“We’re definitely trying to build here a dealership where you can engage in a number of activities,” said Meehan. In addition, it is framed by the Massachusetts Turnpike to the north and Route 95 to the south. While Imperial’s location might seem to be off the beaten track, Penner said it is accessible from a number of major roads, including Route 146 to the west and 495 to the east. “It belongs to a friend,” said Meehan, who said he came up with the idea of creating a destination site after buying a Chrysler dealership in Mendon, a small town on Route 16 between Milford and Uxbridge. Indeed, it seems the only thing missing for a full family day out is a mini-golf course.īut wait, isn’t that one opposite the gas station?

Just next door is the Imperial Gas Station and Country Store, which is packed with a display of old-fashioned items, including a Mickey Mouse seed shop, Snow White diaper pail and Humpty Dumpty potato chips.ĭown the road is the all-new Imperial Ballroom. Meanwhile, the waiting rooms are dominated by enormous TV screens, wood-paneled walls, leather armchairs, WiFi connections and snacks.īut that, as they say, is not all. “I love that kind of stuff,” said Meehan. And the Ford dealership is full of rock-’n’-roll memorabilia, including a life-size diorama of the Beatles in front of the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover - featuring images of both Imperial president Kevin Meehan and Penner in the crowd of faces. The Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership is packed with automobilia, including antique gas signs and life-size figures of the Blues Brothers. The Chevrolet dealership contains sports items, including life-size figures from all fields, and a famous David Ortiz jersey that was dug up from the foundations of Yankee Stadium. Meanwhile, inside, above and around the showroom floors are museum-quality artifacts - hundreds of them. He said the work force numbers around 400, with plans to expand, he said.

General manager Michael Penner said the three dealerships had a combined inventory of about 1,000 vehicles with an additional 700 used vehicles for sale. And in the rear of the showrooms are the immaculate service areas visible through large windows. The dealerships - Chevrolet, Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge and Ford - are housed in buildings that echo the design of horse barns. The 52-acre campus incorporates three auto dealerships, a 1950s diner, a double-decker bus that serves ice cream and an outdoor barbecue to say nothing of the car rental agency, car wash and detailing, barbershop, salon and jewelry store.

You can’t miss Imperial City on the Uxbridge Road outside Mendon.

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