http://ballwin-ellisville.patch.com/art ... he-midwest
The 50,000 square foot space may look daunting, with a chrome exterior that houses four customer lounges, including a café, children’s game room, wifi “quiet” room and TV lounge, as well as a vehicle service area and a women's boutique — and oh yes, space outdoors for a few hundred Nissan cars.
They hired a model to stand there as a human red carpet.
Herman Cain showed up for the ribbon cutting
[not really]
The man in the trench coat is exposing himself to the coffee maker.
A women's boutique? WTF? I guess they know their neighborhood well. It's an area populated by white women who like fancy junk.
The timing seems right. Nissan is selling a lot of cars and I'm guessing it was cheap to take over a hard-to-repurpose furniture building. The former West County Nissan location was old, cramped, and drab. There used to be three dealerships at the old location, one Kia and one Cadillac-Pontiac, but both have relocated leaving the old corner empty. Even the McDonald's nearby (which probably derived much of its business from the former dealerships) has closed.
The funny thing is, this Nissan dealer is now more upscale and luxurious than the Lincoln and Cadillac dealerships nearby. You get more amenities owning a $10,000 Versa than an $85,000 Escalade Platinum.
