Project Garage Condo Complete - Start to Finish in 4 posts.
 

This build is nearly completed after 16 weeks, but I thought some of you might find this interesting.

We had maxed the 4 car capacity of our current garage, leaving me no room for my FFR Cobra build.

Solution (excuse to buy) = garage condo. Part storage, part workspace, part place to escape.

Located at the Auto Motorplex facility (40 acres) outside of Minneapolis. The host facility for Luis & Tyler's Minneapolis Cars & Coffee and Cycles & Coffee events.

There are approximately 175 garage condo units and a 4000 square foot clubhouse with a bar/big screen tv’s/kitchen for ‘owner’ gatherings, events and such.

The unit we bought is 1600 square feet (40x40) with an additional 16’x40’ mezzanine. Ceiling height is 18’. The upstairs has a 3/4 kitchen, ¾ bath, living room type area, office space and deck for cigar smoking. The bottom level is a full workshop with 2 or 3 lifts (inbound), storage room, 220V power, in-floor heat, wash bay/drain, another flat screen, and a lot of room for cabinets/tools.

Here’s the eye in the sky shot, our initial rough plan, & some construction shots.

Cheers

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Empty, but done...

We're still waiting on more furniture, lifts, and the weather to clear so I can bring the cars over.

Pic's courtesy of Alzilla (Alex Bellus). If you ever need a great photographer, hit Alex up.

Here's the link to the full sized pics - TeamSpeed size below:
Picasa Web Albums - Alex - Chris's Garage

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that is sofa king awesome

great job!

Amazing Stuff!! Work or Art... I would never go home.

What can I say? It looks great!

That's your garage, simply perfecT!!!

What a great place to get away from it all. Fantastic!

Omg... I need one of these.. Looks great =)