More Painting + Ceiling and Tile Install

Painting continued this week with the Customer Lounge. The paint contracter is priming the area where the TV will go. This will be the same charcoal as the accent stripe in the showroom.

The drop ceilings were installed. The tiles and lighting won't go in until all the tiling is done as to avoid dust from cutting tiles.

The walls in the bathrooms are painted and ready to go, so the next step was to install the tile.

The lighter tile went on the floor, with the accent tile going halfway up the wall.

Once it's dry, they'll grout it.

Lastly, they started preparing to tile the showroom floor. They put down product to level the floor for tiling. We'll have 16 tile installers coming on Monday, so it should go quickly.

We can't wait to see how the showroom floor turns out! It's going to be stunning.

Showroom Walls & Windows

Progress on the showroom continued this week with the office walls going up.

Once the walls were up, the glass went in.

Here's what the showroom looks like now -

The next step will be tiling the showroom floor!

Other projects from this week included painting the stone exterior to the showroom,

and putting the front doors and glass in.

Previously, the only entrances to the showroom were on the sides. We removed one of the large window panels to install this doorway. Now there will be a grand entry in front!

Painting the Showroom

Last week, the painting of the showroom continued. These are the colors we will be using. Like many things, they are selected for us by GM for a uniform look across all the Buick GMC dealerships. The colors are white, tan, and charcoal.

First, the walls were primed.

The upper portion received a tinted primer because it will be painted the dark charcoal color.

  

Then the painter began spraying the colors.

Here's the finished upper rear wall color with the finished white ceiling. It looks really sharp!

 All the office walls have a rear accent wall of tan.

 

 We love it so far!



Lots of Updates!

There are so many things going on now at the new building. It's really coming together!

Last week the construction crew finished drywalling the showroom.

The "hub" which will be our info center is looking good. This will be a really cool area that will feature info and videos on all the latest Buick and GMC models.

This week, they worked outside on the side entrance steps. These steps will mirror the main entrance steps with access from all edges.

They turned out really nice!

They also started work on the side "annex" which will contain additional offices. This part of the building was a later addition to the original dealership.

First they had to do some demo work,

and now they're putting walls up.

Service Department Updates

We've been focusing on the showroom progress a lot lately, so let's check in down in the shop.

With the help of our friends over at Goldbeck Towing, we moved some of our hoists over to the new shop.

And the construction crew completed drywalling the wall that divides the Service Drive-in/Write-up area from the rest of the shop.

Priming the Showroom Ceiling



As we've mentioned before, GM is very particular on what we can and can't do on this dealership remodel. Originally, they wanted us to install a new ceiling to cover it up. Luckily, they ended up allowing us to keep this unique architectural feature with one caveat - it needs to be painted white.

 

This week, we started priming it in preparation for that coat of white paint.

Now we'd be lying if we said we weren't disappointed to see the cool original wood ceiling go, but it actually really brightened up the room. We think it's going to look really nice and fresh!

Taking Shape with Sheetrock

All the electrical, HVAC and plumbing work is done, so we’re finally ready to put up some walls and have this place take shape. The sheet rocking has begun!

It can be confusing to know what is what because everything is a blank canvas. So I have taken the liberty of labeling some photos to help.

Here's starting on one side of the showroom and working our way across.

 

Down by the Service Department, we have

Here's looking from the bottom of the ramp to the Showroom up towards it.

I hope that helped you visualize where everything is. It's really coming along, isn't it?