DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Step One Automotive MAF PN, LLC for the establishment of ALFA vehicles
Notice of Publication for a New Point
Franchise Motor Vehicle Dealer in a County of More
than 300,000 Population
Pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, notice is given that FCA US LLC, intends to allow the establishment of Step One Automotive MAF PN, LLC, as a dealership for the sale of Alfa Romeo passenger cars and light trucks manufactured by FCA US LLC (line-make ALFA) at 5600 Pensacola Boulevard, Pensacola, (Escambia County), Florida 32505, on or after January 3, 2019.
The name and address of the dealer operator(s) and principal investor(s) of Step One Automotive MAF PN, LLC, are dealer operator(s): Fernando Arellano Geddes, 541 Mary Esther Cut off Northwest, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548; principal investor(s): Corma Automotive, LLC, 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2950, Miami, Florida 33131, C Investments FL, LLC, 541 Mary Esther Cut off Northwest, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548, JCCM 2017 Family Trust Dated March 28, 2017 200 North Phillips Avenue, Suite 301, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104. Trustee: Trident Trust Company (South Dakota), Inc., Beneficiary: Juan Carlos Correa Mantilla, MICM 2017 Family Trust dated March 28, 2017 200 North Phillips Avenue, Suite 301, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104. Trustee: Trident Trust Company (South Dakota), Inc., Beneficiary: Maria Isabel Correa Mantilla. The notice indicates intent to establish the new point location in a county with a population of more than 300,000, according to the latest population estimates of the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research.
Certain dealerships of the same line-make may have standing, pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, to file a petition or complaint protesting the application.
Written petitions or complaints must be received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice and must be submitted to: Jaime Williams, Administrator, Dealer License Section, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Room A-312 MS65, Neil Kirkman Building, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0635.
A copy of such petition or complaint must also be sent by US Mail to: Eric Rodriguez, FCA US LLC, 10300 Boggy Creek Road, Orlando, Florida 32824
If no petitions or complaints are received within 30 days of the date of publication, a final order will be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles approving the establishment of the dealership, subject to the applicant's compliance with the provisions of Chapter 320, Florida Statutes.
