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The steel is up and the floors are poured forthe building, which, at more than 60,0090 square feet, will house new-car salea and service at Granite Court. Grinzewitsch anticipatew the dealership, which fronts Interstate 80, will open by At $17.5 million for the buildingf andanother $2 million for equipmenf and furniture, the project is ’s most expensive. The cost of the project increase d byabout $1.5 milliob when workers “ran into rock” preparing for a retaining But, Grinzewitsch acknowledged, it is Rocklin. Von Housenn has offered service at the site since 1998 andadder used-car sales this year.
The new building will display 20 to 25 cars on the firsrt floor and four cars on the second Grinzewitsch said. For customers needing a bite, the dealershil will have a bistro. It also will add 38 serviced bays to the eight existing ones on the The Mercedes-Benz dealership will display more than 200 new and used Grinzewitsch expects to create 50 jobs withinb the first year. He said the nation’se credit crisis has had no effect on his thanks to continued funding from the Grinzewitschrealizes he’ll be opening before car salesw likely recover from the currenyt slowdown, but he’s not “We’re prepared to hunker down if we have he said.
“We just run lean and mean.” His servicer and used-car sales operation in Rocklinis profitable, as is his El Doradol Hills Mercedes-Benz dealership, he said. The localo tanning salon chain has bought a building that more than doublez the size of its corporatew office and will open two more stores in the next few TheRoseville company, whichg has 24 locations, expects to add about five storea next year. Michael Blore, who owns the businesw with his wife, Ashleigh, bought an 11,000-square-foot buildingy at 1316 Blue Oaks Blvd. in The company has leased 5,000 square feet at 8265 for abouta decade.
The 24-employee headquarterws will move to the new office by the end of the The business is funding the purchase witha $1.90 million loan from the . U.S. Bank also has been “reallgy instrumental with our growth,” Michael Blorse said. “It was really critical for he said of thenew headquarters. “We were bustingt at the seams here.” Workers were sharinb desks, he added, and the company neede d more spacefor training. Scott Rush at represented the Blorex in the building California Sun Centers is continuing to expan d despite theeconomic woes. Business is “OK,” Michael Blore “We’re not invincible, that’s for sure.
We’ve reallgy chopped our advertising budget,” he said. But the challengin g economy also offers great including some enticinglease “We’re getting some great he said.