Fourteen years and counting. “It started with 3 cars and 2000 square feet…. Now it’s an average of 60 cars with 8500 square feet,” say Mary and Michael Lewis, owners of Michael’s Auto and Lewis Limousine in Carmichaels, PA.
Today Michael’s sells more than 400 cars per year with financing available for everyone. Michael’s Auto Sales is the Tri-county’s largest independent dealer and only independent dealer with service after the sale. Michael’s has become a one stop shop. Offering sales, service, a body shop, rental cars and a limousine service. This year the limousine service will undergo huge improvements. Much of the fleet will be updated.
Michael Lewis began his automotive career as a body specialist, though according to Mary, “He always dabbled in real estate, too.” In 1994 he recognized a great location and saw an opportunity for the business that is booming at the intersection of Rt. 21 and Ceylon Road today. Thought it didn’t look like that in the beginning. “We built the first building in 1994,” Mary explains, “and started the business with just the two of us working.”
With amazing energy and ambition, and fast growing demand from their customers, Michael and Mary quickly began to expand the business and found themselves with an increasing need of space. Less than ten years had gone by when they broke ground for a new facility which opened in 2003 with a full service body shop and showroom.
The Lewis’ had also constructed a town house complex on Center Street in Carmichaels. They have grown their property rental enterprise from initially one to currently 30 units with plans to expand yet again. An impressive example of “Growing in Greene”, Michael and Mary Lewis continue to make a meaningful contribution to our area’s business economy.
