DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Step One Automotive CC, LLC, d/b/a Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Crestview for the establishment of FIAT vehicles
Notice of Publication for a New Point
Franchise Motor Vehicle Dealer in a County of Less
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 CC, LLC, d/b/a Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Crestview as a dealership for the sale and service of FIAT passenger cars and light trucks (line-make FIAT) at 5200 South Ferdon Boulevard, Crestview, (Okaloosa County), Florida 32536, on or after July 6, 2018.
The name and address of the dealer operator(s) and principal investor(s) of Step One Automotive CC, LLC, d/b/a Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Crestview are dealer operator(s): Fernando Arellano Geddes, 5200 Ferdon Boulevard, Crestview, Florida 32536, principal investor(s): Step One Automotive Group, LLC, 541 Mary Esther Cut Off Northwest, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida 32548; Step One Investments, LLC, 541 Mary Esther Cut Off Northwest, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida 32548; Corma Automotive LLC, 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2950, Miami, Florida 33131; Maresa Automotive LLC, 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2950, Miami, Florida 33131; JCCM 2017 Family Trust Dated March 28, 2017, 200 N. Phillips Avenue, Suite 301, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104. Trustee: Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc., MICM 2017 Family Trust dated March 28, 2017 200 N. Phillips Avenue, Suite 301, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104., Trustee: Trident Trust Company (South Dakota) Inc., The DuLac Family Trust dated March 18, 2016, Suites 5 & 6, Horsford’s Business Centre, Long Pont Road, Charlestown, Nevis, Trustee: OMC Trust Management Services, Ltd., Maresa USA Holdings, Inc. 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2950, Miami, Florida 33131; Corporacion Maresa Holdings, S.A., Av. De los Granados, Quito 170513, Ecuador.
The notice indicates intent to establish the new point location in a county of less than 300,000 population, 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: Chris Chandler, 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.
