Casa de cadillac

Casa de Cadillac opened in 1950 at 14401 Ventura Boulevard and has operated continuously in the same facility since that time. The dealership originally opened in 1949 as Don Lee Motors which was part of the Don Lee organization that operated Cadillac dealerships throughout the state of California, including major cities such as Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Pasadena, and Los Angeles.

Ownership of the dealership passed from Lee to Martin Pollard in 1950 who changed the name to Casa de Cadillac. Pollard was influential in local business and an active member of the San Fernando Valley community. He served at various times as the President of Valley Presbyterian Hospital, President of the Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce, and was the first chairman of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. In 1959, Pollard was the first ever recipient of the "Fernando Award" given by the Fernando Award Foundation in recognition of outstanding community volunteerism in the San Fernando Valley. Upon Pollard's death in 1970, the Sherman Oaks branch of the Los Angeles Public Library was named in his honor.

After Pollard's death, James Wilson became president of Casa de Cadillac and was active in its daily operations through 2008. During that time, Casa Automotive Group (the parent company of Casa de Cadillac) acquired several additional franchises including Buick, GMC, Hummer, Saab, Kia, and Subaru. In 2008, Wilson passed ownership to his daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Howard Drake. Today, Cadillac, Buick and GMC are sold at the Sherman Oaks location while Subaru is sold at a separate dealership in nearby Van Nuys.