The interior of an Ann Sacks showroom. (Courtesy Ann Sacks)
After more than two decades in the Denver Design District, a high-end tile manufacturer is moving its showroom to Cherry Creek.
Portland, Ore.-based Ann Sacks is moving its showroom to 4,000 square feet at 2940 E. 2nd Ave. on Jan. 17.
Kristy Grey, Ann Sacks director of sales, said the company wants to be where it believes its customers are already shopping.
“It’s that natural area where they’re spending their time already and for us to get closer to them is great,” Grey said.
Ann Sacks closed its showroom at 545 S. Broadway, where it had operated since 1999, in December. That property is also under contract to be redeveloped into a mixed-use residential building, and tenants there weren’t given the opportunity to renew their leases, Amy Gagliano, Denver Design District marketing director, told BusinessDen.
The building, like many surrounding the design district, is part of the roughly 75-acre Broadway Park development project. Essentially the entire area is being gradually redeveloped, except for anchor tenants and the core design district building along Central Avenue.
Ann Sacks Chief Designer DeeDee Gundberg said the move to Cherry Creek also made sense because the company is rolling out a new “destination model” showroom that includes a less-cluttered layout, large working tables and better lighting.
“It will feel extremely different … it will feel much leaner, lighter and really just more elevated,” Gundberg said. “It’s going to be a jewel box.”
She said the new showroom, formerly home to Hallmark’s HMK store, will sell retail items such as marble vases and ceramic coasters, something its former location didn’t offer.
Gundberg said the space had to be gutted and construction took about four months. She declined to disclose how much the company invested in the buildout.
Founder Ann Sacks started the company with a makeshift showroom in her house, where she tiled every surface possible with Mexican terracotta tiles. In 1981, she opened the first official showroom in Portland.
The company grew to include other styles of tiles and Kohler eventually acquired it in 1989. Sacks stayed on as president for another 14 years before retiring.
The company has roughly 80 showrooms in the United States and six abroad, according to its website.
The interior of an Ann Sacks showroom. (Courtesy Ann Sacks)
After more than two decades in the Denver Design District, a high-end tile manufacturer is moving its showroom to Cherry Creek.
Portland, Ore.-based Ann Sacks is moving its showroom to 4,000 square feet at 2940 E. 2nd Ave. on Jan. 17.
Kristy Grey, Ann Sacks director of sales, said the company wants to be where it believes its customers are already shopping.
“It’s that natural area where they’re spending their time already and for us to get closer to them is great,” Grey said.
Ann Sacks closed its showroom at 545 S. Broadway, where it had operated since 1999, in December. That property is also under contract to be redeveloped into a mixed-use residential building, and tenants there weren’t given the opportunity to renew their leases, Amy Gagliano, Denver Design District marketing director, told BusinessDen.
The building, like many surrounding the design district, is part of the roughly 75-acre Broadway Park development project. Essentially the entire area is being gradually redeveloped, except for anchor tenants and the core design district building along Central Avenue.
Ann Sacks Chief Designer DeeDee Gundberg said the move to Cherry Creek also made sense because the company is rolling out a new “destination model” showroom that includes a less-cluttered layout, large working tables and better lighting.
“It will feel extremely different … it will feel much leaner, lighter and really just more elevated,” Gundberg said. “It’s going to be a jewel box.”
She said the new showroom, formerly home to Hallmark’s HMK store, will sell retail items such as marble vases and ceramic coasters, something its former location didn’t offer.
Gundberg said the space had to be gutted and construction took about four months. She declined to disclose how much the company invested in the buildout.
Founder Ann Sacks started the company with a makeshift showroom in her house, where she tiled every surface possible with Mexican terracotta tiles. In 1981, she opened the first official showroom in Portland.
The company grew to include other styles of tiles and Kohler eventually acquired it in 1989. Sacks stayed on as president for another 14 years before retiring.
The company has roughly 80 showrooms in the United States and six abroad, according to its website.
