Stickley Furniture To Open At Grubb Properties’ Mixed-Use Development in South Park

107-year-old originator of historic Mission style plans “collector quality” showroom CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Grubb Properties and Casto Lifestyle Properties, partners in the emerging mixed-use neighborhood of Morrison in South Park, today announced that Stickley Furniture, one of the world’s most revered furniture makers, has leased a 13,770 square foot showroom space at Morrison.


Stickley, a 107-year-old firm based in Manlius, New York, designed and still manufactures the historic Mission Collection of furnishings as well as select pieces from the Williamsburg Reserve Collection and an extensive portfolio of traditional and more contemporary pieces. In addition to generations of standard-setting design, Stickley distinctives include elements like solid wood construction, hand finishing, and premium woods – cherry, curly maple, black walnut, white oak, and solid mahogany – from around the world.
Over the years, the fine craftsmanship of Stickley’s heirloom-quality furniture has been recognized by House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Metropolitan Home, The New Yorker, National Geographic, House & Garden, Forbes and Fortune magazine, among others.
The store is expected to open this fall.
“Stickley’s coming to Charlotte – and specifically to our Morrison neighborhood in South Park – says a lot about the appeal of this market for high-end merchants,” Jonathan Nance, director of commercial leasing for Grubb Properties, said. “They are a classic brand with a great sense for how prestigious furniture helps define home and our everyday life experiences. We believe they’ll be enormously successful at Morrison, and that Morrison’s streetscape will be enhanced by their presence at one of our most prominent corners.”
The Stickley showroom will share a breezeway with the upcoming Earth Fare gourmet grocer in a building that also includes Grubb’s luxury “721” condominiums and the upscale Sterling Morrison apartment homes. Other nearby merchants – across the street or just around Morrison’s traffic circle – include Capitol, Barnes & Noble, and the newly opened Arooji’s Wine Room Ristorante.
“We’re very excited about the new location at Morrison and are looking forward to meeting our neighbors,” Edward Audi, Stickley Furniture’s vice-president of strategic planning said. “We have a strong customer base in North Carolina and believe that we’ll be well positioned to serve the growing Charlotte market as well as discriminating buyers from Asheville and other convenient locations.”
The lease was negotiated for Morrison by Grubb Properties’ Jana Foreman.
For more information about Stickley Furniture, please visit www.Stickley.com.
Grubb Properties contact: Steve Biggerstaff, vice-president of marketing, 704.405.5168 or sbiggerstaff@grubbproperties.com.
About Grubb Properties
Grubb Properties was founded in 1963 in Lexington, NC. After an initial focus on building, financing and selling affordable homes to low-income families, the company has grown to become one of North Carolina’s leading real estate firms with integrated expertise in residential, commercial and mixed-use development, acquisition, financing, construction, property management, sales and leasing. Grubb Properties now has approximately 100 employees, a management and/or leasing portfolio of nearly one million square feet of office and retail space, and a focus on revitalizing properties, land and communities in North Carolina’s premier real estate markets. The company is headquartered in Charlotte and maintains offices in Cary and Lexington, North Carolina. For additional information visit www.grubbproperties.com.
About Casto Lifestyle Properties
Casto Lifestyle Properties, an affiliate company of CASTO, is based in Sarasota, Florida and focuses on the development of mixed-use lifestyle centers. Current projects include the firm’s redevelopment of the 524,000-square-foot Winter Park Village in Winter Park, Florida; One Hundred Central, a private-public partnership with the City of Sarasota, anchored by Whole Foods Market; Main Street at Lakewood Ranch, a 170,000 square-foot lifestyle center development located in the heart of the 28,000-acre Lakewood Ranch project; and Lakeside Village, a 500,000 square foot mixed-use lifestyle center located south of Lakeland, FL. To learn more about CASTO Lifestyle Properties call (941) 552-2700 or visit www.castolp.com.
CASTO, a fully integrated real estate organization since 1926, is a recognized leader in the ownership, management, acquisition and development of commercial shopping centers and multi-family residences, office buildings and corporate parks. CASTO’s growing portfolio currently includes over 20 million square feet of commercial property and nearly 7,000 residential units located primarily throughout the Midwestern and southeastern United States. The firm recently opened an office in Charlotte at 8929 J. M. Keynes Drive to accommodate its growth in the area. To learn more about CASTO call (888) 400-0878 or visit www.castoinfo.com.