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Wash Launch Group
Development

Express car wash development, from raw land to doors open.

We develop express conveyor car washes start to finish. Site selection, feasibility, design coordination, construction oversight, equipment commissioning, and grand opening. We don't hand off a report and disappear.

Aerial view of an express tunnel car wash site in early construction prep
What you get

Concrete deliverables, not consultant slides.

  • 18,000+ AADT minimum threshold - we won't underwrite sites below operating viability

  • 8-variable site scorecard - applied to every site before capital commits

  • 5-year pro forma built on operating data - not broker assumptions

  • Full project quarterback - from PSA through grand opening

  • Equipment package spec'd by operators - OPW/Belanger, Trident, ICS by default; alternatives where appropriate

How we do it

The process, step by step.

  1. 1

    Site identification + screening

    We work from your acquisition criteria or source on-market and off-market sites in your target markets. Every candidate runs through our 8-variable scorecard before we ask for capital decisions.

  2. 2

    Underwriting + pro forma

    5-year DCF with sensitivity tables on revenue ramp, membership penetration, churn, opex, and capex. Stress-tested at -15% revenue, +20% opex. If the deal doesn't pencil at downside, we tell you.

  3. 3

    Entitlement + design

    Coordinate civil, architectural, and MEP design with engineers who've designed car washes before. Manage zoning, special use permits, and utility coordination.

  4. 4

    Construction oversight

    On-site through critical milestones. We catch problems in framing, not at COA.

  5. 5

    Equipment commissioning

    OPW/Belanger tunnel install, Trident chemistry calibration, ICS configuration. Crew training before doors open.

  6. 6

    Grand opening + 90-day support

    We stay through the ramp. Membership program tuning, ops issue resolution, marketing coordination.

Deliverables

What lands in your inbox.

  • Site scorecard + selection memo
  • Demographic + traffic analysis
  • Competitive benchmarking
  • 5-year pro forma with sensitivities
  • Construction budget + schedule
  • Equipment specification + procurement
  • Crew training + operating procedures
  • 90-day post-opening optimization plan
FAQs

Questions operators ask.

Ready to start?

The first conversation is free. We'll tell you whether your project is something we can help with, and what realistic next steps look like.

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