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<\/a><\/p>\nHe learned about Walk Your Plans, based out of Cleveland.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought, this would be amazing, so I started talking with some architects and asking if this is something they would use,\u201d Drey said. \u201cI got some great feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walk Your Plans is an immersive design visualization company that allows homeowners, builders, architects and designers to experience architectural floor plans at full sacale before construction begins. Drey said it bridges the gap from two-dimensional designs to real world space and functionality.<\/p>\n
He was immediately sold on the business model. The business requires high ceilings and ample space but not a massive warehouse amount, he said. The perfect location was a 5,000-square-foot space in Tea, close to Thornton Flooring and other large businesses, he said.<\/p>\n Drey, who has had a long career in patient and customer experience in health care, said it was the experience part of the business that appealed to him. \u201cIt\u2019s really about helping people build relationships and have a better experience,\u201d he said. The model allows for real-time capabilities \u2013 such as what would happen if you changed the size of your furniture in a space.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can bring objects in and out of your space in real time,\u201d Drey said. \u201cIf you\u2019re walking your living room, we can change the sofa size, or in a dining room try out a six-person versus an eight-person table.\u201d<\/p>\n That means homeowners and builders can get a true feel for a space and make design adjustments \u2013 saving money on the front end rather than once construction starts. They also can note possible edits to floor plans, trying them out through the projection. \u201cThen they can get a feel for what that change could be,\u201d Drey said.<\/p>\n Walk Your Plans also collaborates with Architectural Designs, a floor-plan retailer. \u201cIf someone came to us and didn\u2019t have a builder, they could purchase plans with us,\u201d he said. The company offers 25,000 residential, garage and accessory dwelling unit designs, Drey said.<\/p>\n He said clients are everyone from landscapers to health systems to homeowners.<\/p>\n Walk Your Plans opens on March 2 at 2320 Enterprise Ave., with a ribbon cutting scheduled for March 26.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will be the new standard in the pre-construction process,\u201d Drey said. \u201cIt keeps up with technology and the times. Everyone is trying to save time and money, and this leans into both of those things. You test drive a car before you buy it. Test drive your house before you build it, and make sure it\u2019s exactly what you want.\u201d<\/p>\n Walk Thru Plans is a similar model coming to the Sioux Falls market this spring. It originated with an engineer in Kentucky, said April Kooiman, client experience coordinator.<\/p>\n Walk Thru Plans has about 30 franchises, with the nearest one in Minneapolis. The Sioux Falls location, owned by Kyle Cosand, will open April 2 at 4006 N. Hainje Ave., with a soft opening for architecture firms, real estate developers and city planners in mid-March.<\/p>\n Kooiman said increased economic development makes now a perfect time to launch.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are so many big homes and so many businesses coming to town, it\u2019s the perfect opportunity for people to immerse themselves into their space,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re building a home and you have contractors and designers, you still hear people say, \u2018I just can\u2019t see it,\u2019\u201d Kooiman said. \u201cThis is an opportunity to visualize your space.\u201d<\/p>\n Clients can use furniture in the space to visualize what it looks like in the projection.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you realize your laundry room is too small, we can make it bigger,\u201d Kooiman said. \u201cThat will save you money. One change order on your home can add up. This let\u2019s you work with your designer or architect to move walls before construction begins.\u201d<\/p>\n Walk Thru Plans also will offer other immersive experiences in the 11,000-square-foot space. The projection wall is 20-feet tall by 74-feet wide and can project anything \u2013 think games or experiences or drone footage, Kooiman said. \u201cWhat about a farmer who wants to see an aerial view of their land,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n