Integrity Auto Group's two car lots to consolidate at one custom-built site near 143rd and Kellogg

Pat Boyle stands in front of the future home of Integrity Auto Group near 143rd and Kellogg.WICHITA — After years of having two car lots, Integrity Auto Group owner Pat Boyle is streamlining his business by customizing one new building to meet his company's and customers' needs.

"One of the things that I learned early on from my mentors is to basically keep the business as simple as possible," Boyle says.

In early October, he's closing used car lots he has near Douglas and Hydraulic and Kellogg and Broadway to open one location just east of the QuikTrip at 143rd and Kellogg.

"Our leases are coming up, and we decided to do this project," Boyle says.

The business has had several sites since it opened in 1999, each of which Boyle remodeled from previous uses, including a convenience store.

Those locations "served our purpose but probably it's been a situation where the quality of our cars has always way outran the quality of our facilities," Boyle says.

Martsolf Enterprises is custom building a new 2,400-square-foot building on 1.6 acres at 14422 E. Kellogg.

"Obviously, there's a lot of traffic going through that area," Boyle says. "Wichita and Andover have kind of merged together. There's not a big gap there anymore."

Downtown doesn't offer the same density of people on a consistent basis, Boyle says.

"People leave the area around 5:30 in the evenings ... and you know it's not a high-traffic area on the weekends."

On East Kellogg, he says, "There's a constant flow of traffic all week."

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This story was originally published September 12, 2012 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Integrity Auto Group's two car lots to consolidate at one custom-built site near 143rd and Kellogg."