Construction will soon start on a new $60 million luxury car dealership that aims to turn a 2.8-acre \u201curban scar\u201d area into a key part of the city\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n
Norwalk-based McKenna Auto Group broke ground this month on Porsche Anaheim, a $60 million luxury dealership at 1515 W. Lincoln Ave. next to the Santa Ana (5) Freeway.
Once completed, it will be Anaheim\u2019s first Porsche dealership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project represents more than just a new building \u2013 it\u2019s a reflection of our long-standing commitment to our customers, our employees, and the communities we serve,\u201d Danny McKenna, owner of McKenna Auto Group, said. \u201cFor over six decades, our family has been proud to grow alongside Southern California.\u201d<\/p>\n
Urban Scar<\/p>\n
The development comes as cities seek to transfer neglected or underutilized public land to private developers for redevelopment.<\/p>\n
Anaheim has often worked with developers to repurpose land that was once considered blighted.<\/p>\n
In the late 2000s, the city cleaned up the old Kwikset manufacturing plant and partnered with Brookfield Properties to create The Colony Park residential community.<\/p>\n
The city also cleaned up a 30-acre former landfill called \u201cSinkin Lincoln\u201d at Lincoln Avenue and Beach Boulevard, allowing Zelman Development Co. and Irvine-based Greenlaw Partners Inc. to redevelop it as a mixed-use community.<\/p>\n
The Porsche dealership will be built on a three-acre site on North Manchester Avenue and West Lincoln Boulevard.<\/p>\n
The site has been vacant and considered an eyesore for 20 years, ever since Anaheim acquired it from the Orange County Transit Authority following the I-5 freeway\u2019s widening in the 1990s.<\/p>\n
McKenna Auto Group bought the site for $9.1 million, including a $1.2 million credit from the city to help cover the high costs of clearing underground infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Modern Dealership<\/p>\n
McKenna officials envision the four-story dealership as a high-visibility flagship that drivers can see off the I-5 corridor.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team and Porsche chose this particular site for its visibility, accessibility, and unique opportunity to transform a key corridor into a vibrant destination,\u201d McKenna told the Business Journal.<\/p>\n
The 157,800-square-foot dealership will have a modern facade designed by Praxis3, along with a showroom, gallery, advanced service center, vehicle storage, and a parts department.<\/p>\n
Officials said the first two floors will have a showroom, auto repair services with 15 lifts, car wash bays, a breakroom, locker rooms and restrooms, a parts area, storage, offices, an electrical room, a photo booth, and a service lounge and counter.<\/p>\n
McKenna Auto Group expects to hire between 46 and 75 people once the dealership is fully open.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the partnership of Praxis3, this state-of-the-art building is a striking architectural gem\u2014an iconic, light-filled landmark that McKenna, Porsche, the City of Anaheim, and importantly the Anaheim and greater Orange County communities can all take pride in,\u201d McKenna said.<\/p>\n
The city estimates that the new facility will generate $1.1 million in sales tax revenue each year for its general fund.<\/p>\n
The project is expected to be finished in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction will soon start on a new $60 million luxury car dealership that aims to turn a 2.8-acre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-288356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}