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Alignment participated in the development of of two stores that opened in June. One was for repeat client, Roger Vivier, who opened their second store within a year - this one in South Coast Plaza. The store was designed by Roger Vivier's in-house store planning team with support from Milan based Marco Stalla Studio. The store was built by Ferrante Koberling, millwork was provided by Lisar. Gruen Associates was the executive architect.

Roger Vivier is planning their next build at Bal Harbour Shops near Miami - planning is well under way - the store will open in April 2026.

The other June opening was for Rimowa who built a landmark store on Madison Avenue - doubling the size of their previous store that was in the same location. This was my first time working with Rimowa.

The design was selected through an invited competition and was awarded to Porto Architecture. Taurino Construction Management was selected to build the store, Bussola & Ralph provided the millwork.

Alignment is currently working on my 3rd project with Bottega Veneta - a shop-in-shop will be built within Neiman Marcus on Chicago's Michigan Avenue - the opening is planned for November.

Also planned for a November opening is a new Miu Miu shop at Highland Park Village in Dallas. Alignment is grateful to be working with the Prada store planning team and TPG Architecture on this project.

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Roger Vivier, the iconic women's shoe maker moved to a new Madison Avenue location with a new concept design by Studio Marco Stalla. The concept references old world interior architecture overlayed with modern material and lighting elements and pays homage to furniture design Paul Evans. I think this is one of the most striking new stores on Madison Avenue. A new store employing the same concept is currently under construction in Costa Mesa, CA and another is being planned for Bal Harbour Shops opening in 2026.

Roger Vivier will also open a series of shop-in-shops within three Palacio de Hierro locations and is being assisted by Alignment with those projects.

In February, Cle de Peau opened a new location within Bergdorf Goodman. It was a pleasure to work with the Shiseido team and the strong project team of consultants and contractors that they assembled to realize this project.

Work on a new Rimowa boutique on Madison Avenue featuring a unique concept started in 2024 and continues now. Please revisit this page in mid-summer for more about this fantastic project.

Alignment is proud to be working with Bottega Veneta on a series of shop-in-shops. Work on shops in Bellevue, WA and Arcadia, CA were recently completed. A project in Chicago is on the boards.

2024 also saw the completion of several projects for Marc Jacobs including locations in Las Vegas, Manhattan, Chicago and The Mills at Jersey Gardens.

I am grateful to all of my clients for trusting me with this important work.