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Garvey Kia\u2019s new 25,000-square-foot dealership on Quaker Road in Queensbury includes expanded sales and service areas, with rows of new vehicles shown outside the recently opened facility there.
Courtesy Garvey Kia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Paul Post<\/p>\n

Garvey Kia is scheduled to move into its new state-of-the-art dealership on Wednesday, May 20 followed by a grand opening celebration with area dignitaries in June.<\/p>\n

The 25,000-square-foot, two-story building is adjacent to the firm\u2019s former site at 483 Quaker Road, which continues as a Volkswagen dealership with future remodeling plans.<\/p>\n

Kia generates approximately 65 percent of the company\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really a business need,\u201d owner and President J.P. Garvey said. \u201cWe were selling so many cars next door that we had to expand. It\u2019s the biggest, best and most technologically modern dealership in the North Country. Kia had a really big role in the design process, but a lot of the details were up to us. Every day there were a hundred decisions that had to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garvey is the only Kia dealership between Albany and Plattsburgh, and its market includes most of central Vermont, too.<\/p>\n

The new building has a variety of unique features, from environmentally sustainable elements and a spacious customer lounge to a top-of-the-line network computer system and employee amenities such as a shower, secure locker room and full-service break room and kitchen area.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/b>Garvey declined to cite the building\u2019s cost, but a rooftop solar panel system alone cost nearly $1 million.<\/p>\n

Some auto dealers burn waste oil to heat their shops in winter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a waste oil boiler that converts waste oil into radiant heat to heat the shop, service drive and balcony area, too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One of the building\u2019s most innovative elements is a fully automated loading dock and freight elevator, somewhat unusual for a car dealer, designed specifically for the company\u2019s e-commerce division.<\/p>\n

In addition to auto sales, Garvey is also the largest dealer of Kia accessories in the U.S., offering factory-authorized products such as floor mats, roof rails and tow hitches. It developed this line of business more than 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sell direct to consumer for people who want to enhance their vehicle,\u201d Garvey said. \u201cThey can go to their dealer, but it\u2019s easier to go online and buy from us.<\/p>\n

The loading dock \u201cis one of the biggest investments in the building,\u201d Garvey said. It\u2019s modeled after the kind used by rail cars, which have different heights, to serve the different types of trucks that make deliveries to the dealership, from FedEx vehicles to 18-wheel tractor-trailers.<\/p>\n

A large storage area for e-commerce business was also part of the building\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

Garvey said the Kia expansion will create seven new jobs, primarily service technicians, with many more to follow. \u201cWe\u2019re doubling our service capacity so we\u2019re hoping to add quite a few technicians to better serve customers,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s more room for e-commerce staff and salespeople so we\u2019re looking to add more of those people, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

A touch screen in the sales area allows customers to \u201cbuild\u201d a new car by viewing and choosing specific options such as color.<\/p>\n

Kia, a Korean automaker, began selling cars in the U.S. in 1993-94 with corporate U.S. headquarters in Irvine, California. Garvey has been a Kia dealer since 1998.<\/p>\n

Primarily targeting a middle-class market, vehicles range in price from $25,000 for the K4 compact sedan to more than $65,000 for the EV9, a three-row SUV, and include traditional internal combustion engine, hybrid and fully electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a big believer that the market has to meet customers where they are,\u201d Garvey said. \u201cKia is looking at all the power train options, which gives consumers the most choice. With the uptick in fuel prices, the biggest growth the last few months has been in hybrids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congressional termination of federal tax credits for new, $7,500, and used, $4,500, electric vehicles has hurt those sales, he said.<\/p>\n

But the new dealership property has a dozen Level 2 EV chargers and four high-speed DC Level 3 fast chargers.<\/p>\n

All technicians are fully trained to handle every type of vehicle.<\/p>\n

Customers can drop cars off inside in an enclosed environment. A fully functional service drive has two drive-through vehicle quick checks.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a delivery module for customers to pick up new vehicles.<\/p>\n

Much of the building\u2019s concept is from Kia\u2019s retail architect, ChangeUp, with an emphasis on creating an open, welcoming atmosphere. But Garvey spared no expense on wide-ranging details, from noise-reducing acoustic tiles to mounted chrome fire extinguishers.<\/p>\n

Garvey worked closely with Ethan Hall of Glens Falls-based Rucinski Hall Architecture. V&H Construction of Fort Edward completed the 18-month construction job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how much time we spent on this,\u201d Garvey said. \u201cThere are 15 global design firsts in this building meaning we\u2019re the first Kia dealership in the world to put them in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Paul Post Garvey Kia is scheduled to move into its new state-of-the-art dealership on Wednesday, May 20 followed by a grand opening celebration with area dignitaries in June. The 25,000-square-foot, two-story building is adjacent to the firm\u2019s former site at 483 Quaker Road, which continues as a Volkswagen dealership with future remodeling plans. 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