1.29.08 | Muscatine, IA | Allsteel received a $25,000 grant from Santa Monica, CA's Green Building LEED Grant Program. As part of the grant award, Allsteel will open its facility for green building tours and also will provide educational materials, case studies and photos. The facility opened in 2007 with green features such as 100% recycled water for landscape irrigation. www.allsteeloffice.com
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1.29.08 | Cedarburg, WI | Raffel Comfort Sciences added the "Sound Asleep" Biorhythm Massage System to its collection. Sound Asleep offers full-body massages with wireless control for personal programming in strength, speed and sensation. www.tranquilease.com/
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1.28.08 | Washington, DC | The American Society of Interior Designers, Los Angeles teamed with the Kiwanis Club of Torrance to renovate a home for a disabled, low-income senior. Volunteers are making structural changes and ASID designers are providing new furniture and window treatments. Renovation is expected to be completed by April, 2008. www.asid.org
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1.28.08 | Orlando, FL | Astralis Capital completed the buyout of Florida Desk, based in Sanford, FL. According to Astralis, Florida Desk, currently owned by TOS Manufacturing under the brand DesKrafters, will return to the more recognizable name in Central Florida of Florida Desk.
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1.28.08 | New York, NY | HOK named principals Jim Berge, Chris Korsh and Christopher Laul to the Executive Committee of its New York office, where they will collaborate with current executive members, Juliette Lam, Kenneth Drucker and Chuck Siconolfi. Since January 2007, HOK New York has grown by 35%.
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1.27.08 | Atlanta, GA | Gerflor gained exclusive agreements with numerous sales representatives for further expansion in the U.S. flooring market. Gerflor added the following companies to its distributor network: Action Commercial Sales of Orange, California, Buchholz Associates of Chicago, Hi Tec Flooring of Houston, Indiana Carpet Decorators of Indianapolis and Spartan Surfaces of Lancaster, Pennsylvania www.gerflor.com
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