Business & Tech

What Hummer Left Behind [Empty in Smithtown]

Vacant car dealership is a stylish building for the community. But what could go there?

Before the Great Recession nearly toppled the U.S. auto market, Ramp Hummer in Smithtown stood as an edifice to living large, selling suburban tanks at an oversized dealership marked by huge steel arches, reminding the buyer of the big machines on display.

However, Hummer as a brand didn't make it, and as owner GM struggled it attempted to sell the line to a Chinese company. That deal fell through, the brand was discontinued and soon Ramp Hummer shut its doors at 357 Jericho Turnpike.

For several years now, the building has been an empty sculpture on a strip known for its myriad automobile dealerships. And while other dealers closed and the properties eventually found new life, the Hummer mega-dealership has collected cobwebs.

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Only recently has  started to store excess inventory in the former Hummer dealership's lot.

What can possibly take over such a stylized building? Is the wrecking ball imminent?

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