Italian contemporary label Forte Forte has opened its first U.S. store on Melrose Place in Los Angeles.
Located at 8424 Melrose Place, the boutique was designed by co-founder Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana, art director and Giada’s life partner, on the ground floor of a 1930s building, characterized by two shop windows that open onto the street and framed by a sage green enameled metal facade.
Valerio Architects Inc. is a ±50 persons architecture firm with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Valerio delivers projects nationally in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and internationally in major cities around the world.
The North Face x Gucci opened one of its pop-ups in Los Angeles on January 6, 2021.
After almost a year of worldwide lockdowns, the Gucci Pins capsule campaign draws customers to physical spaces, safely, to experience nature just outside our doorsteps and the feeling of finding something special along the way. The North Face x Gucci collaboration invigorates the retail business to where it was pre-pandemic.
Valerio Architects Inc. is a ±50 persons architecture firm with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Valerio delivers projects nationally in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and internationally in major cities around the world.
Lucid will open 20 Lucid Studios and Service Centers across North America through 2021 — most immediately at these locations:
Silicon Valley Studio: Lucid’s Global Headquarters in Newark, California
Los Angeles Studios: 9022 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, and Westfield Century City in Century City, California
Los Angeles Service Center: 9022 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California
San Jose Studio: Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, California
Miami Studio: Brickell City Centre in Miami, Florida
West Palm Beach Studio: Rosemary Square in West Palm Beach, Florida
New York City Studio: Meatpacking District in New York, New York
DC Metro Studio: Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, Virginia
All Studios feature a California-inspired aesthetic where you can explore the Lucid Air’s advanced technology in a warm atmosphere of natural, sustainable materials. Lucid Studios are engaging spaces, designed to start conversations and provide education about the performance and efficiency benchmarks possible in an electric vehicle.
For their 9th location, FRAME moves into a 2,850 square foot space complete with modular fitting rooms, 1:1 appointments with the “FRAME ATELIER” (ensuring customers leave with the best-fitted denim), and a refreshments menu. It will also be home to a “3-way mirror with interactive selfie lighting.”
Today we talk about ALAIN HIRSCH CONSTRUCTION CORP. and we sit down with the Operations Manager, Ariana Marsiglia to learn more about the Company.
Industry: Retail, Food & Beverage, Office
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Employees: +25
Completed projects: +2,000
Tell us about your company. What kind of product or service do you provide?
We are a general construction company with an emphasis on high end/luxury retail construction. However, we are branching out into more into the food and beverage industry as well as offices and other commercial build-outs.
How many employees does your company currently have? Where is your office located?
We have approximately 25-30 employees at any given time and have 1 corporate office in Long Beach, California. With that said, we work in Texas, Nevada, Utah, California and are working on our licensing in Arizona.
What inspired the business and where is your company today?
Our business started with Mr. Alain Hirsch working in construction and creating a relationship with Macy’s. After years of doing work for not only them but several other companies including Conroy’s Flowers we branched out into other luxury lines such as several boutiques for LVMH, Richmond, and Inditex.
In which geographic area did you complete the majority of your projects?
We mainly work in the Los Angeles/Beverly Hills areas but have an extensive list of completed work in San Francisco and Las Vegas as well.
Is your company specialized in completing projects in a specific industry, e.g. Food & Beverage?
Yes, high end/luxury retail shops.
Tell us about one specific project you worked on and which challenges you solved?
Oh boy, probably the most interesting to me was the Zara projects I worked on. They were anywhere between 12,000 – 35,000sf a store and because of its challenges arose nearly on a daily basis. The most strategic challenges were the schedule and staggering work so everything flowed like a well-oiled machine. To see framers on lifts in the kid’s department, tilers on the floor in the women’s department and carpenters assembling furniture in the men’s department was awe-inspiring. We built over 10 shops for them and seeing the sequencing of men working to meet the end date never got old.
Which milestones are you planning to achieve in the next 12 months?
Within the year we plan to bring in more new clients in both the retail and restaurant industries. We are a company that has upward momentum to grow rapidly and are prepared to make investments in our personnel to do just that.
What do you like most about 4URSPACE?
We shall see, so far I like that projects are interlinked between contractor, client, and architect. It’s a great way to see the full circle. Hopefully we can find some great new vendors soon as well.
A grand return: United Colors of Benetton is launching its first American Pop-up shop after more than four years of absence from the United States. The Pop-up event will last four weeks, from October 25th to November 24th, 2019, at the Santa Monica Place, in Los Angeles.
At Santa Monica Place clients will be able to discover and try some select pieces presented during Milan Fashion Week FW 2019, part of the new collection designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, and buy them immediately on the us.benetton.com online shop.
New York-based eyewear retailer MOSCOT has announced the debut of its first store on the West Coast. MOSCOT Melrose, the new location in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles, is also the company’s first outpost beyond New York in the United States in its entire 104-year history.
Dickinson Cameron Construction is a nationwide General Contractor that specializes in high-end retail and restaurant projects. We provide cost analysis and preconstruction services, as well as traditional general contracting services. We are able to accommodate everything from small fit-outs with a quick turnaround, to complete ground-up renovations. We work nationally and have offices in California, New York, and Hawaii.
Van Cleef & Arpels has reopened its Beverly Hills flagship at 300 North Rodeo Drive after a complete renovation in celebration of the shop’s 50 years, and there’s now an organic juice bar.
Now at 6,000 square feet, the renovation, which took about seven months, includes a second-floor expansion that features his and her salons and a dining room.
The new interior now includes ground floor bridal salon, a first for the house, as well as a VIP room with access to a backdoor and the “salon 1906,” which displays heritage pieces from the brand. The oldest piece is from the Twenties.
Dickinson Cameron Construction is a nationwide General Contractor that specializes in high-end retail and restaurant projects. We provide cost analysis and preconstruction services, as well as traditional general contracting services. We are able to accommodate everything from small fit-outs with a quick turnaround, to complete ground-up renovations. We work nationally and have offices in California, New York, and Hawaii.
After the opening at the Hudson Yards center in New York, Kenzo has opened a new location at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles.
Schimenti Construction is the General Contractor who has worked with the brand on the project. Schimenti Construction has built an enviable reputation as one of the region’s leading general contractors.
