St. Johns Town Center is preparing to split space in part of the former Disney Store to make room for Michigan-based Herman Miller, the maker of furniture long known for its functional office and home uses.
The city issued a permit July 24 to split a 4,425-square-foot storefront at 4818 River City Drive, No. 103, to create a 2,412-square-foot store for Herman Miller at a project cost of $147,780. The remaining space would be used for St. Johns Town Center storage.
That work comes as the city continues to review a permit application to build out the store space for Herman Miller at an estimated cost of $590,000. No contractor is specified.
Simon Property Group is the landlord.
Herman Miller’s space is between Aroma 360 and Relax in Comfort, and across the Nordstrom courtyard from Arhaus and Lovesac.
Aroma 360 markets scents for the home, business and vehicle environments, and the other three sell furniture.
Simon Property Group often groups retailers by category.
Store.hermanmiller.com says it makes “beautiful and useful furnishings designed to make your experience at home, at work, and out in the world richer, and more meaningful.”
Herman Miller says it is a pioneer in design, “and we continue to usher in new ways of living and working, just as we’ve done repeatedly for the past 110-plus years. The ergonomic office, green building, authentic design, lean manufacturing, American modernism itself: Herman Miller — and the designers we work with — had a hand in shaping it all.”
The company sells products in the categories of office, bedroom, dining, living room, gaming, storage, lighting, décor and more.
The site shows 91 locations open in 23 states, Washington, D.C., and internationally. There are five listed in Florida in Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Sarasota and West Palm Beach.
Those 91 stores comprise Herman Miller stores and partner retailer Design Within Reach.
Herman Miller is a brand of MillerKnoll Inc., based in Zeeland, Michigan, near Grand Rapids.
In 1923, the Michigan Star Furniture Co. became Herman Miller when D.J. De Pree and his father-in-law, Herman Miller, bought the company and renamed it.
In 2021, it became part of MillerKnoll.
MillerKnoll, which is publicly traded, states in Securities and Exchange Commission filings that it researches, designs, manufactures and distributes interior furnishings for use in environments that include residential, office, healthcare and educational settings and provides related services that support organizations and individuals worldwide.
It says its products are sold primarily through independent contract furniture dealers, direct customer sales, owned and independent retailers, direct-mail catalogs and the company’s e-commerce platforms.