BizBeat: Joe Machens to renovate dealership

Joe Machens Capital City Ford Lincoln on Southwest Boulevard got approval from the Jefferson City Council earlier this month to pave an adjacent lot at 824 Southwest Blvd.

Work is just beginning on that project, which General Manager Tom Stegeman described as the first phase of a two-year project to renovate Machens' campus at the site.

In phase one the dealership's current lot and the adjacent lot will be repaved. After that, the dealership's Quick Lane maintenance center will be overhauled. Finally, in the third and fourth phases of the renovation, the dealership's used car showroom and main showroom will be rebuilt, Stegeman said.

Paving of the new and old lots is expected to begin early in the summer. The other three phases of the renovation still need to be approved by the City Council once Machens finishes drawing up the plans.

"It's a total revamp," Stegeman said.

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