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The Wilder Companies leases 8,000 s/f to Divine Design Center

Divine Design Center - Boston, MA Divine Design Center - Boston, MA

Boston, MA According to The Wilder Companies, Divine Design Center, currently located in 1,700 s/f at the Boston Design Center, is relocating and expanding to an 8,000 s/f showroom on Commercial at Battery Wharf in Boston’s North End.

Divine Design Center is Boston’s premier designer showroom for high-end European kitchens and living.  The move to Battery Wharf will allow the growing company to greatly expand their modern design offerings and will feature brands from Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria.  Brands include Germany’s LEICHT, along with Gaggenau, Miele, Rolf Benz, Team 7, Arketipo, MisuraEmme, Arrital, Doca, Altamarea, Reflex, and Naos Furniture. They are also in partnership with Menck Windows, the Hamburg, Germany engineered window company manufacturing in Chicopee, Mass.

Gary Robinson, vice president of leasing at The Wilder Companies and leasing agent for Battery Wharf, said, “Never before in New England have all these top European Brands been together under one roof. It will be the go-to place for creating a modern home.”

The showroom will be a place where customers, designers, and architects can fully experience the open-living concept. The center will also host cooking classes and seminars on a monthly basis.  Divine Design Center is under construction and will open this November.

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