Jewett Automotive Design & Construction, a division of Raymond, NH-based Jewett Construction Company, Inc., has completed an extensive renovation of Suburban Subaru at 24 Hartford Tpke. A grand opening is planned for September.
This is the largest Subaru dealership renovation Jewett has undertaken to date and includes two additions-a pre-engineered metal building with insulated metal panel walls for the service department and a new conventional steel combination showroom and new vehicle delivery area-which effectively doubles the size of the building to 25,000 s/f. The new facility has 26 service bays and a heated two-garage door service drive, allowing customers to drive their cars inside to where a service advisor greets them, and then remain indoors in one of the two new customer lounges until the work is finished. The exterior features full height glass windows with ACM panels and full glass overhead doors. The showroom features high ceilings and ceramic tile floors with laminate wood flooring in front of the fireplace in the customer lounge. Project challenges included the necessity of completing all work without disrupting the day-to-day activities in the company's two other onsite buildings.
Jewett Automotive Design & Construction specializes in design/build auto dealership facilities, auto dealership additions, auto dealership renovations and auto dealership fit-ups all across New England—completing close to fifty such projects in the last few years. Automotive clients include such well-known organizations as Watertown Ford, the Tulley Automotive Group, Subaru of Keene, Olsen Cadillac, and repeat customers the Melkonian Group, Commonwealth Motors, and the Grappone Automotive Group.