News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: March 16, 2018
North Branch Const. finishes New Hampshire’s first CarMax facility
Manchester, NH North Branch Construction of Concord has completed construction of a new satellite retail facility for CarMax Auto Superstores on Keller St., expanding the nationwide used car retailer’s Boston market area with its first store in the state.
The 9.66 acre site was previously developed as a Walmart, which was demolished to make way for the new 17,758 s/f sales and service building featuring a showroom and presentation lanes. The facility also includes a 936 s/f car wash building, a 402 space sales lot, a 203 space customer parking lot, and a 2.74 acre vehicle staging area.
North Branch completed the project on time with an aggressive schedule of just eight months. Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects of Alpharette, GA provided design services for this project.
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