Office Furniture Center Promotes Mark Awtry; Repositions for Growth

CHICAGO - June 29, 2016 - PRLog -- Office Furniture Center, a Chicago-based retailer and e-commerce provider of pre-owned, refurbished, value-driven new furniture and accessories, announced today that Mark Awtry has been promoted to President to lead the next phase of growth.

"I am excited about this new role at Office Furniture Center, and I am thrilled to work with such a talented team dedicated to accelerating our success," stated Awtry. "We are well positioned to become the preferred supplier of pre-owned and refurbished office furnishings; I'm incredibly proud of our work and can't wait to shatter new records as we grow our market share."

Office Furniture Center, http://www.officefurniturecenter.com/, provides remanufacturing capabilities to office furniture dealers across the United States and has a 225,000-square-foot remanufacturing facility and warehouse, including an 85,000-square-foot showroom, featuring a vast selection of workstations, desks, seating, filing, conference and reception furniture. Inventory includes over $5 million in pre-owned office furniture from premium brands like Herman Miller, Steelcase, and Knoll.

"We enable our customers to project the image they desire at a fraction of the cost of new furniture, without sacrificing quality," explained Awtry, "and that is a unique differentiator for our brand, and one that we're proud of."

Office Furniture Center sells direct to businesses at its showroom located at 4800 W. Roosevelt Road in Chicago, its online webstore at OfficeFurnitureCenter.com and via its nationwide dealer network.

Prior to joining Office Furniture Center, Awtry was an engineering manager at Northrop Grumman. He graduated from Northeastern University with a Master of Science in Engineering Management, Information Technology.

For more information about Office Furniture Center, visit www.officefurniturecenter.com.