Green Toyota is gearing up to move into its newly refurbished dealership on Wabash Avenue after a $12.6 million renovation and expansion.
The project added 6,000-square-feet of showroom space and upgraded the dealership’s entire facility.
“We basically gutted the entire store from front to back,” said Mylas Copeland, managing partner. Green Toyota currently is adding the finishing touches to the renovation and plans to be open for business in the newly refurbished facility as of June 9.
Upgrades included a climate-controlled shop in the automotive services department, new lifts for the shop technicians, new breakrooms and locker rooms for employees and an upgraded conference room. The shop also doubled its parts-storage floor space by adding a second floor to the storage area.
New technology was added to enhance the customer experience, Copeland said, such as tread-depth readers that can detect whether a car’s tires are properly aligned when a customer pulls into the shop. Green Toyota also added a tire carousel that will hold up to 250 tires, allowing the shop to source a wider range of tires. New customer lounges and workspaces were added, as well as a new delivery center for customers.
“It’s always been tough to deliver cars in inclement weather,” Copeland said. “Now the customer can walk around and inspect the car and take delivery in a climate-controlled environment.”
The expansion will allow Green Toyota to increase its vehicle inventory, with the dealership receiving between 30 and 60 Toyotas every month over the next three years, Copeland said. This will increase the dealership’s normal allocation of vehicles available for sale by about 1,000.
Copeland said the timing was right for the dealership to make the investment to expand and improve product availability.
“We had a really nice store, but we’d had a really nice store since 1998,” he said. “Honestly, it was time.”
CFI Design Management, an Indianapolis-based contractor that exclusively works with automotive dealerships, was general contractor for the project. Copeland said CFI partnered with local crews for the job.
Green Toyota broke ground on the project in February 2025 and has been operating out of temporary facilities ever since, with sales operations relocating to the Volkswagen Audi showroom next door and other departments working out of modular units.
“This was a full construction zone for 14 months,” Copeland said. “It was dirty, and it was challenging, but our customers stuck with us with the understanding that what we will give you on the other side will be amazing.”