“We’re also meeting the growing demands of consumers who now, perhaps more than ever, have a heightened need, awareness and appreciation of good design at home.” “Our integrated approach blends home and work environments to respond not just to the needs of our core A&D customers, but also business leaders grappling with how to evolve their offices for tomorrow,” says Andi Owen, CEO of the Herman Miller Group. ![]() Seamlessly adjoining the original structure is a five-storey new build that has a rooftop and outdoor pavillion. Its ambitious move showcases all of its brands including Geiger and Maharam (except UK-based Naughtone, which remains in the Mart) in a 45,000 square foot landmark brick building dating to the 1920s. Herman Miller debuted this October to NeoCon visitors. And the resimercial vibe is one that was underscored at NeoCon 2019, with strategic pairings like West Elm and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams with Steelcase, and the Dutch brand Moooi at Haworth. The vitality of this reimagined neighborhood cannot be denied. It’s not only about mega loft spaces with windows (although that is huge), it’s about the feeling, the ambience, and how the work experience relates to designers, architects and buyers. And it’s one of the reasons that the attraction to Fulton Market is like a magnet. The more resimmercial character actually lines up with what has been happening in contract design. When live+work loft spaces started taking off, millennials arrived and contributed to an edge and energy. The last five years especially have witnessed a different kind of growth. Many of the characteristic vintage terracotta and red brick buildings here have landmark status. ![]() Soho House opened in 2014, the trendy ACE Hotel in 2017, and two years later, the cool, boutique-style Hoxton Hotel, which also houses Cabra Cevicheria, a Peruvian-themed rooftop restaurant helmed by Chef Izard. Uber popular spots like award-winning chef Stephanie Izard’s Girl and the Goat, Publican and Publican Meats (charcuterie and butcher shop) and the highly acclaimed Blackbird (now closed after 22 years, a pandemic casualty) regularly drew manufacturing executives who were wining and dining clients during NeoCon.įulton Street now has its own cool restaurants, public food halls (the Time Out Market, with multiple eateries and bars), artisanal coffee shops and brew pubs, as well as interesting retail outlets, such as Anthropologie and Lululemon, plus multiple art galleries. It was during that time that a parade of top-level restaurants, dubbed Restaurant Row, began to populate Randoph Street, two blocks south of Fulton. (The new building also sold for more than $412 million). Harpo enjoyed a long run there – from 1990 to 2011. Its new, nine-storey site designed by Gensler was actually a teardown of Harpo Studios, Oprah Winfrey’s former production facility. McDonald’s moved its HQ from a nearly 50-year suburban location the following year. The building, designed by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, sold last year for just under $260 million (Google’s lease runs through till 2028). Google anchored corporate business when it moved into what is called 1K Fulton (1000) in 2015. ![]() Major corporations like Kimberly Clark and even social media giants Snapchat and TikTok have signed up. ![]() Green amenities like outdoor terraces and electric charging stations are some of the attractions. New, high-end, residential high rises plus converted and rehabbed old loft buildings are quickly being complemented with signed office and retail leases, even though downtown office activity is sluggish. One developer recently spoke about making Fulton Market a destination. There’s a lot of multimillion dollar buying and selling going on in the former meatpacking district, which dates to around 1850. Real estate in Chicago’s West Loop/Fulton market is blazing hot, and showing no signs of slowing down, in spite of the pause in restaurant and hotel business during the pandemic. Just what is going on?įulton Market is hip, happening, hopping, with all the right stuff. At the close of NeoCon that year, Herman Miller announced that it was heading west as well.
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