How to Meet Corporate Standards While Maximizing Your Investment
Automotive manufacturers continue to invest heavily in dealership facility image programs to create consistent brand experiences for customers. Whether it’s Ford, GM, Stellantis, Toyota, or emerging EV manufacturers, dealership owners are being asked to modernize their facilities to meet evolving corporate standards focused on technology integration, customer experience, and brand identity.
The Best Method to Build Light Commercial & Light Industrial Buildings
Light Commercial Construction includes, but isn't limited to, medical practices, dental practices, office buildings, restaurants, banks, auto dealerships, and generally any building that is 25,000 s.f. or less and used for commercial business.
Light Industrial Construction includes, but isn't limited to, (as defined by National Institute of Building Sciences -11/5/19), “space types used for assembly, disassembly, fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, and repairing or processing of various types of materials…spaces for printing, commercial laundry, film processing, vehicle repair, building maintenance shops, metal work , millwork, cabinetry work” and warehousing. Also the light industrial buildings are typically not over 2 stories tall.
Currently, many Michigan auto dealers are feeling varying degrees of pressure from auto manufacturers to modernize their stores, some of which have never been renovated since they were originally built 50 years ago. While remodeling can be an expensive investment in your business, there are several benefits that go along with the improvements.
We have had all kinds of business owners from varying professions ask us about using a pre-engineered metal building when they’re fact finding about new construction for their business. We tell them a general rule of thumb to consider is that metal buildings are best for businesses that want an industrial look, or have a big enough budget to dress up a pre-engineered building with brick or EIFS (for example) to mask the industrial façade.
