Endorsements
Now you can meet the people, hear the stories and feel the excitement of Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center via our new short video series, which profiles the Medical Mart tenants and Convention Center events first unveiled at the Groundbreaking Ceremony.
MMPI Showroom Tenants
“I can’t imagine a collection of showrooms dedication to the healthcare industry being more significant in today’s market. One of best advantages of a permanent showroom is the predictability of it. The design community and their clients, the end users, be it hospitals or clinics, they know they can come and see this breath of product at any time. We have such a diverse range of products that it’s pretty hard to kind of see that and grasp the significance of that in just brochures. With the history that Peter Pepper has with The Merchandise Mart over 25 years, the organization of MMPI behind it and the support MMPI gives us, there’s no substitute for that.”
—Timothy Coyne, Sales Representative, Peter Pepper Products
“A customer can come here and see anybody who is in the industry in one building. You have to have product physically in front of a customer in order to demonstrate it properly and in healthcare it’s even more essential. Its good to have competitors in the same building because then it entices those potential clients to spend their day in the Mart.”
—Dave Fairburn, Regional Vice President, KI
“Herman Miller has provided health care solutions for over 40 years with a separate division that focuses only on healthcare. One of the reasons we decided to add our healthcare offering here at The Merchandise Mart was because there’s such a need and such a growing industry. Being able to demonstrate things live, especially for clinical customers who tend to be more technical in nature, is very beneficial.”
—Karla Kaelin, Healthcare Sales Consultant, Herman Miller for Healthcare
“We are experiencing our best sales ever in our 10+ years in Chicago since opening our showroom in The Mart. MMPI is by far has the best landlord staff we work with in the U.S.”
—Andrew Frumovitz, Chief Executive Officer, J. Robert Scott
"NeoCon has helped the industry over the past 40 years by bringing members of the industry and their customers together and providing an international stage to showcase our newest, most innovative products. The year 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of Teknion’s Merchandise Mart showroom. Recognizing the value and importance of the show, Teknion had participated in NeoCon for a few years prior to opening its own showroom."
—Scott Deugo, Senior Vice President, Design, Marketing & Sustainable Development, Teknion
"Our industry has seen an amazing amount of change in the four decades since the first NeoCon fair. Our customers are working in totally different ways, our business models have evolved and issues such as sustainability have risen to the forefront. The Merchandise Mart has provided a stable anchor in the midst of this change."
—Jim Hackett, President and CEO, Steelcase
MMPI Building & Event Customers
“The L.A. Mart Design Center is one of my most important resources. As a professional interior designer in a rather diverse geography (Los Angeles), it’s crucial that I have access to breadth of styles, lines and price points for my clientele. The Design Center offers me all of this under one roof. I have so many options and no running around town.”
—Deborah Davis, ASID, CID, President, American Society of Interior Designer (ASID), Los Angeles Chapter
“I shop the world for textiles. London, Paris, New York. When I go around the world, I always see what I’ve already seen at The Washington Design Center. The Center has an unparalleled collection of textile companies showing the latest and the finest products available for my clients.”
