" jobs in its current Fort Wayne, Ind., plant. In January Fort Wayne's Journal Gazette reported the city witheld grant money from the company when they failed to provide job data.

The Citizens for Healthy Development raised questions on Navistar's application earlier this year, estimating a more significant impact on employment for the region as a whole.