The dealership is really two buildings: the 267.000+/- sf service and vehicle storage portion which is a parking garage with a 20 foot first floor to accommodate the service shop’s lifts. The service “module” is post-tensioned cast-in-place concrete four stories tall and is capable of storing over 400 vehicles. The Showroom is a structural steel [...]
The structure contains approximately 618 parking spaces on three levels. The garage is post-tensioned, cast-in-place concrete. The west and north walls are virtually solid to mitigate noise and light to the neighboring apartments. The upper barrier panels are a minimum of eight feet tall to mitigate sound and light emission. A decorative mansard required an inventive torsion-tube support to eliminate interior columns that could interfere with the parking.
