Tim Harty, The Business Times

Six offices instead of one.

Seven acres instead of one.

Three more employees.

The Auction Team is growing, which is why in May it moved into a larger building (3,327 square feet) with more land at 1896 U.S. Highway 6&50. Previously it resided in a 585-square-foot building at 2912 Hill Ave.

“We’ve just been able to expand our operations throughout the Western Slope, and we needed a bigger home branch,” said Greg Medvesk, owner of The Auction Team.

In particular, the auto auctions are on the rise, as Medvesk said, “Through the 12 years that I’ve been doing this, I’ve seen a demand for it on the Western Slope, just a place to be able to create a marketplace for buyers and sellers.”

But a walk around the grounds makes it clear there is much more than autos being bought and sold. For example, The Auction Team had quite a few mini excavators on hand for an ongoing online auction, along with heavier equipment, skid steers, shipping containers, small cabins, sheds, dog houses, chicken coops, etc.

Or, as auction manager Hunter Johnston said on July 22, “Everything in the yard that you see is going to be auctioned off on July 28.”

The extra space means The Auction Team can do more than before and widen its scope for buyers and sellers, so it’s doing just that.

“We’re able to take the volume that we’ve been shooting for as far as vehicles and equipment, and with our online platform we’re able to not just market locally, but market nationally as well,” Medvesk said. “At that location we’re able to be more versatile as far as selling firearms to selling vehicles and equipment. We have specialized sales. It just creates a better opportunity for different kinds of auctions.”