![]() You may not be familiar with the name Pinnacle Foods but you certainly know the brands they own; Aunt Jemima, Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Hungry-Man, Log Cabin, Mrs. Paul's, Swanson, and Vlasic just to name a few. bfi worked with Gensler Architectural to assist Pinnacle Foods in moving to their new corporate office in Cherry Hill, NJ. We provided relocation services and new office furniture. bfi was chosen due to their reputation and Herman Miller brand furniture that they represent. The move was completed on July 23, 2010. 1 Comment ![]() bfi recently relocated the furniture and contents from Newark’s Essex County Prosecutor’s central office to two new locations. bfi created a drawing showing the furniture in it's new home with the mission to re-use as much as possible (to save dollars) while still making the space functional. bfi ordered some new furniture to go along with the mostly existing furniture to make it work. bfi was also responsible for cleaning and sanitizing the product and making it look as close to brand new as possible. Essex County wanted a company that had proven strategic partners and one that had the on staff capability to project manage these sub contractors (i.e..moving company, cleaning company, furniture rehab company). In addition, they wanted a company that had proven they could handle a project of this level of complexity. The move was completed in April of 2010. ![]() bfi was chosen to furnish the Municipal offices, Police department and all miscellaneous areas, in the newly constructed Township of Livingston Municipal Complex located on South Livingston Avenue. We designed the furniture layout and developed the color scheme for all furniture in conjunction with the client's architectural finishes. Practically all of the furniture was purchased via the NJ State Contracts. The project began in January 2010 and the furniture installation is almost completed. Once the construction is completed bfi can complete the furniture installation. ![]() The new municipal building in Edgwater is going to look terrific, thanks to the efforts of bfi and the architectural firm, Arcari & Lovino of Little Ferry. bfi partnered with Arcari & Lovino to design and furnish the interior of the 25,500 sq. ft. building. The Borough of Edgewater purchased the furniture from bfi through the NJ State Contract. This enabled them to obtain new furniture within their budget, but also take advantage of the fact that the design and planning was included in the sale of the furniture. This project has been four years in the planning, and is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2010. bfi Wins Two Projects for DCH BMW 09/09/2010
![]() DCH BMW of Bloomfield and Freehold has acquired the services of bfi for the ground up renovations of their two facilities. The Bloomfield facility is slated to be completed by the end of July, while the Freehold dealership has a December completion goal. bfi was awarded the projects based on its professional reputation and experience in furnishing Automotive Dealerships. DCH BMW has chosen to furnish its two dealerships with Herman Miller furniture products. ![]() Business law firm, Day Pitney, hired bfi to furnish its new 35,000 sq. ft. office facility located at 1 Jefferson Road, Parsippany, NJ. The move from Florham Park, NJ will be completed by mid August. bfi was hired based on its excellent reputation as a full service business interior resource, providing consultative services, product solutions and technical assistance for office relocation projects. Some of the areas to be furnished by bfi include conference rooms, lounge areas, and workstations. Kean University Chooses bfi 06/08/2010
Kean University has selected bfi to provide school furniture for its newest facility, the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology & Mathematics (NJCSTM) building, located on Morris Avenue in Union, NJ. bfi will be providing classroom tables and seating, lab seating, banquet hall seating, glass walls for office fronts among other smaller projects. Kean hired bfi for our expertise with product designed for the Higher Ed arena and our extensive offering of furniture products on New Jersey State Contract. Our terrific track record on large and small projects has helped bfi keep a strong relationship with Kean University. The job was installed and completed in May 2010. Fusion Brands is a multi national Corporation that creates innovative beauty, cosmetics and fragrance products. bfi provided a host of products and a co-coordinated and controlled management process to meet critical deadline for Fusions’ new a flagship, NYC Office environment. bfi was hired to solve a crisis management issue. Fusion had retained the services of a competitive dealership only to experience complete disappointment. The competitor was closing its doors due to insolvency after Fusion paid the other dealer a substantial deposit. bfi was retained to control time and cost issues, re-specify products and in essence problem solve a distribution issue what could have been disastrous and embarrassing for Fusion and the designer. We got the assignment immediately on track. Without our intervention managed carefully by Sharon Portnoy in the NYC Office, the client would not have been in the space, on time within acceptable budget parameters. We came in to rescue a bad situation, turned it around and delivered a first class result. The project was completed in January 2010. Asia TV USA, Ltd Secures bfi to furnish its New North American Headquarters at One Penn Plaza 06/08/2010
Asia TV USA, Limited, the North American division of a global media conglomerate based in India, has leased 8,841 SF of space on the 35th floor at One Penn Plaza in Manhattan. One Penn Plaza is the preeminent office tower in the Penn Plaza submarket. The 57-story office tower, designed by Kahn & Jacobs was built in 1972 and is owned and managed by Vornado Realty Trust. bfi was introduced to Asia-TV as part of the alignment and business relationship with UGL-Equis in NYC. bfi provided office furniture products and co-coordinated and project managed the process as part of a new alignment with UGL-Equis. UGL Equis is a corporate real estate firm that focuses exclusively on the business space user. The company has more than 42,000 affiliated employees in 14 countries around the world through its parent company UGL Asia TV USA was interested in locating a prestigious; high-visibility building that would accommodate future growth and expansion, in order to establish their North American headquarters. The client develops television programming and movie production for the South Asian community residing in the Americas. The project was completed in April 2010. Scott Treffeisen Joins bfi-New York 02/26/2010
![]() bfi-New York is pleased to announce Scott Treffeisen, an industry veteran with 30 years commercial interiors and office furnishings experience has joined the New York executive sales team. Scott will continue to build upon his experience having worked for both emerging growth firms as well as major dealers and furniture managers over the course of his career. Prior to becoming part of the bfi-New York Team, Scott was a Sales Executive at Furniture Consultants, a Teknion resource. Over time he has held long tenured sales executive positions where he was able to consistently combine his skills with his know-how to create individual and corporate success as well as long term client relationships. Scott can be reached at 212 685-9344, extension 6274 or by e-mail at streffeisen@bfifurniture.com Scott will report to Bruce Stone, Vice President, bfi, NY |
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