A Belfast-based company has been awarded a contract to do the interior refit-out of international designer brand Oscar de la Renta's new concept store in New York.
Portview Fit-Out was nominated for the job following its successful fit-out of the iconic brand's first concept store in London's Mayfair earlier this year.
Construction work at the Madison Avenue store in the heart of upmarket Manhattan is well underway with American builders on site since March. The team at Portview has been co-ordinating this part of the build from Belfast with weekly conference calls.
Oscar de la Renta, which had an existing 150 sq m store in the designer shopping district, acquired an adjacent 170 sq m unit and will combine the two to more than double the sales area for the new high spec outlet.
Portview's Contracts Director, Sean McEvoy, explained: "The existing store is being extended and we are co-ordinating that process from Northern Ireland because of our experience with the first new Oscar de la Renta store in London."
The award-winning Belfast firm won the job after completing a high-quality fit-out of Oscar de la Renta's London store - the first in the world to showcase the latest design and specification concept.
The 300 sq metre Berkeley Sq store was designed by New York-based Meyer Davis Studio.
Portview's experienced team, which works across the UK and Ireland for many of the world's top brands, had to overcome major logistical issues during the work in one of London's most exclusive areas
Sean said: "There was damp in the basement of the building so we had to find a new approach to the fit-out. It was essential the internal work was completed without damaging a damp proof course. This store is entirely bespoke, it had never been done before anywhere in the world and we did not compromise on anything as we had a time set out to get the job done."
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