He went from selling his collection to two stores, from an East Village apartment, to a business with 72 stores, 8 employees and a new showroom under construction on West 37th Street.
In the nightclub's main showroom, under the dark glow of red and blue lights and a mirrored ceiling, three women wearing only high-heeled shoes were sashaying around the small stage.
So far, Mr. Teolis said, the company has received approval for its Discovery Center, a condo model and showroom now under construction at the base of Vernon Peak.
If you did your level best to just get the stuff you needed (and a few things you wanted, like leather seats) and a few safety items (for $749 you get stability control, traction control and an onboard tire-pressure monitor), you could probably squeak an all-wheel-drive Murano out of a Nissan showroom for under $34,000 or a front-wheel-drive model for about $33,000.
And if you want satellite navigation and rear side airbags, this car won't leave the showroom for much under $40,000.
Mr. Coleman's new design atelier and showroom in Dumbo, the area under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, abounds with mid-20th-century furniture at affordable prices.
Manufacturers program it like this on purpose so that they really pop under harsh fluorescent showroom lights.
In September 1992 Peterson reopened for business at his original location, an showroom at 8130 Southeast Foster Road, under the name Tom Peterson & Gloria's Too Petersonn's son-in-law Robert Condon became president, daughter Kathy the store's accountant and Gloria Peterson resumed duties as chief financial officer.
One side of the building is still under construction, but the showroom, with its soaring ceiling and glass walls, has already been the site of a 40th birthday party and corporate and charity events.
As I crawled under a table in the showroom to confirm this, an IKEA employee politely asked if I needed any help.
PALAZZETTI STUDIO, a well-known retailer of modern furniture, including versions of classic designs by Mies van der Rohe and others, filed for liquidation bankruptcy last month under Chapter 7, closing its sleek showroom at 515 Madison Avenue and retreating to the New Rochelle, N.Y., showroom and offices of Palazzetti Express, a sister company.
