sentences:  The business was originally a partnership with J. C. Clarkson, but Blanding purchased Clarkson's interest in the business in 1917.According to Rich Adler's history of baseball at the University of Michigan, Blanding's operation was one of the early Ford dealerships.In 1920, Blanding announced that, due to growth in the business, he would build a new facility at Lansing that would include a large garage and show room in a building with three stories and 5,400 square feet of floor space.