Blu Dot expanding in Rogers, Minneapolis - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The company is moving its headquarters within Minneapolis and its warehous to a vacant industrial building in The two new leases will increaseBlu Dot’s totall real estate square footage to about 76,000 squares feet from the 46,000 square feet it has now for its headquarterx and distribution operations. The designer and manufactureer of contemporary furniture is doing well and outgrowinbgits space, said CEO and president John Blu Dot has about 60 employeees across the country, includint about 35 in the Twin Cities.
Abouy eight of its employees will move tothe high-ceiling distribution center at 13098 George Weber Drive in Rogers, which was developed last year by San Francisco-basee Tim Olsen and Peter Mork, brokers at Minnetonka-basesd Welsh Cos., represented Blu Dot in the industrial-lease transaction. Mark a broker at in represented AMB. Blu Dot’s headquarters and produc t showroom will move from its currenyt location at 3236California St. N.E. in Minneapolis to about 15,00p0 square feet in the Crown Center buildinb at 1323Tyler St. which is owned by . Its new spac e has 40-foot-high wood ceilings, with a lot of glas s and no columns, said Hillcrest Principal Scoty Tankenoff.
Blu Dot has won notice from design as well as big publications such as BusinessWeemk and The NewYork Times, for furnitured that’s stylish but still affordable. That’s helpedr the company grow despite the it was profitable last year andin 2009, Christakow expects sales will grow more than 10 percent to exceedd $50 million. It sells its furniture at independent furniture dealers nationwide. In the Twin Cities its full line is available atRoam Interiors, a furniture store at 813 Glenwood Ave. N., near Internationalk Market Square. Blu Dot opened a flagship stors in the SoHo district of New Yorklast Additionally, the company sells to some large retailers such as and .