Vera Bradley

KMG Solutions Vera Bradley

Vera Bradley
Project Details

Location: stores in 30+ states across USA

Description: National retailer of cloth and leather handbags, backpacks, blankets, and linens

Project Size:  100+ stores, typically 3200 square feet

Project Duration: 2016 - present. (Repeat client)

Role: National Construction Manager, from project budgeting to store opening

Work Performed:  

  • Opens typically 10-12 stores per year

  • Completed over 50 new stores

  • Completed over 50 remodels 

  • Opened all (6) new stores of their new brand - PuraVida - since 2020

Fun Facts: 

Our most challenging projects - that we still completed on time:

  1. Opening 10 different stores in new mall developments while dealing with subs market depletion, material shortages, and no A/C or power when building.

  2. Opening Vera Bradley Disney (Orlando, FL) and International Market Place during 2 hurricanes in (Honolulu, HI)!

  3. Vera Bradley Soho (NY,NY) a flagship store located in a HISTORICAL BUILDING. We dealt with flooding, building steam lines, working in tight spaces in the walls and basements, ceiling heights, and just NYC in general.