Shopping Centers and Public Spaces

Shopping centers and malls are part of the American landscape. And the landscape is changing. Retailers continue to focus on e-commerce, and shoppers gravitate to the “big-boxes.” The physical spaces that once defined malls are being reimagined. Department store anchors, once the leading drivers of foot traffic, are now being replaced with workout centers, entertainment venues, co-working spaces, food halls and even public services.

With over four decades of experience, we know the demands placed on furniture in these public spaces. We also understand the unique challenges developers and management companies face as malls and shopping centers adjust to a new normal. At BGD Companies, we work with clients to ensure that every detail supports the success of each project.

OUR CLIENTS RELY ON OUR INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE, HIGH STANDARDS, AND CUSTOM APPROACH TO FURNITURE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING.

BGD Companies is a total custom furniture solution –improving the function and aesthetics of spaces where people gather.

DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NEW AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF GUESTS.

Shopping Centers developers and management companies are leveraging the changing landscape as a chance to offer exclusivity and newness , giving visitors a more diverse experience than ever before.

Victor Gruen, the architect of America’s first modern shopping mall, Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, envisioned a gathering place to build community and feel connected. Today, malls and shopping centers are evolving from being exclusively shopping destinations to truly being mixed use –combining entertainment, office, fitness, grocery, retail, and more all in one location. Over a half-century later, Gruen’s vision is finally becoming a reality.

Developers and management companies are curating their collection of stores, restaurants, public services, and spaces to meet the local community’s changing needs. Shopping centers aren’t just for commerce anymore. They’re places where people come to spend time – not just shop.

DEEP INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE IS BUILT INTO EVERYTHING WE CREATE.

A VISION FOR THE FUTURE BUILT ON DECADES OF EXPERIENCE.

We’ve been immersed in all facets of the commercial furniture industry for over 40 years.

Malls, shopping centers, and public spaces around the country focus on creating a more local, personal, and specialized customer experience. And they rely on the expertise of proven partners to help bring their new vision to life.

BGD Companies provides furniture solutions for a variety of spaces, including restaurants, casinos, hotels, multi-tenant, senior living, corporate, as well as malls and shopping centers . Our deep experience is essential, but our breadth of knowledge is even more critical as malls and other public spaces look to new ways to appeal to a new kind of visitor.

“Streetsense was introduced to BGD Companies as we designed the Urbanspace Food Hall in the Tyson’s Corner Galleria just outside Washington D.C.

The design for the space was forward-thinking and ambitious. BGD stuck with us thru the entire process, from producing prototypes for our approval and editing to exacting shop drawings, fabrication, and timely installation.

From a design standpoint, though intense, exhausting, and fun, the project went smoothly –meeting the expectations and vision of Streetsense and our client.”

Jason Maringola Design Director of Interior Architecture Streetsense

Urbanspace Food Hall - Tyson’s Corner Galleria

THE BGD PROCESS

LISTEN & UNDERSTAND

BGD Companies and its representatives will meet with you early and often. We will understand your concept and help you develop a feasible plan for your furnishings.

COLLABORATE ON A CREATIVE FURNISHINGS PLAN

Initial space planning is a collaborative process. Everyone has a say –architects, general contractors, landlords, whoever has a stake has a say. BGD Companies and its representatives are with you every step of the way.

PREPARE A BUDGET

It does no one any good to design a furniture package that isn’t affordable. We talk through the processes of real value-engineering to determine a smart spending AND saving plan. Filling a space with cheap, poorly designed furnishings rarely works once doors are open and you are trying to attract a customer base.

FINALIZE PROJECT DETAILS & FIELD MEASURE

All details related to furniture style, wood finishes, upholstery materials, and dimensions are finalized. BGD Companies often performs its own field measures, ensuring that when we arrive to install, there will be a place for everything, and everything will fit in its place.

CREATE PRODUCT DRAWINGS

We create custom products that are unique and distinctive so we create industry-leading shop drawings before manufacturing ever begins. You’ll have details of every dimension, every fabric, every tuft or channel, and every wood finish. Surprises are for birthdays, not for furnishings.

PROJECT MANAGE & MANUFACTURE

Our project management and manufacturing teams have decades of experience. Projects can be complicated and involve several players from designers and dealers to freight companies and installers. We deal with the details, so you don’t have to.

DELIVER & INSTALL

BGD Companies products are preassembled in our plant before shipment ensuring form, fit, and finish meets all expectations. Most often, products arrive blanket-wrapped in dedicated trailers and we install many of our products.

CELEBRATE

As a project moves from installation to opening and operation, we are still around dealing with any final details or punch list items. After all, we are hoping for an invitation to the grand opening.

Providence Place, Providence, Rhode Island

PEOPLE AND PROCESSES THAT DELIVER ON PROMISES.

Our approach:

• Clear communication

• Thorough planning

• Disciplined budgeting

• Superior execution

BGD Companies is a family business that specializes in treating clients like family . At the heart of our business is a knowledgeable , experienced team dedicated to the highest quality and service standards. That commitment to excellence takes every furniture project we deliver to the next level. Beginning with our very first meeting, we put our knowledge and experience to work for you. We ask questions. We do our research. We anticipate traffic. We draw on experience. We study your concept, strategy, and longterm goals. We guide you through the process from design to installation.

BGD Companies - family, technology, craftsmanship

Bellis Fair Mall, Bellingham, Washington

COUNT ON US NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE WORLD YOU CALL HOME.

From ideation and creation to delivery and installation, BGD Companies is with you –wherever you are.

BGD Company’s commitment to quality is revealed throughout our product line – whether soft upholstered goods, hard-surfaced millwork, design elements, or furnishings, we combine the finest materials, the best equipment, and the most experienced people to craft products that last.

And we love the road. Our furnishings and products are installed, by our own people, in all parts of this great country.

Bellis Fair Mall, Bellingham, Washington

Willowbrook Mall, Wayne, New Jersey

Natick Mall, Natick, Massachusetts Deerbrook Mall, Houston, Texas Fashion Mall, Salt Lake City, Utah

Lakeside Mall, Sterling Heights, Michigan Natick Mall, Natick, Massachusetts Staten Island Mall, Staten Island, New York

Perimeter Mall, Atlanta, Georgia Governor’s Square, Tallahassee, Florida Coronado Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

LET’S BUILD SOMETHING TOGETHER.

Updating or furnishing public space in a mall or shopping center? From food courts and common areas to children play areas and spaces yet to be imagined, we’ve been making spaces beautiful and comfortable for over 40 years.

BGD Companies is more than a furniture supplier. We consider ourselves a partner with each of our clients – applying industry knowledge , experience , creativity , flexibility and of course, integrity to every piece of furniture we deliver. Let’s see what we can do for your space.

Inset photos from the BGD studio collection.