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BUSINESS NEWS RH UNVEILS RH NASHVILLE, THE GALLERY AT GREEN HILLS RH announced the opening of RH Nashville, The Gallery at Green Hills. RH Nashville represents the brand’s quest to revolutionize physical retailing, and its continued foray into hospitality. Commanding four levels and more than 70,000 total interior and exterior square feet, this retail concept features artistic installations of home furnishings in a gallery setting, including expansive spaces dedicated to RH Interiors, RH Modern, RH Outdoor, RH Baby & Child, and RH TEEN. The gallery also includes an interactive Design Atelier, offering clients professional interior design services. RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman commented, “RH Nashville reflects our ongoing quest to revolutionize physical retailing by seamlessly integrating food, wine, art, and design. We don’t build retail stores. We build inspiring spaces that blur the lines between residential and retail, indoors and outdoors, home and hospitality – spaces that activate all of the senses, and cannot be replicated online.” “We are proud to bring this first-of-its-kind concept to Nashville – one of the most creative cities in the world,” Friedman concluded. RH Nashville marks Friedman’s ongoing collaboration with design architect James Gillam of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger , a firm recognized as one of Architectural Digest ’s Top 100 architect and design firms in the world. Conceptualized as a contemporary, yet classically-inspired structure that is a reflection of human design, RH Nashville features a charcoal grey Venetian plaster exterior with an expanse of glass-and-steel French doors that open onto a streetscape of white crepe myrtle trees and oversized Japanese boxwood

globes set within weathered steel planters. Looking overhead, guests will admire Juliet balconies, a terrace lush with white wisteria and the Conservatory & Rooftop Park. Once inside the gallery, visitors will first discover the Wine Vault, a striking lounge space with elegant banquette seating and iridescent gold, groin-vaulted ceilings where they can savor a glass of rosé or cabernet. In the adjoining RH Café, a seasonal, ingredient- driven menu can be enjoyed sitting beneath a soaring glass atrium defined by its heritage olive trees, massive crystal and iron chandelier, and 12-foot central fountain. A second Wine Vault, as well as the Barista Bar – with its craft espresso and house- made pastries – adjoin the far side of the café. Dramatic arched passageways lead to a classical arrangement of rooms with artistic installations featuring RH Interiors collections from internationally renowned designers. Continuing their journey to the upper floors, visitors will ascend one of two glass-enclosed staircases, each with a spectacular installation of crystal Helix chandeliers hanging 65 feet overhead. Cascading compositions of gilded antique mirrors create an endless reflection and further illuminate the way. Level two features the RH Design Atelier – a 6,500-square-foot studio anchored by four, 10-foot custom tables offering a fully integrated workspace for clients, designers, and architects to reimagine one room or an entire home, inside and out. Guests can work with the RH Interior Design team to create functional and elegant spaces. A place for collaboration and ideation, the Design Atelier features access to RH’s vast library of fabrics, leathers, and furniture and lighting finishes. Additional RH Design Atelier resources include

a Ben Soleimani rug showroom displaying the fourth-generation designer’s hand-knotted and handwoven rugs, and other specialized galleries for window treatments, bed and bath linens, and bath hardware. On the third level, visitors will find a 9,500-square-foot exhibition space presenting RH Modern. Developed in collaboration with a select group of acclaimed global designers, RH Modern’s design vernacular represents a fresh and innovative point of view, defined by a minimalist aesthetic, the finest materials and maximum comfort. Contemporary art from the GENERAL PUBLIC x RH collection will also be showcased. A first-of-its-kind art curation and publishing company founded by award-winning actress and artist Portia de Rossi, GENERAL PUBLIC’s revolutionary Synograph technology produces 3D prints capturing texture and brushwork in such detail that they are nearly indistinguishable from the original. Level three also features dedicated RH Baby & Child and RH TEEN galleries, offering tasteful furnishings for children and young adults that are distinctive in their own right, but blend seamlessly with the rest of the home. At the top of the grand stairs, guests will arrive to the Conservatory & Rooftop Park. The garden space will first be experienced within a structure of glass and steel with towering banana palms, Mediterranean olive trees, exotic succulents and 18-foot ceilings at its apex. The indoor space opens onto a spectacular rooftop with sculptural evergreen hedging, geometric topiaries and white crepe myrtle trees set within colossal steel planters accented with blue star juniper. This one-of- a-kind destination features open-air pavilions, glimmering chandeliers and trickling fountains.

workload and protect these important company assets. It’s vital to maintain some work/life integration to mitigate burnout that could lead to a potential resignation for a less stressful opportunity. Often, it is the person that causes the stress and it is hard for them to see it. We have had some high performers that we did not manage well and unfortu- nately you can lose them. We have learned our lesson and identify those that are predisposed to that behavior and manage them closely. transition plan that will motivate your team to grow and increase your value. This is a win-win situation and if you haven’t started, you are doing a disservice to yourself and your team.” “You can retain your best staff by helping them become owners, if you have a

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philosophy since our firm’s beginning. We don’t set any spe- cific goals, but rather remain nimble and watch for opportu- nities. We ensure to set aside investment dollars to develop new services or markets. These don’t happen overnight. It takes courage and patience. We empower our staff to devel- op their own services and provide the funds to help them develop a business within a business. TZL: The list of responsibilities for project managers is seemingly endless. How do you keep your PMs from burning out? And if they crash, how do you get them back out on the road, so to speak? BW: The best PMs create their own brand, supporters, and clients. They quickly become go-to people inside and out- side of the firm. Using project controls to manage the lev- el of workload for all staff is the first step to managing po- tential stress and burnout. These high-level performers are not ones to complain until it is too late. Regular communi- cation and sometimes action steps are necessary to lighten

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