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Former Robb & Stucky resorts division president Dan Lubner (pictured) has formed a new company, the Lubner Group, which offers "design and purchasing services with capabilities for crafting custom-designed furniture and total turnkey furnishing packages".

The Lubner Group principals have more than 100 years of combined design experience, mostly gained while working at Robb & Stucky. Lubner says: "We enjoyed wonderful experiences with Robb & Stucky’s Hospitality Design Division and appreciate being associated with such a legacy brand, which had been in business for 96 years before closing in March. With the operation of the Lubner Group requiring minimal overhead, we are now able to provide the same level of quality services at highly competitive prices.”

The Lubner Group includes Mary Turschmann, director and project coordinator; award-winning designers Nancy Woodhouse, IDS and VP of Product Design; Gail Huff, ASID, NCIDQ; Ron Nowfel, IDS; and April Campbell, ASID, NCIDQ. Brian Martin, who implements the designers’ drawings and transforms them into new pieces of furniture, supervises quality control during the manufacturing process.

“From inspiration to installation,” says Lubner “we are experienced in all aspects of design, sourcing, manufacture, import/export and installation. We have the ability to help hospitality clients imagine their perfect design and then transform it into reality with confidence and ease. Our designers have worked around the world and understand the regional complexities in design, materials selection and installation so integral to a successful result. We believe the hospitality and resort industries offer significant growth potential and emerging opportunities as the economy moves forward and capital expenditures – which have been deferred for the last few years – will support additional growth. Projects previously placed on hold are coming back online as hotels and resorts upgrade their furnishings and fixtures. Shared-use properties have reserves built into their annual operating budgets for design and furnishing replacements, regardless of the economy. We plan to take advantage of these opportunities.”

www.LubnerGroup.com

01/07/11