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.

While OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio has been enjoying great success since its launch, we felt that there were still ways to expand our commitment to deliver a higher level of service to our clients.

All aspects of interior office space design are important.  The way each element within the space fits together in the whole determines not only the aesthetics, but also the functionality of the space.

With the opening of our new commercial lighting division, LightingPlanIt, we are now able to provide our clients with both the furniture and the lighting that make spaces comfortable and productive.

It’s our goal to completely revamp the old commercial lighting distribution model.  Providing the right product is one thing.  Providing extreme service and a huge knowledge base is another. Our 4,800 square foot showroom allows you to see the whole picture – model office set-ups featuring both furniture and lighting.  We made visualization simple by turning it into visual reality.  No guess work required.

Let’s take a look at most client’s top lighting questions:

1. Brands:  How comprehensive is the selection? Besides carrying 6 major brands: Hubbell, Prudential, Lightolier, Juno, Cooper and Lithonia, we represent more than 450 others.  That should give even the most demanding project more than enough choices to ensure the perfect lighting match.
   
   
2. Project management: Who takes care of the lighting project once the product’s specified? We provide the necessary project management to ensure that you not only have the best choice, but also a streamlined process from there on.  And because LightingPlanIt is part of OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio, the process of designing your space with the right office furniture and lighting comes together in a simple harmony that’s easy to live with.
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3. What about after the sale? Oh yes, we know that everyone promises the earth and that you may have been disappointed before, so we’re not going to make empty promises.  What we are going to do is to tell you that the basis of our philosophy is to exceed every service expectation you have.  We’re just as interested in you after the sale as before.  Of course, there’s a reason.  We want you to come back to us again, and to refer us to everyone you know.  We’re just not prepared to jeopardize our future with adequate ‘good’ service that anyone could deliver. No, we are determined to impress you.  Again and again.
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4. Hmm – how about pricing?  This kind of service sounds expensive. Not at all.  Price competitiveness is part of our philosophy too.  We know lighting is available elsewhere.  We know our kind of service isn’t.  But we don’t think you should have to pay a premium for what you deserve. LightingPlanIt gives you the best of both worlds: competitive pricing AND a higher level of customer service.

If we’ve intrigued you, we’d like to invite you to come to our showroom in downtown San Diego and see for yourself. John Branch is our lighting expert.  He’ll be more than happy to give you a tour and answer any questions you may have.  You can call him on 619.961.1800 or email him at john@lightingplanit.com.

John’s experience in commercial development and lighting industry spans 10 years and a variety of projects. He understands lighting from both the client and distributor perspective.  Beginning as a superintendent for  a large developer, then moving on to become project manager and then a distributor sales account manager has given John insights that prove invaluable to his clients.  John has worked on corporate accounts and facilities both large and small.  Some of these included AT&T Wireless, Country Wide Home Loans, Bank of America, the Irvine Company, Fox Studios and large home development projects in San Diego and Orange County.

John’s considerable experience in the lighting supply chain process gives him a wealth of knowledge and understanding and this makes  him an invaluable asset to LightingPlanIt.

He’s looking forward to putting that experience and knowledge at your disposal.

Low prices are Every Day
at OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio!

Not a sale or limited time special just our normal, everyday pricing structure.

5 day price – $752.00 U.S.D. per station
7 day price – $797.00 U.S.D. per station

Even deeper discounts for XLT (extended lead time) with Quickship colors and 60 stations or more.

Contact your OfficePlanIt sales representative for details.

We had a dream and it’s coming true!  As we continue to grow as a leader in the Office Furniture market, we’re very conscious of giving back to the community so that other’s dreams can come true too.

One of the areas we’ve been working on is providing those involved in the design field with a state of the art Design  Resource Center.

We’re thrilled to announce that it’s now open, ready and waiting for you!

As many of our friends in the design industry have found themselves ‘temporarily displaced’ as a result of downsizing, we wanted to help out by providing a professional and well equipped ‘touch down’ space to assist you in pursuing new projects.

Our Design Resource Center is specifically designed  to meet the needs of designers.

you’ll find:

• all the latest material samples and product literature necessary for your projects
• wireless internet
• use of our conference center with great multi-media capability including a 55″ flat panel TV for presentations
• wireless mouse, keyboard
• full kitchen facilities

Not only do you have an ideal workspace, but also a place where you can meet with your clients in comfort and privacy.

It’s just one of the ways OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio is looking forward to sharing our success.

For further details please call 619.961.1800 or email us.

If you want to know just how committed OfficePlanIt + Olab Studio is to earning a reputation for being at the forefront of their industry, you need look no further than their current performance.

They’re moving into their brand new offices at the end of October – the contractors are still hard at it, striving to meet the deadline, and their official opening will be heralded with an Open House planned for November 12th.

However, not content to sit and wait,  they’ve already been hard at work landing another two prestigious projects to their schedule.

National Asset Direct supports the acquisition and management efforts of various investment funds in the residential and resale estate related asset classes.

When looking for an office furniture supplier for their new San Diego offices, they invited bids from notables such as Haworth and Herman Miller for the more than 16,000 square foot space featuring 102 workstations, private offices as well as ancillary furniture and trader’s desks.

OfficePlanIt and Olab Studio managed to trump all the big names with a project-winning bid that delivered what National Asset Direct was looking for: value, quality and an innovative approach.

President Jim Edmondson is excited to have National Asset Direct as a client.  ”It’s not just that this is a large project, but also, these are great people to work with,” he says.  ”On top of that, it’s exciting to think that organizations like National Asset Direct see us as contenders in a very competitive market place – even before we’re ‘officially’ open!”

The second of their recent successes in the market is the Geary Interactive project. “Geary Interactive has been ranked as one of San Diego’s fastest growing companies,” notes Edmondson.

“We’ll be installing work stations for about 40 people in their new San Diego corporate headquarters.”

Olab Studio, along with dTank, had the opportunity to tailor design this project for Geary Interactive who have 7 locations across the country including San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles on the West Coast.