Jack Douglass Chevrolet Dealership Picture

[Mr70]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

Agree Rick - good memories.......

I'm sure this is old news for most as I have not been back to our old stomping grounds in a while - but last week when driving up Rte. 83 in Westmont I was surprised to see the "new" Jack Douglass location at 83 and Ogden (then Team Chevrolet, then something else) was sitting empty and looked like it had been empty for some time.

Rick (Mr70) - you probably have some background on this maybe since you are so close......? Thanks

It was known as Ogden Chevrolet many years ago,and then just before the subprime Mortgage crisis hit in 2007,their Rt.83 entrance/exit got removed due to the county road configuration of RT.83,so now you had to drive all the way to Ditkas' Grill 89 on Pasquinelli drive to get to the Dealership..So they moved their dealership further down to the west actually on Ogden Ave now.They used the old empty Douglas/Team dealership building on Rt.83 as a holding area for some vehicles,but a year later when the economy really tanked,they moved back to their old Douglas/Team location briefly to sell cars.But that didn't last long and Ogden Chevrolet itself soon went tits up.
Now it's been pretty much empty & dormant just like you saw,since then.