Porters and concierges at the Bar Building (42 West 44th Street), 250 Church Street, 40 Rector Street and the Garden City Medical Group Building are sporting new uniforms, under terms of a new contract between Phillips International, the owner of the buildings, and I. Buss & Allan®, the uniform design and manufacturing firm.
The new porter uniforms include black work pants and light grey work shirts with the “Phillips International” logo embroidered on them in black block letters. The concierge uniforms are charcoal suits, long-sleeved white shirts and ties.
‘We have worked with many of the top real estate firms in Manhattan, but this is our first contract with Phillips International,” says Jennifer Busch, CEO of I. Buss & Allan®. “It’s an honor to add this prestigious firm to our client roster.”
I. Buss & Allan® will not only supply the rented uniforms, but will also clean, maintain, repair and replace them.
“Uniforms complete a building’s image,” notes Ms. Busch.’ ‘They make a statement of professionalism, for which Phillips International is known.”
Founded in 1892, I. Buss & Allan® is a fourth-generation family-run, women-owned business specializing in custom-made and stock uniforms. The firm’s clients include residential and commercial real estate entities, hotels, private clubs, concert halls, restaurants, police departments, fire departments, universities and security firms. Among I. Buss & Allan®’s clients are the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller University, the Empire State Building, the Yale Club, the Manhattan Club, the Millennium Hotel and such Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) as Times Square, Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue and East Midtown.
For more information, please visit http://www .ibuss-allan.com .
