Pinnacle Exhibits

Pinnacle Exhibits needed more room. As the provider of quality tradeshow exhibits for Fortune 500 companies, Pinnacle was growing at a fast clip and had huge fabrication and storage needs. While investigating larger buildings to lease, the company was introduced to the Robert Evans Company, who showed them how being a building owner was a smart financial decision.

"Once we met Bob Evans, he became our link to everyone else in the industry," says President Chris Olberding. "He helped us develop our plan for the bank, guided us through the permit and variance process, and managed the project with such skill that I had total confidence. I was able to focus on our day-to-day business demands."

The project went smoothly, but began with a challenge. Work began in late fall, and the Oregon rains had made some of the site unsuitable for construction. Robert Evans Company chose to use a passive approach to drying the wettest end of the property — waiting until early summer to improve that end — which saved Pinnacle almost $30,000.

The 40,000-square-foot office/warehouse facility is now home to 36 employees and exhibits for more than 22 companies. In fact, business has been so good, Pinnacle is soon breaking ground on an additional 26,000 square feet of space on the same site. "We're more than pleased with the quality of our offices," says Olberding. "It was a really good experience all around. We're ready to do it again."