Dream team moves headquarters to shoppers' mecca.Shawmut Design and Construction announced its new Retail Division's headquarters at 3 East 54th Street, right in the middle of the world's busiest luxury retail shopping area. For the past five years, Shawmut Retail has realized a 35 percent year-over-year growth. The opening of Shawmut's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office illustrates the firm's commitment to continue to grow and solidify its national presence. "Many leading luxury brands start off with a flagship location in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ," said Les Hiscoe, vice president of Shawmut's Retail Division. "As a top national firm, we work with clients on flagships, but also to build upon that image and success with new stores and concepts throughout the country. Shawmut Retail partners with clients to provide a consistent, talented construction management team for projects that reach from New York to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and all stops in between." Shawmut Retail is responsible for top fashion, jewelry, luxury clothing and other specialty flagship construction in all of the exclusive American shopping districts from New York to Palm Beach, Chicago's Miracle Mile Miracle Mile can refer to the following places:
On New York's 5th Avenue, Shawmut created Louis Vuitton's interior space behind an 11-story wall of custom-patterned glass. Around the corner on 57th Street, Chanel's magnificent flagship boutique was built on an aggressive schedule. And to-day, Shawmut is building its 54th store for Apple: the premier flagship on 5th Avenue. The team is also building concept stores in many other cities, from the Midwest to Atlanta, Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. to Las Vegas. Opened just in time for the holidays were Puma's impressive Pittsburgh location and renovation of Shreve, Crump & Lowe's Boston flagship store in the former FAO FAO, n See Food and Agriculture Organization. Schwarz landmark site. Shawmut's ability to perform challenging occupied renovations has helped set it apart in the crowd. Few industries can afford to close their doors while construction occurs, but for retail locations, it can be devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . Keeping Van Cleef & Arpels open during construction, and ready with its key new flagship space immediately after Thanksgiving, illustrates Shawmut's strength in performing occupied renovations in hectic urban environments. Said Hiscoe, "Shawmut's Retail Division recognized the impact [a closure] would have on the store's business and offered a way of phasing the construction that would allow Van Cleef & Arpels to remain open. " Shawmut Retail complements the company's other areas of construction management expertise, from nationally-recognized restaurants such as New York's Masa, Per Se and Nobu 57, to challenging historical preservation projects. |
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