Furrow Automotive invests $17 million into a new West Knoxville campus
Furrow Automotive declared Tuesday it will devote $17 million in making a new campus in West Knoxville, generating 40 new careers.
The 43,000-square-foot undertaking will consist of a new Knoxville Motor Company BodyWerks collision center and a new Land Rover Knoxville dealership.
The expansion will enable the Land Rover dealership to deliver new electric powered autos and charging gear. Furrow Automotive President Lee Ann Furrow Tolsma explained to Knox News the enlargement is about “shifting into the long term.”
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The business wants a lot more room mainly because of purchaser foundation expansion, she stated.
“The believe in our customers have positioned in our loved ones of corporations and the ensuing development has permitted us to add these substantial expansions to our company,” she stated in a press launch. “We hope our consumers will get pleasure from the considerate specifics and updates that we have intended with them in mind.”
Set to open up this slide at 10580 Parkside Generate, the new 20,000-sq.-foot collision middle will have far more space than the existing centre at Mercedes-Benz Knoxville on Parkside Push. The existing collision centre will be used for Mercedes Sprinter Van providers.
The new 23,000-square-foot Land Rover dealership will be 2 times as huge as the present-day location, Furrow Tolsma explained, which will be vacated when the new facility is completed.
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The present-day Land Rover dealership at 10215 Parkside Dr. will be transformed into a Furrow pre-owned dealership.
Clients of the dealership will recognize a new glimpse when they enter the new developing. The inside will feature a black and metallic coloration plan that Furrow Tolsma stated will be, “welcoming, incredibly specialist and quite modern day (and) modern.”
Furrow Automotive employs 240 staff and has been in Knoxville for more than 107 several years. It is the father or mother business to Knoxville Motor Company, BodyWerks, Sprinter Knoxville and Chattanooga Auto Sq..
“We are a relatives company,” Furrow Tolsma explained. “We’re acquiring ready to be in our 3rd generation. We are fired up for this new upcoming phase for for our household and for our consumers.”
Furrow Tolsma explained the enterprise is using the services of. Applicants can stop by furrow-automotive-group/occupations for more data.
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