Photo by Tony Valadez: (from left) Park Place Lexus Grapevine GM Matt Woolsey; Shonda Schaefer, executive director of GRACE; and Rob Sumner, marketing director, Park Place Dealerships
After abrmultimillion-dollar expansion and renovation, Park Place Lexus Grapevine has much tobrcelebrate. In the spirit of the season, the dealership hosted a toy drive at its grand re-opening party, benefitting the GRACE Christmas Cottage. As a steward of God's blessingsbrand resources in the community, GRACE demonstrates compassion for those lessbrfortunate by providing assistance to individuals and families in crisis andbrguidance toward self-sufficiency.
At the event, guestsbrbrought hundreds of new, unwrapped toys to fill two Lexus IS convertibles tobroverflowing, including new bicycles and toys for all ages. The event included anbrassortment of culinary offerings prepared and served by The Ranch of LasbrColinas as well as sublime sips by Stella Artois and Clos du Bois. Thebrparty-ready delivery area featured V-gars (electronic vapor cigars) andbrBalvenie Scotch tasting. The festive Lexus Lounge featured a Kendra Scottbrsocial swag station, Reyka and Solerno liqueur cosmopolitans and decadentbrdesserts by Chef John Franke.
The 18-month expansion andbrrenovation was a complete transformation, updating the residential-stylebrshowroom into a contemporary space with woods and stone along with tapestries.brThe five-car showroom was enlarged to hold eight vehicles. A new technologybrarea and Kids' Playroom were added off the Client Lounge. The dealership alsobradded a fourth lane to its service drive, a new delivery area and expanded itsbrcar wash facility to accommodate more cars in a shorter period of time.
Originally opening inbr2000, Park Place Lexus Grapevine is located at 901brHighway 114 East, off Minters Chapel Road. Park Place Lexus is an award-winningbrdealership, featuring a No. 1 national ranking in customer satisfaction. Inbr2005, Park Place Lexus was the first automobile dealership to ever receive thebrMalcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidentialbrhonor for quality and organizational performance excellence. The dealership hasbralso won the Elite of Lexus award for the past 10 consecutive years.
Ken Schnitzer founded ParkbrPlace Dealerships in 1987 with a single Mercedes-Benz dealership on Oak Lawn.brToday, Park Place Dealerships employs more than 2,000 people and operates 18brfull-service dealerships representing luxury brands including Lexus,brMercedes-Benz, Porsche, Infiniti, Volvo, smart, Jaguar, Lotus, Rolls-Royce,brBentley, McLaren, and Maserati. Visit ParkPlace.com for more information.