New LA/OC OfficePlanIt Showroom Opening Q3 2011.

OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio recently brought principal Justin Enderton on board to lead the company’s expansion to the greater Los Angeles and Orange County markets. The office furniture solutions leader has plans to open their new southern California showroom in the third quarter of 2011.

Enderton is a skilled veteran in the field of interior design and contract furniture, including a successful 17-year track record holding roles as a designer, project manager, sales representative and dealer principal. His diligence, resourcefulness and detail-oriented approach has resulted in furniture sales of over $100 million throughout his career and lasting client relationships in various industries, including biotech, pharmaceuticals, technology, entertainment and banking.

Our company brand is very exciting and has the ability to combine the INSCAPE products with our custom products, and offer our client’s affordable, diverse & sustainable solutions with exceptional quality and the highest level of detail & design. “These are very opportunistic times and I’m excited to be leading the efforts in the Orange County & LA Markets, including our lighting distribution company,” Enderton said. “LightingPlanIt offers a unique approach to lighting procurement, similar to our furniture distribution model.”

For more information on OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio Los Angeles/Orange County, please contact:

Justin Enderton
, President
OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio LA/OC
justin@officeplanit.com

OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio
Awarded Mitchell International Contract.

Mitchell International, Inc., is headquartered in San Diego, CA.  They are the leading provider of information, workflow, and performance management solutions that enhance productivity and profitability and increase customer satisfaction for members of the Automotive Repair and Property and Casualty industries.

OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio have been chosen as suppliers of Inscape Scala furniture systems as well as the ancillary furniture package.

According to president, Jim Edmondson, OfficePlanIt’s bid won out against much larger competitors such as Steelcase and Herman Miller.

“We’re extremely gratified that our commitment to excellence and value is being recognized in the market,” commented Edmondson, “Mitchell’s 900 person move presents us with a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate our ability to not only provide our client with some of the most exciting office furniture systems available, but also to make Mitchell’s new office space one of the finest Class A spaces in San Diego.”

Installation will begin during the first part of August.

This project is the largest awarded to OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio since they opened nine months ago.

For further information, please contact:

Jim Edmondson
President
OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio
jim@officeplanit.com
619.607.7800 (c)
619.961.1800 (o)
619.961.1861 (f)

If you haven’t yet visited us, we’d like to invite you to drop by soon.  We’re proud of our showroom and once you’ve seen it, we think you’ll understand why!  And, with the addition of our LightingPlanIt division, you’ll not only see some beautiful and practical office layouts, but you’ll also see some state-of-the-art lighting options.

Check out this short video:

it’s what your customers say about you that’s the true measure of how you stand in the marketplace.

When we first opened OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio, one of our goals was to deliver mind blowingly great service. We told everyone that was our intention and the standard we would hold ourselves to.

The thing is, often reality is what you perceive it to be.  Each of us has a different perception of our own ‘world’.  We’ve been so busy working at living up to the high expectations we’ve encouraged that it’s only now, several months later, that we’re pausing – briefly – to assess where we’re at.

Overall, we’re excited by the great customers who’ve supported us.  Without them, obviously we wouldn’t be here.  When we took stock of what you’ve been saying, we have to admit, it did make us feel really good.

Here are just a few of the comments you’ve made:

“Dear Jim and Theron,

We wanted to first thank you for the great deal on the table and chairs; they look fantastic in our new space. Now we can use our office the way we intended it to be. Second, we appreciate the efforts of the installation crew. They were friendly, timely and clean which seems like a rarity these days.

Your contribution to our new space is very much appreciated and you’re welcome to stop by anytime!
Best regards,

Christopher T. Veum, llDA, AAIA President AVRP Studios
Doug Austin, FAIA,    BC, LEED AP CEO AVRP Studios”

… and here’s one from Jill Parker of xPlair Technology LLC:

“I just saw the new systems furniture in our new space and it ROCKS!!!  Really nice quality and the step down walls look fabulous.  What a difference high-quality systems furniture makes!

In my humble opinion, our systems furniture looks nicer than the HM Systems in our Dallas office. ”

Ken Herskind, President of XCom Global Inc told us:

“I just wanted to personally thank you and your team for the great work you all did for XCom!  Your professionalism and dedication to quality service is much appreciated.

If you ever need a reference or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact me.”

…. and here’s one that was passed onto us.  Seems like the word is spreading:

“Hi Steven and Andrea -

Hope you’re both doing well.  It has been a while but I wanted to finally follow up and let you know how happy I am with the space, materials and the way everything came together.  We are loving our space.

Steven – I also wanted to let you know that I tried working with (name withheld) but they were really unresponsive.  So I did some research and found a guy named Theron Williams (Andrea – I think you might have worked with him?) at OfficePlanIt and he was fantastic – super responsive, great ideas and just a great guy.  Anyway, just FYI – I’d highly recommend him….”

Well, it looks as if we’re fulfilling those expectations! But… we’re not content to rest on our laurels and we’ll be continually raising the bar – keep watching here for future updates!

Since OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio opened in downtown San Diego on 1st November 2009, they’ve become the ‘go to’ resource for office furniture and systems.

It appears that the local architectural and design community welcome their fresh and innovative approach as well as appreciate their fierce commitment to surpassing customer service expectations.

In just four and a half months, they’ve been awarded projects from some notable organizations including:

• Heritage Wealth Management
• National Asset Direct
• APM Funds
• NuVasive
• Junior Achievement
• Gary & Mary West  Senior Center
• Traina Design
• xCom Global
• Cal Pacific Mortgage
• Competitor Group
• Geary Interactive
• SPAWAR
• Grid2Home
• L-3 Communications
• San Diego Eye Bank
• Real Capital Markets

“We’re excited to be recognized at this level in our community,” remarks president, Jim Edmondson, “It demonstrates that we’re providing the level of service and product that our market demands.”

With the recent addition of new division LightingPlanIt, Edmondson anticipates rapid growth during the organization’s first year.