|
Article Excerpt
When Peter G. Callaghan and a business partner, Andrew Feuerstein, bought the BMW of Greenwich dealership two years ago, they wanted to make the business more efficient, speed up the service center, please customers more and provide more for employees.
So they invested $12 million building a large new parts and service facility in Port Chester, designing it with particular features to achieve each of those goals. The building is unusual both for its size and the fact that it's at a separate location from the dealership's showroom in Greenwich, Conn.
"Traditionally, you made your money in the sale of new cars," said Callaghan, president of the dealership. "Now, it's car parts, service and sales. That's why it's so important we retain our customers."
The behemoth of a building encloses 3 acres and at 130,000 square feet, the structure is the size of an average Home...
|
|
More articles from Westchester County Business Journal
Gabelli renamed as GAMCO.(Off the BOARD: Covering the county's public ..., September 05, 2005
MasterCard to restructure governance.(Off the BOARD: Covering the coun..., September 05, 2005
In-school programs and class trips: Westchester Arts Council's affilia..., September 05, 2005
Lis pendens.(On The Record), September 05, 2005
Commerce Bank.(Newsmakers), September 05, 2005
Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.
Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication
name or publication date.
About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company
analysis or best practices in managing your organization,
Goliath can help you meet your business needs.
Our extensive business information databases empower business
professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible,
authoritative information they need to support their business
goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting,
company research or defining management best practices -
Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.
|
|
