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Car Dealership Building and Grounds
Brent Kirkhart of United Country - Mid West eServices, Inc. in Salina, Kansas is offering for sale the Scheetz Motors car dealership building located at 117 S. First St. in Norton, Kansas. The building is 120 feet by 64 feet with a total square footage of approximately 9,886. This is your opportunity to own an historic brick commercial building in a prosperous, peaceful, safe Northwestern Kansas town. The building would make an ideal location for a vehicle dealership, warehouse, manufacturing plant, restaurant, art gallery, performing arts center, museum, antique shop, research center, medical center, store or Internet based business. The building is currently being leased for $1,500/month on a month-to-month basis to a local utility company for storage. The price of the building and land is only $90,000.00. This makes for a nice positive cash flow.
Car Dealership Building and Grounds
This historic building is a brick structure with a front roll-out canvas awning and a barrel type roof structure. The building features a hot tar roof that is in good shape. The structure was built as a Ford dealership in 1928 and switched to a Chevrolet dealership in 1929. It was operated until May of 2004 as a Chevrolet dealership. The building includes a showroom, offices, large shop area with overhead storage areas, and a partial basement. The building site measures approximately 64 feet wide and 135 feet deep with total square footage of 8,640. There will be an easement on the south side of the building to provide access to the south side garage door, as well as access to the neighboring buildings. The property is one block west of U.S. Highway 283 in downtown Norton.
Showroom and Office Pictures
The showroom area includes a window air conditioning unit, drinking fountain, counter, and cash register. The offices each include a window air conditioner as well. The upstairs office could be used as a small living quarters. The basement includes lots of shelving, as it was used for parts storage. It also includes the central heat system and phone system. In the shop area there is a large 9-foot wide and 10-foot tall door on the north side, a 9-foot wide sliding door to the rear alleyway and an electric lift 14-foot wide and 12-foot tall door on the south side. The shop includes an overhead engine exhaust system, two furnaces, a large air compressor, overhead winch system, and a car lift.
Shop Pictures
Basement and Upstairs Storage Pictures
Many successful people have learned the value of basing their operations in small Kansas communities where the cost of living and overhead expenses are low, work ethic is strong, and pace of life is a little slower. With near record low interest rates, this is a great time to purchase a commercial property. Kansas was rated the #1 state in the nation in a recent report in Forbes magazine (click on page to enlarge) evaluating where to locate new businesses or subsidiaries. This is an opportunity to relocate or start a new business in an area with a very low cost of living. There are homes available for sale or rent in the Norton area for very reasonable prices.
There may be programs available through the Kansas Department of Commerce and from utility companies to assist qualified individuals or organizations in purchasing and developing properties such as these. Additional services are provided by the Kansas Small Business Development Center to assist entrepreneurs and small businesses grow through professional counseling, training, and resources. The State of Kansas is actively promoting economic development, and in April of 2004, implemented the Kansas Economic Growth Act and the Rural Business Development Tax Credit Program.
Downtown Norton
Norton (population approximately 2,901) is located on the crossroads of U.S. Highway 36 and U.S. Highway 283 in Norton County in North Central Kansas. Zoom in and out on the Norton map for detailed viewing. For additional demographic information about Norton, Click Here. Norton is about 32 miles west of Phillipsburg, 34 miles east of Oberlin, 75 miles northeast of Colby, and 90 miles northwest of Hays. The nearest international airport is in Wichita; however, there is a local airport in Norton.
Norton Library
The building is being serviced by electricity, water, sewer, and natural gas. Water, electrical and sewer services are provided by the City of Norton, natural gas is provided by Midwest Energy, telephone service is provided by SBC Telephone and Nex-Tech, which offers both telephone and high speed internet services in the community. The U.S. Postal Service, Federal Express and U.P.S. provide shipping service to the area. Norton offers several fine churches and other community activities. Norton enjoys an excellent school system and is home to the USD-211 School District. Norton is served by the Norton Public Library and is home to the Northwest Kansas Library System. The town enjoys excellent medical care at the Norton County Hospital and other medical care facilities. Norton is a wonderful retirement community and is a great place to raise a family. It is a very safe, clean and pleasant town with quaint cobblestone streets and very friendly people.
Keith Sebelius Reservoir
Norton is located about 3.5 miles from the Prairie Dog State Park, which is located on the north shore of the Keith Sebelius Reservoir. A short 35-mile drive east of Norton takes you to the Kirwin Reservoir and National Wildlife Refuge, an area of 10,778 acres of land dedicated in 1954 as the first National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas. The lake and park are well known for hunting, fishing, camping, photography, hiking and other outdoor pursuits. The Norton area is renowned for being “The Pheasant Capital of Kansas” and abounds with pheasants, quail, deer, wild turkeys, waterfowl and other wildlife. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks had enrolled 32,198 acres of land in Norton County in the Walk-In Hunting program for 2008. In the Phillips, Norton, Decatur and Graham County areas there were 112,803 acres enrolled in the program in 2008. These lands are open to the public for hunting purposes.
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