Lakewood Ranch and the corridor around it have been under continuous construction for years, which means a large share of Sarasota office furniture goes into buildings that don't exist yet when the quote is written. That creates a specific problem nobody warns tenants about: furniture lead times are short and construction dates are not reliable, so ordering to the contractor's original date routinely produces a delivery into an unfinished shell, or a storage invoice, or both.

We handle it by separating the two decisions. Specification and pricing get locked early, when you have time to make good choices. Production and delivery get scheduled against the certificate of occupancy, confirmed with your general contractor rather than relayed through you. Freedman's manufactures its own cubicle and workstation systems in the United States with a 5 to 15 day lead time from release, which is what makes waiting for the real date practical. Since 1980, across the full office: cubicles and workstations, ergonomic task seating, sit-stand and traditional desks, conference tables, reception desks, and storage.

The mechanics are simple once someone owns them. We take your GC's contact and confirm readiness directly: is the flooring down, is power live at the workstation locations, is the elevator released from construction use, has the CO been issued. Those are the four questions that decide whether an install day succeeds, and asking them ourselves is faster than asking you to ask.

If the date slips, we hold. If it accelerates, the short lead time means we can usually meet it. Either way you are not paying storage on furniture that can't be installed, and your people are not sitting in a finished building waiting on a six-week furniture order that should have been released a month ago.

Still finalizing the layout with your architect, or working out how many people fit in a shell that hasn't been demised yet? Send us the plan or the square footage and we'll map it at no cost. Doing it before the walls go up is worth considerably more than doing it after, because power and data locations still have somewhere to move. The planning is free whether or not you order from us.

We deliver and install throughout Downtown Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Palmetto, Parrish, Ellenton, Venice, Osprey, Nokomis, North Port, Siesta Key, and Longboat Key. Installation is handled by our crews, and on new construction we coordinate access with the GC rather than arriving to find the elevator still under contractor control.

Ready to start? Call 813-884-7600 or request a quote above and we'll come back within one business day. If you're working to a construction schedule, include the projected CO date and your GC's contact and we'll build the plan around it. We also offer office furniture rentals if you need interim space while the buildout finishes.