By Gary Gould
Genesee County View Editor
Grand Blanc — Car buyers in Genesee County now have more options and quicker service as Randy Wise Toyota opened its brand-new dealership on April 1.
Chris Wise, vice president of Randy Wise Auto Group, said the expanded location aims to offer a larger inventory of new and pre-owned vehicles while enhancing service operations to reduce wait times for customers.
Randy Wise Toyota, 8420 Holly Rd., is the new 25,000 square feet dealership located on five acres near the NCG Cinema on Holly Road.
Wise said this will be the ninth dealership in the Randy Wise family. Located in and around Genesee County, the Wise family includes stores in Flint, Clio, Grand Blanc, Fenton, Flushing, Durand and Ortonville.
The current Toyota dealership is part of Randy Wise Motorcars at 9099 Holly Rd., which also sells the BMW and Mercede brands. Wise has owned the site for three years and has planned on moving one of the brands to its own campus at some point.
The waiting area inside the new dealership.
“So, when my dad and I were buying the other dealership down the street we had Toyota, BMW and Mercedes all right there on the one campus. We knew going into that dealership they all needed more space,” Chris Wise said. “One of the brands was going to get moved out and it just made sense keeping the highline brands – BMW and Mercedes – together and getting Toyota its own dealership.”
Wise said he and his father, Randy, looked around for a while trying to find the right piece of property and it turned out to be just down the road from the current Toyota dealership.
“We decided this is a great spot for it,” Wise said. “The Holly Road corridor is just getting busier and busier. We both grew up here so we both know Grand Blanc well so it worked out.”
He said he and his father grew up in the Grand Blanc area and are happy to have returned to the community with the Randy Wise Motorcars purchase in 2021.
Now, with the new dealership, Wise said they are even more excited to be a part of the community.
The service area at the new building featuring 13 hoists including a dedicated alignment rack and lube racks for quick service.
“We love Grand Blanc. We love seeing the growth of Grand Blanc, in Fenton, in Flint, he said. “We’re excited to be back and a part of Grand Blanc. It’s a great community to be a part of.”
Chris Wise said he will initially manage the new dealership until other managers are ready to take over. The management staff, he added, has been hired and are training at the existing store.
Service technicians and other positions are still hiring for new location, Wise added.
For the construction of the new location, Wise said the Randy Wise Auto Group worked with contractor Dave Lurvey.
“This was our first time working with him,” Wise said. “We couldn’t be happier. His team has been an absolute blast to work with. I really look forward to working with these guys on other projects.”
He said when the new store opens, Randy Wise will begin a complete renovation of the BMW dealership to repurpose some of the space leftover from the Toyota move, adding more service capacity for BMW customers. The work is expected to take about six months.