Brad Oleshansky: the man behind Motor Enclave, M1 Concourse, drivers social club
1:51 many people told Brad that he was crazy. He ended up buying a former General Motors factory out of the bankruptcy in 2012.
3:46 No racing
5:28 what Top Golf does for golf, Brad does for driving.
5:45 Butts in seats is better than an auto show for factories.
16:01 300 private garages. Some call them car condominiums. A version of the auto country club, less racing focus, more community focus. Garages, a 1.6 mile performance track and 80 acre off road track a two acre skid pad, and a 35,000 square foot corporate event space.
17:43 garage entry price is $215,000. 24' ceiling allows mezzanine and up to 3 level car lift
23:38 Strategically located near Tampa Exec Airport.
24:34 Some of our greatest events are not driving events. They're actually wine tastings and dinners and I take 20 couples to drive through Italy every year. We do charity events. There's an Italian night and there's a food truck rally and there's a charity thing and it's just, you know, but the common denominator is generally cars.
30:31 The wealthy are careful with their money.
30:53 A Bentley client talks Jeff into taking a premium over MSRP on a car.
35:18 They're nicer than most people's houses, honestly. They have bathrooms and kitchens and bars and wine cellars and and armories and cars on lifts and workshops.
35:46 right after the GM bankruptcy, there was a federal trust created to take 88 properties
36:20 competing against real real estate developers
36:29 there's no better way to revitalize a historic automotive property into a modern automotive destination.
37:49 M1 Concourse in Pontiac spurred $1 billion of new development on the same street we're on it's called south south Boulevard... our cars and coffee there, we get 1300-1400 hour cars on a Saturday morning.
And I was looking at some of the photos at em one concourse, and I can't really tell unless I didn't go deep enough. But did you remove the original plant? Or did you use the bones and build in it? Or what are the fact
38:19 we spent five months crushing concrete.
38:50 did you find Jimmy Hoffa?
41:03 all this with a 4 person staff
42:15 Selling happiness
45:01 The Totem Pole and Ted's on Woodward Av
47:16 Track use calendar
48:51 The mid 80s Supra and that roof panel...
51:00 Mickey Shore's
53:29 Best story on Jeff's show yet?
54:09 Jeff pretending not to be blind