Arlington Design Center

What Arlington Design Center does

Arlington Design Center (ADC) is a privately operated physical design center and showroom complex located at 3425 N. Ridge Avenue in Arlington Heights, Illinois, comprising three buildings totaling 142,000 sq. ft. (Building One 18,000 sq. ft., Building Two 27,000 sq. ft., Building Three 97,000 sq. ft.). The center's primary function is to serve as a co-located hub for the Chicago-area interior design trade, housing seven curated showroom tenants — Brother's Furniture, CAI Designs, Chicago Design Source, Designer Floor Source, Elite Designer Services, Kravet | Lee Jofa | Brunschwig & Fils, and Tres Jolie — that collectively cover furniture, custom and imported home furnishings, fabrics, wall coverings, flooring, window treatments, and white-glove delivery and repair services.

The center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for members of the design trade, including interior designers and design professionals. Consumers not currently working with a trade professional are directed to visit a showroom for a designer referral, although sample-sale items can be purchased directly off the showroom floor at the indicated tag price. ADC's marketing footprint is limited to organic social channels (Instagram and Facebook) and a segmented email mailing list that distinguishes trade-professional and consumer subscribers.

ADC's revenue model is primarily commercial real estate leasing to its showroom tenants, with secondary marketplace-style economics generated through the tenant ecosystem serving trade customers. Leasing inquiries for all three buildings are directed to [email protected], and rates are quote-based and not publicly disclosed. ADC is a privately held entity with no disclosed parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding history, no M&A activity, and no public ticker; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The business is fundamentally a curated trade-only design destination rather than a technology or consumer retail platform, and it carries no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or proprietary software features.

Name

Arlington Design Center

Legal name

Arlington Design Center

Website

https://arlingtondesigncenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Arlington Design Center is a privately operated, 142,000 sq. ft. design center in Arlington Heights, IL that leases space to 7 curated showroom tenants serving Chicagoland interior designers and design trade professionals with furniture, fabrics, flooring, window treatments, and delivery services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interior Design Trade Center

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Retail-Home Furniture, Furnishings & Equipment Stores (5700)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Trade design center
• Interior design showrooms
• Home furnishings trade
• Commercial leasing space
• Designer resource hub

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington Heights

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commercial Leasing: Arlington Design Center generates revenue primarily through leasing commercial real estate space to design-related businesses. The facility consists of 3 buildings totaling 142,000 sq. ft. for current leasing opportunities.
2. Trade Services: Provides a marketplace for design professionals to access 7 premier design resources including furniture, fabrics, flooring, window treatments, and related services. Revenue generated through showroom tenant operations serving trade customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Arlington Design Center is a 142,000 sq. ft. physical design center in Arlington Heights, IL that houses 7 premier to-the-trade design showrooms (Brother's Furniture, CAI Designs, Chicago Design Source, Designer Floor Source, Elite Designer Services, Kravet | Lee Jofa | Brunschwig & Fils, and Tres Jolie) under one roof, providing interior designers with access to furniture, fabrics, flooring, window treatments, and related services. It also offers commercial leasing opportunities across three buildings.

Product overview

Arlington Design Center is a physical design center/showroom complex consisting of 3 buildings totaling 142,000 square feet in Arlington Heights, IL. It serves as a hub for the design trade community, providing products, services, and education. The center hosts 7 premier design resource showrooms: Brother's Furniture (reupholstery and custom furniture), CAI Designs (interior design and imports), Chicago Design Source (fabrics, furnishings, lighting, accessories), Designer Floor Source (flooring materials), Elite Designer Services (delivery and repair), Kravet | Lee Jofa | Brunschwig & Fils (fabrics and furnishings), and Tres Jolie (custom window treatments). The center also offers commercial leasing opportunities in its three buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Leasing

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Brother's FurniturecoreOthersFamily owned business serving Chicagoland for over thirty years. Provides reupholstery, custom made furniture, slipcovers, furniture repair, leather repair and touch ups, and disassembly/reassembly services for furniture that won't fit through doorways.
• CAI DesignscoreOthersFounded in 1995, CAI Designs integrates travel passion with interior design, focusing on imports and domestically made home goods and furnishings.
• Chicago Design SourcecoreOthersOne-stop shop for interior design needs selling unique and nationally recognized products to the trade. Offers fabrics, furnishings, trimmings, wall coverings, lighting, accessories, drapery hardware, and hard window treatments.
• Designer Floor SourcecoreOthersProvides all flooring needs including hardwood, cork, leather, carpeting, area rugs (custom and handmade), stone, tile, and countertops.
• Elite Designer ServicescoreOthersCompany dedicated to the trade specializing in receiving, home delivery, and repair service. With over 30 years of furniture experience, staff inspects all furniture upon receiving for white glove delivery service.
• Kravet | Lee Jofa | Brunschwig & FilscoreOthersKravet Inc., established in 1918, is an industry leader in to-the-trade home furnishings. Fifth generation family business distributing fabrics, furniture, wall coverings, trimmings, carpets, and accessories.
• Tres JoliecoreOthersFounded in 1993, provides quality products and installation of draw and panel draperies, roman shades, valances, cornices, blinds, shutters, solar shades, pillows, shams, and headboards. Standard lead times approximately 5 weeks after receipt of deposit and material.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Restoration Hardware (RH): RH is a large, publicly-traded luxury home furnishings retailer with massive galleries and integrated interior design services. While not a multi-tenant trade showroom complex, RH competes for the same consumer and designer attention as the anchor tenants (Kravet, Chicago Design Source, etc.) inside Arlington Design Center, making it a broad incumbent in the same end-market.

Emerging players

• MINNEAPOLIS IDS Center: Minneapolis IDS Center is an Upper Midwest mixed-use building that includes design-related showrooms serving the Minneapolis interior design trade. Less of a dedicated to-the-trade design campus than Arlington Design Center, but geographically proximate and serving an overlapping designer base.

Direct peers

• D&D Building: The D&D Building in New York City is a landmark to-the-trade interior design resource with 130+ showrooms across categories including furniture, fabrics, lighting, and accessories. It is the NYC equivalent of Arlington Design Center, operating the same trade-only showroom-aggregation model targeting interior designers and architects.
• Washington Design Center: Washington Design Center is a multi-story to-the-trade interior design resource in the DC metro area with a curated mix of furniture, fabric, and lighting showrooms. Directly comparable to Arlington Design Center in business model and target customer (interior designers, architects).
• ADAC (Atlanta Decorative Arts Center): ADAC is a Southeast-leading to-the-trade design center with multiple buildings of curated showrooms for interior designers, architects, and contractors. Same business model as Arlington Design Center — curated multi-tenant showroom complex serving the interior design trade — with a regional rather than Midwest focus.
• Boston Design Center: Boston Design Center is a multi-story to-the-trade showroom building in the Boston Seaport featuring furniture, fabric, flooring, and lighting showrooms for interior designers. Same curated multi-tenant trade-only model as Arlington Design Center, with a similar suburban-anchored physical campus.
• Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA): DCOTA in Dania Beach, FL is a multi-building to-the-trade design campus with 800+ design brands and showrooms serving interior designers, architects, and contractors. Directly comparable to Arlington Design Center in operating model, scale, and trade-only positioning, serving a different geographic market.
• Merchandise Mart (Vornado): The Merchandise Mart in Chicago is one of the largest commercial buildings in the world and houses a major to-the-trade design center (Luxury Living / TheMART) featuring furniture, fabric, and lighting showrooms. It is the most direct geographical and functional competitor to Arlington Design Center, serving the same Chicago-area interior design trade with a curated multi-tenant showroom model.
• Pacific Design Center: Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood is a multi-building trade-only design center with hundreds of to-the-trade showrooms for furniture, fabrics, flooring, and lighting. It is the West Coast analog to Arlington Design Center — same curated cluster of design tenants, same B2B trade model, same physical multi-building campus concept.
• Houston Decorative Center: The Houston Decorative Center is a to-the-trade design center complex housing showrooms of furniture, fabrics, lighting, and accessories for Texas interior designers. Compares directly to Arlington Design Center as a regional, multi-building, curated trade showroom hub.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/arlingtondesigncenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/arlingtondesigncenter
• Xx.com/arlingtondesign

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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