Crews clearing land for new BMW, Porsche and VW dealership

Workers from Aldrich Timber continue clearing trees and bulldozing on the 14 acres of land in preparation for ground work on St. Rd. 200 on Tuesday February 11, 2014. The future home of Volkswagen dealership is being constructed by Magnum Construction Company.

Construction crews are clearing land on Southwest State Road 200 for the site of Gettel Automotive Group's new BMW, Porsche and Volkswagen dealership in Marion County.

The dealership currently operates at 3949 SW College Road and is planning to move 3 miles to the southwest, near Building Blocks of Ocala Preschool.

Marcobay Construction of Lakeland is the general contractor for the project, and a Marcobay official, who asked not to be identified, said the goal is to have the new location open by the end of 2014. Gettel officials, who did not return calls for comment, paid $4.5 million for almost 22 acres and told the Star-Banner in August 2012 the dealership was outgrowing its current home, which has six usable acres of land. About 5.5 acres in the new location will be used for Volkswagen, about 5 acres will be used for BMW, and about 3 acres will go for Porsche, with some 5 acres remaining for a possible additional line in the future, Gettel officials said in 2012.

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Crews clearing land for new BMW, Porsche and VW dealership