ALIGNMENT STORY
Scott Gordon - Principal
Alignment Development Services is a luxury retail and workplace focused design and construction project management consultancy and advisory service based in New York - the nexus of the fashion, real estate and retail industries in North America.
Alignment aims to be an extension of your own planning department - to think like you, to act in your interest, to follow your lead all the while guiding you through the design and construction process supporting owners to realize your goals and objectives. Alignment functions as the real estate, design & construction management departments for retail and corporate clients needing to outsource these activities.
Alignment was established in 2011 and has since assisted retailers on all project phases from site selection to occupancy building more than 100 stores across the US and Canada. Most of Alignment's work is for repeat clients and most projects have been completed on time and on budget.
Prior to establishing Alignment I practiced architecture for more than 20 years in Philadelphia, Princeton, NJ, Sydney, Australia and New York City. After working for a New York City real estate development company for 2 years I joined Louis Vuitton/LVMH where, as Director of Store Planning and Development between 2002 and 2007, I managed projects for Louis Vuitton and other LVMH fashion brands including; DeBeers, Celine, Emilio Pucci, Thomas Pink, Donna Karan and DKNY in locations as diverse as New York, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Miami, London, Tokyo, Dubai, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero, Buenos Aires and Hong Kong. Then working for Apple, Inc. until 2011 I lead the development of Apple stores in the US north east and Canada.
When I was considering a name for the company I settled on Alignment because of its use as an important ordering principle in design and construction and also because I wanted to communicate a sense of alignment - agreement and alliance - with his client’s goals and objectives.
Alignment would very much like to have the opportunity to bring this experience to your development program because I believe that your objectives and ours are in alignment.