Colony Brands: Retains Madison firms to build design center in Monroe

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Colony Brands Retains Madison Firms to Build Design Center in Monroe

Construction has started on a 31,000 addition to a former Walmart in Monroe which is being transformed into the Design Center at Colony Brands, Inc, formerly Swiss Colony. Bachmann Construction, Madison, is the general contractor and InteriorLOGIC Facility Planning, Madison, designed the space. Bachmann converted the existing 100,000 square feet of Walmart space last year. The addition, to be finished next spring, will complete the Colony Brand Design Center.

John Baumann, Colony Brands president and CEO said 150 employees from different disciplines will form catalog brand teams in the innovative space. The Design Center will be the hub of catalog development, from concept to final product design and selection, he said. The 131,000 square feet of space will centralize all catalog design disciplines and will also include merchandising, quality assurance test rooms, product design and more.