Mar 26, 2014

AmericasMart Atlanta’s Burgeoning Furniture Presence On The Move Again

The master plan guiding AmericasMart® Atlanta’s home and design franchise growth sees its latest and most significant advancement this July with the launch of the Building 1 Floor 15 development program leading to a January 2015 opening, according to David Savula, executive vice president of leasing.

The Floor 15 development signals a major expansion for AmericasMart’s home furnishings product mix through the addition of more than 100,000 square feet of space created expressly for design-led furniture, lighting and accents. The expansion expresses AmericasMart’s broader mission of delivering a product-rich market experience for designers, specifiers and specialty retailers needing the significant advantages of a single-source destination offering the full spectrum of lifestyle home furnishings merchandise in a sophisticated setting.

“This expansion is the true nexus of demand and performance,” adds Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman and president. “Our continuing growth in the home sector, particularly over the past four years, positions us to address space requirements both from existing exhibitors seeking larger footprints and new lines tapping AmericasMart’s global buying power. Those are the pivot points driving the Floor 15 mission,” Portman adds.

The Building 1 Floor 15 collection will open in January 2015 at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® (Showrooms: Tuesday, January 6 – Tuesday, January 13; Temporaries: Thursday, January 8 – Monday, January 12) with a carefully curated mix of new and relocated exhibitors.

With a connecting bridge to Building 2 Floor 15, buyers will be able to seamlessly shop the expanded Home collection and its corresponding Gift collection both during AmericasMart’s four annual Markets and as part of its Open Daily marketplace.

The Floor 15 collection will be a vital part of AmericasMart’s Open Daily offerings. On weekdays between Markets, designers and retailers are treated to one-on-one attention from the industry’s leading home furnishings and accessories, linens, rugs, gift, tabletop, gourmet, gardens, outdoor living and apparel purveyors as well as other benefits such as free parking promotions and complimentary entry for clients and guests. Buyers also enjoy exclusive offers and educational seminars presented by industry thought leaders at monthly special events throughout the year.

Renderings of the updated 15th Floor will be available in July 2014 at the Market.

ABOUT AMERICASMART

AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 14 annual Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers from every U.S. state and more than 90 countries discovering product in more than 1,400 showrooms and more than 2,500 temporary exhibiting companies. ICON HONORS, the home and gift industry’s most celebrated recognition program, is produced and staged annually by AmericasMart.

Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than seven million square feet of space. It’s a huge global stage on which manufacturers, designers and sales representatives unveil new lines, launch new designs and introduce new categories – all for the benefit of buyers seeking all that is fresh and first in the home, rug, gift and apparel arenas. For more information, please visitwww.AmericasMart.com. Follow us @AmericasMartATL or @AtlantaApparel.