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Porsche Dealership Expanding for SUV Sales

CHICAGO-The Lynch Auto Group's dealership in the Portage Park neighborhood wins an exclusive right to sell Porsche sports utility vehicles, requiring the company to expand by 28,000 sf. A banquet hall must go, and the city is cooperating.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on November 13, 2002

CHICAGO-The working-class Portage Park neighborhood on this city’s Northwest Side would seem an unlikely spot for a Porsche dealership. “I told them I thought they were kind of crazy when they put it in.” says 38th Ward Alderman Thomas R. Allen.

Not too many are calling Lynch Auto Group crazy now, as the company embarks on a 28,000-sf, $2.7-million expansion of their dealership at 5219 W. Irving Park Rd. after receiving assurances from the foreign automaker that it will receive an exclusive right to sell high-end sports utility vehicles.

To make the deal work, the city is acquiring a banquet facility next to the dealership, which Lynch Auto Group will use for its new showroom and service center. The car dealer has agreed to pay the cost of acquiring three parcels as well as relocating the banquet facility.

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