{"id":326855,"date":"2026-07-02T03:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326855\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:10","slug":"perdue-adds-melbourne-company-to-build-further-into-workplace-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326855\/","title":{"rendered":"Perdue adds Melbourne company to build further into workplace environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"h968293-p1\" class=\"permalinkable\">Perdue Inc., a commercial interiors firm owned by Jacksonville-based The Suddath Cos., announced July 1 it has acquired American Business Interiors, a Florida-based firm founded in 1969 that also is a commercial interiors firm.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p2\" class=\"permalinkable\">Perdue said the acquisition advances its mission to deliver workplace, healthcare and education environments through a single partner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u201cAs organizations rethink workplace, education and healthcare environments, the physical environment has never been more important,\u201d said Perdue President Rob Lau in the release.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rob Lau\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rob-Lau-Head-Shot_t850.png\" title=\"Rob Lau\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rob Lau<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u201cWith ABI, we\u2019re enhancing our ability to deliver seamless, start-to-finish solutions for our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p5\" class=\"permalinkable\">Both firms and the combined organization offer market services from strategy and design to furnishings, architectural solutions, project delivery and ongoing support.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p6\" class=\"permalinkable\">Terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p7\" class=\"permalinkable\">The news release said Melbourne-based ABI\u2019s presence on Florida\u2019s Space Coast expands Perdue\u2019s geographic reach into one of the state\u2019s fastest-growing markets and industries such as aerospace, defense and healthcare.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p8\" class=\"permalinkable\">The release said Perdue Office Interiors serves clients nationally.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h968293-p9\" class=\"permalinkable\">American Business Interiors has relationships with leading manufacturers, including Steelcase.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perdue Inc., a commercial interiors firm owned by Jacksonville-based The Suddath Cos., announced July 1 it has acquired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-326855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}