Auto Parts City, Auto Parts City, Gurnee, Illinois, Site Development Update April 2008


This is the view of Auto Parts City commuters traveling on Washington Street are getting to know. In the foreground is the auto-sales building, and in the background is the 10,000-square-foot used parts and tire-sales building.

(Above left) The buildout of the customer counter in the retail building is well under way. (Above right) A closer look from the opposite corner. The emphasis in the retail area is to give customers a feeling of being in a modern and well-maintained auto parts center.

(Above left) service doors for used tires sales. (Above right) Interior of used tire service area.
Meanwhile in the fluid removal building
Two high-capacity Crow Environmental fluid evacuation machines are kept busy removing automotive fluids in anticipation of the facility's opening. As the picture at the right shows, even luxury vehicles like Cadillacs (foreground) and Lexus (background) will be recycled some day. And finally, Last month's update featuring this hallway in the retail sales building was used as a metaphor to represent the long passage those of us who have been working to develop the new APC have experienced. Now, back by popular demand, an updated look...notice the light at the end is burning even brighter.