When a Plan(t) Comes Together

摘要

In nominating his Peerless Cleaners, Fort Wayne, Ind., for a Plant Design Award, co-owner Steve Grashoff wrote, "We offer just about everything you can think of." Full-service dry cleaning, laundry, household items, draperies, wedding dresses, leather, suede, commercial linens, restoration work, even car mats-you name it, Peerless cleans it. With the company occupying five floors of a downtown building built in the early 1900s, constantly moving product up and down ramps using a forklift or a trailer pulled by a golf cart became a daily challenge to maintaining productivity, according to Grashoff. So, about two years ago, with the September 2015 expiration of Peerless' lease on the horizon, he went in search of a new site.