Las Vegas Market Announces Building B Changes

December 15, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on December 16, 2008 The World Market Center Las Vegas has made a number of changes to the 1.6 million-square-foot Building B to make room for expanded showrooms, add an assortment of exhibitors to the first floor and provide a new home for juried showcase exhibits in time for the 2009 Las Vegas Winter Market, Feb. 9-13.

Exhibitors moving into expanded spaces in Building B include Dovetail Furniture and Designs, Peninsula Home Collection, Crestview Collection and Richter Designs.

What's being called an eclectic mix of permanent showrooms have been located on Building B's first floor to showcase a wide array of products from across the world. Those showrooms include Acrylicore, Environment Furniture, Charles Carol, Crestview, Style Craft Frames & Wall Décor and Kreiss. Companies that were located on other floors and have relocated to the first floor include Andes International, Armenart, Case Bonita, Classic Leather, Dovetail Furniture & Designs and Peninsula.

"These showrooms will offer an assorted mix of traditional, transitional and contemporary home furnishings and will feature accessories, wall decor and other modern trends of design," said Babs Blair, vice president of leasing for the World Market Center. "This will be an area that designers will go crazy over."

Other changes include providing space on the second floor, 'B2,' for juried showcase exhibits that include ConText, Design & Living and the Living Green Pavilion.

"These exhibits have been held at various locations in the past, so we are excited to provide a permanent home for them in Building B," said Tim Branscome, vice president of international, World Market Center.

ConText, which marks its one-year Las Vegas anniversary in February, is a showcase for high-end home textiles and bedding. Design & Living is focused on buyers searching for hot trends in creative products ranging from traditional to contemporary. The Living Green Pavilion is the country's largest, most comprehensive venue for eco-friendly and sustainable designs.

With the new B2, buyers will be able to access the showcases via an escalator without having to walk through one section to reach the next. It's also accessible from the Las Vegas Design Center, the year-round hospitality marketplace in Building C.