Carter Upgrading Ballard Auto Dealerships

SEATTLE-The owner of Carter Saab and Carter Volkswagen dealerships in the Ballard neighborhood is obtaining approvals for high-end upgrades to both properties, located across from each other on Leary Way in Ballard.

Working on behalf of the owner, Gordon Fleener Architects has obtained approval for a 15,000-sf “vertical showroom” that would hold 96 cars at the Volkswagen dealership and is in the process of obtaining permits for an 8,000-sf version at the Saab dealership. The glass-fronted showrooms would show off cars on the inside that are stacked one above the other.

“They may not be built at all, depending on the economy, but we’re putting the foundations in for it,” Gordon Fleener tells GlobeSt.com. “There’s nothing currently like it in Seattle.”