A groundbreaking ceremony in Wilson County on Dec. 14, 2000 marked the beginning of construction on a new 14-lane, 265-acre facility at Nashville Auto Auction. Tim DeBerry is general manager of the existing seven-lane, 142-acre facility, which has been located at 1450 Lebanon Road in Nashville since the auction was founded in 1954. The new Nashville Auto Auction is scheduled to open for business in the fourth quarter of 2001. Located in the Eastgate Business Park near the intersection of I-40 and Highway 109 in Lebanon, the auction is initially expected to handle 100,000 cars per year (with capacity to handle twice that many), and will employ more than 400 full- and part-time employees. Nearly 100 full-time jobs will need to be filled once the move is complete. Among the other highlights of the state-of-the-art facility will be:  A 60,000-square-foot auction building with 14 auction lanes.  A 15,000-square-foot training center.  An 87,000-square-foot reconditioning building with detail, mechanical, and paint/body shop all under one roof.  Car wash and check-in buildings.  Parking for nearly 25,000 vehicles. Manheim is investing $200 million in 2001 to improve its auctions nationwide. In the accompanying photo, at left is Nashville Auto Auction General Manager Tim DeBerry; at right is Don Fox, mayor of the City of Lebanon, TN., where the new auction will be located.