IHFC adds more 3rd floor space for accents
Temp spaces leased in less than a week
By Lane Harvey Brown -- Home Accents Today, 12/3/2007 8:40:00 AM
The International Home Furnishings Center in High Point has added more space on its third floor for home accessories showrooms after prospective tenants snapped up newly offered temporary exhibit spaces in a matter of days this fall.
“The project went better than we’d expected, given the challenging times,” said Thomas M. Lindh, IHFC president and CEO. “We’ve been very successful with it, and we’ve very excited.”
In October, IHFC announced plans to create Pavilions on 3, about 40,000 square feet of temporary display space for home accents and decorative accessories. IHFC pitched its plan for the new 300-sq.-ft. to 1,500-sq.-ft. spaces to prospective exhibitors on Saturday before the opening of the Fall High Point Market, and by Thursday, all the spaces were filled, Lindh said.
The overwhelming response prompted building executives to create another 40,000 square feet for accents and accessories on the third floor by readapting the Wrenn and Green wings, said Tom Loney, executive vice president of leasing. The result, Wrenn/Green 3, offers permanent showroom space near the Pavilions and has allowed IHFC to create more of a decorative accessories focus on floors 2, 3 and 4.
“We’re going to have a whole new look for about 80,000 square feet of the building,” Lindh said. The temporary spaces are set to open for the Spring High Point Market in April 2008.
Short-term leases for Pavilions on 3 will be for one market or one year, Loney said, while the Wrenn/Green 3 leases will be for five years. Some space remains in Wrenn/Green 3, which features 1,000-sq.-ft. to 10,000-sq.-ft. showroom spaces, he said.
Pulaski – a division of Samuel Lawrence Furniture – moved from IHFC’s third floor to SLF’s showroom at 220 N. Elm, Loney said. Cleveland Catnapper, whose showroom was in the Wrenn/Green 3, will more to IHFC’s sixth floor Commerce wing, he said.
These tenants have signed on to the third floor:
Pavilions on 3 (temporary):
The Spanish Door
2 Day Design
Always Unique
Apropos Home Collection
Archatrive
Arin International
Art Club
B & I World Imports, Inc.
Betsy Drake Interiors
Casabella
Chandler 4 Corners
David Lee Designs
Firefly Home Collection
Fishtales
Forever Green Art
Gallery Gallery
Hamilton Studios
Hudson Valley Art
India Handicrafts
J.I.J. Design, Inc.
Leftbank Art
Moe’s Home Collection
MSM 4 Imports
Old South Accents
Padma’s Plantation
Palit Inc
Park Hill Collection
Pasha Home Fashions
Red Label Home & Garden
Screen Gems Furn Accessories
Statements by J.
Urban Trends Collection
World Design
Woven Workz
Zaricor
Wrenn/Green 3 (permanent):
Ashton
Attila
Barreveld
Chelsea Textiles
DK Living
Downtown
French Market
Jatex
Pac Art
Privilege
UMA
