AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
STEERING TOWARD THE FUTURE
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TCBusiness.com
JOE DESALVO
Bev Smith Toyota’s current building will be completely gutted and expanded to 13,570 square feet, with the front portion extended outward.
Bev Smith begins renovations at Toyota site,
plans new building at Kia dealership
A major renovation and expansion
project at Bev Smith Toyota,
located at 3350 South U.S. Highway
1 in Fort Pierce, will get underway
this spring to accommodate continued
business growth.
Frank Gonzalez, Bev Smith Automotive
Group vice president, said the building will
be completely gutted and then expanded.
The front portion will be extended
outward to where the customer parking
spaces are located.
The renovation involves three firms having
vast experience in similar automotive
projects, several being Toyota dealerships.
MH Williams Construction Group in Melbourne
is the general contractor. Patrick
Swift of Penney Design Group in Bethesda,
Maryland, is the architect. ID Automotive,
based in Fort Lauderdale, will be managing
the project for Bev Smith Toyota.
Nick Hare, project manager for MH
Williams, said the existing building will be
expanded to 13,570 square feet. A new
building, being built on the land to the
north, will be 7,332 square feet.
Completion is anticipated for the end of
this year or early 2024, Hare said.
Business will not be interrupted during
the dealership’s transformation. Modular
office space is in place and will serve as
temporary homes for various departments,
including management, sales team,
service writers, service management,
parts, body shop, trucks and rental. In
addition, there will be a waiting area for
customers in the trailers.
The offices in the renovated store will
have a new look and feel.
“We’ll have brand new furniture and offices
will be wrapped all the way around,”
said Phelicia Traver, executive assistant to
Gonzalez. “It’ll be set up a little bit differently.”
MH Williams and ID Automotive are
excited to bring the design to life for the
dealership group.
“MH Williams Construction Group
is proud to have been selected for the
modernization and expansion of the Bev
Smith Toyota facilities to better serve their
customers,” Hare said. “We look forward to
working with the Bev Smith Automotive
Group on this project and many more in
the future.”
ID Automotive is equally proud to be
involved, says Martin Meissner, program
manager and program marketing director.
“We’re very excited to work with the
team there,” he said. “It’s going to be a
significant change to the face of the store
to the customer — both inside and out.
“It’s going to bring the facility up to
Toyota’s current image guidelines nationally
that they have,” Meissner said. “So, it’s >>
BY JOE DESALVO
BEV SMITH TOYOTA
3350 South U.S. 1
Fort Pierce
Phone: 464.8440
Website: bevsmithtoyota.com
BEV SMITH KIA
5655 South U.S. 1
Fort Pierce
Phone: 465.8589
Website: bevsmithkia.com
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