Tony Principe and his father Rick, the father-and-son duo behind Finish Line Auto Club, pose in the clubhouse of their third luxury garage condo development for car enthusiasts in Calabasas on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. The company plans to expand into Palm Desert and Scottsdale, Ariz. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Fellow car lovers often approached Rick and Tony Principe, a father-and-son duo in commercial real estate, about finding high-end homes for their private collections.

Such facilities didn’t exist.

And so, to meet the demand, the Principes launched Finish Line Auto Club in 2006. The concept that Rick Principe describes as “a country club for car collectors” began with the sale of customizable garage condominiums to those who could afford the $1 million

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