Scottsdale Store Manager John Van has been hard at work going over the new store layout plan for our move to 1800 N. Scottsdale Rd. to make sure that we have all of our product in just the right place. He knows what he's doing too! He was involved in the planning and set up of our Gilbert store in 2006, so this is all old hat to him. We couldn't have a more experienced manager to handle this move than John. He has worked for Paul's for the better part of 16 years and has done pretty much every job there is to do for us here, from making screens to Store Manager. John, you rock. Thank you for all of your hard work, with more to come :) If you haven't met John, you need to, so come in to our Scottsdale and Thomas location and say hi.
Speaking of product and where it's going to go at our new digs, the picture here on the right is a view from the front of the new store looking due west. (The building there on the right will be our new corporate offices and service department) See that tower all the way in the back there? That's how far our land goes back to :) So - we are going to use all of that, of course with a roomy parking lot, but we will also have a lot of room back there to stock a larger selection of building materials. WOOt WOOt!!
I just had to post this picture on the left here. I am absolutely in love with these rafters in the retail part of our new location. They are so pretty! We are going to try to keep them natural like they are in this picture and put up white insulation, although the silver backed insulation looks pretty cool here doesn't it?
Well, we are getting closer and closer as the days go by. We are still scheduled to move our corporate offices over in October. We have received the first comments from the City of Scottsdale to work on our final permits to update the exterior of the building and site. So while it won't be forgotten, this will be coming down... soon :)
