Off Shore Marine

Back in 1986, Lou and Sherri Cecchini opened thedoors of Off Shore Marine in a 900 square foot rented space. In the past 32years, they’ve grown the business into the largest new and pre-owned inboardboat inventory in NJ.

Recently, they have been looking to gain some additional space intheir facility. In order to gain the space needed for expanding their salesarea (as well as some product accessory displays), the owner decided to makeuse of the open air space in their showroom.

One of the challenges of the project would be that the mezzaninewould have to fit against three walls in their showroom. One wall had fulllength glass, another had several doors and panels of glass, and the third wallhad an offset along with an electrical panel in the corner.

Additionally, the stairs would need to be specifically designed towork around an existing ceiling beam while still maximizing the ground floorspace.

After making a site visit and meeting with Off Shore Marine,The Mezzanine Company proposed an approximate 300 square foot mezzanine.

The mezzanine would include wire mesh railing and a straightrun IBC staircase, in order to meet local code. The staircase was customdesigned to be inset into the middle of the mezzanine, in order to help maximizethe floor space on the showroom floor. Additionally, it was positioned in sucha way to provide enough head clearance under the existing ceiling beam.

As seen in the photos, the mezzanine was custom designed tofit nicely against the three walls of the showroom.

The project was approved, produced, and installed withinonly a few months’ time frame. This was important as they wanted all thework on their showroom to be completed during the slow season, and prior totheir seasonal open house event.

Lou Cecchini, the owner, had this to say about our service:“Your company followed up right away,answered all my questions and kept me informed through the whole process. Notmany companies do that. You kept appointments and deadlines.”