Interior Design/Architectural Firm Expands to Orange County

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-When Arden Realty purchased the Skyview Center adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport in 1996, the building came with one additional feature: its space planner Rick Shlemmer. That relationship has developed over the years, and as Arden has grown, so has Shlemmer’s business. Now Shlemmer and his partners at Shlemmer + Kamus + Algaze have opened an Orange County office.

Shlemmer, who started his architectural and interior design business 13 years ago, has done business locally for four years now. With offices in Century City and Long Beach in addition to Orange County, Shlemmer, his two partners and the firm’s 55 employees does the lion’s share of Arden Realty’s business. His firm has also done corporate projects for Dreamworks, GMAC/Ditech.com, Panasonic Corp. and Newport Corp.

Nancy Levy, VP of the Orange County region for Arden, says that the most important things that Shlemmer and his firm bring to the table with potential clients is their speed in getting the work done and the relationships they have built with different cities.