Will transform Hiawatha Blvd. facility into LEED-certified green building SYRACUSE — Lowery Bros. Chrysler Jeep, on Syracuse’s automobile row, has a new owner and will be moving in a couple of years. Maguire Family of Dealerships has purchased the Lowery Bros. dealership, the company recently announced. Lowery Bros. will now “focus its auto retail and […]
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Will transform Hiawatha Blvd. facility into LEED-certified green building
SYRACUSE — Lowery Bros. Chrysler Jeep, on Syracuse’s automobile row, has a new owner and will be moving in a couple of years.
Maguire Family of Dealerships has purchased the Lowery Bros. dealership, the company recently announced.
Lowery Bros. will now “focus its auto retail and service operations on its nearby Infiniti brand location,” it said in a news release.
Maguire Dealerships began operating the Chrysler Jeep dealership June 1, at first at its current spot at 647 West Genesee St. However, the dealership has begun efforts to convert its current Dodge Ram dealership at 959 Hiawatha Boulevard to house the Chrysler Jeep business. Maguire has some extensive green goals for that property.
“Plans are already underway to completely transform that facility into a LEED-certified green building with solar panels, high density plantings, rain-water harvesting, solar electric vehicle charging, and more. The project — due for completion in late 2020 — is to be expanded by an additional 10,000 square feet to accommodate the addition of the Chrysler and Jeep brands, putting all four FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) brands under one roof in a first-of-its-kind CNY facility,” the release said.
The purchase of Lowery Bros. Chrysler Jeep includes the dealership, but not the building, according to Maguire Family of Dealerships President Philip Maguire.
“The Lowery family will continue to own the building,” he adds.
Maguire Family of Dealerships includes 19 franchises in 11 locations, with dealerships in Ithaca, Watkins Glen, Trumansburg, and Syracuse. In Syracuse, Maguire owns a Nissan dealership at 716 West Genesee St. that it plans to move into a new facility next to its Dodge Ram dealership.
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