Head Office and Showroom

POI’s Head Office & Showroom provides corporate, healthcare, government and learning environment products and services to Canada’s most respected organizations. Located in Markham, Ontario, POI has been a leader in providing exceptional working environments and related services to the greater Toronto area.

POI leads the industry as Canada’s largest contract furniture and service provider—representing Steelcase and over 200 furnishings solutions manufacturers. Demonstrated in POI’s commitment to excellence and to providing a best-in-class customer experience, POI has been recognized by Steelcase as one of only two Canadian winners of their prestigious Platinum Partners Award.

Service matters to us. As a four-time winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, we exemplify leadership that is unmatched in the industry.

At POI Markham, we cultivate a highly motivated, skilled and dedicated group of professionals who are personally committed to the success of our customers and the development of the industry. Almost half of POI’s staff has been with the company for over 10 years. Their loyalty and experience is critical to our success as a trusted and valued partner.

Please call for an appointment to visit the POI Showroom at:
120 Valleywood Drive
Markham, Ontario L3R 6A7
Canada
Phone: (905) 479-1123
Fax: (905) 479-6941
Email: info@poi.ca

OUR MISSION

POI exists to deliver value to our client partners by creating workplace environments with integrated solutions, a deep commitment to knowledge and unwavering customer support.

Showroom

Welcome Area

DESIGN INTENT
As the Welcome area creates first impressions for both your visitors and your people, it is critical to communicate your company’s culture and values. As well as providing a welcoming environment, it offers a range of options to ensure waiting time is productive and comfortable.

Welcome / Conversation Focused Collaboration

DESIGN INTENT
Create a dynamic shared “we” space that supports different types of collaboration, including information sharing, evaluation and connected work. It should support both physical and virtual collaboration to help local and distributed teams stay connected, with videoconferencing providing seamless connectivity between the “local” team and teams “distributed” around the world.

FORMAL PRESENTATION

DESIGN INTENT
For a more formal and focused approach to customer conversations that includes embedded intelligence featuring SMART Technologies 55” Interactive LED Touchscreen Monitor enabled by Clickshare full-featured wireless presentation system and a fully integrated Control system.

This focused workspace is adjacent to a dynamic collaborative space without noise disturbance issues

COLLABORATION ZONE

DESIGN INTENT
Collaboration is a dynamic process that happens throughout a worker’s busy day. This media:scape setting allows people to simply walk up, connect their laptops and start sharing information. It becomes a collaborative destination where meetings are inclusive, everyone participates and people build on each other’s ideas in real time. Information is displayed for everyone to see, share and learn. The table shape keeps all participants visually connected to displayed content, as well as each other.

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY

DESIGN INTENT
High performance setting for video and smart or analog collaboration in the open plan. This area features SMART Board™ 800 series interactive whiteboard system offering a natural touch and writing experience, making it a great choice for every collaboration environment. Both digital and analog content are captured on camera to reduce the disparity that happens for remote users feeling lost when physically not present.

FREE ADDRESS

DESIGN INTENT
Create a simple shared free address destination that allows the user to quickly and easily unpack and work. Personal caddies, open storage, adjustable height work surfaces and in-surface access to power allow for mobile technology and devices.This area is easily accessible and allows the user to see and be seen.

RESIDENT OFFICE / PRIVATE OFFICE

DESIGN INTENT
Expressed hierarchy for a resident worker with a progressive solution designed to solve for optimization of real estate through layering and simple technology connections. Blend open and closed storage for a mixture of personal and work based storage. Provide plentiful slim upper surfaces for arraying and piling of smaller paper based elements.

NOMADIC FOCUSED

DESIGN INTENT
An individual space for mobile workers delivering improved ergonomics (height adjustable worksurface) and tools for longer duration use. 54” panels give the worker a sense of shelter and acoustic privacy.

Optimize real estate by having the same space serve multiple users.

RESIDENT OFFICE / OPEN PLAN

DESIGN INTENT
Open plan space for a resident worker with a refined aesthetic, designed to solve for optimization of real estate through layering and simple technology connections. Blend open and closed storage for a mixture of personal and work based storage. The addition of soft seating allows for impromptu meetings.

OWNED PAIRS

DESIGN INTENT
Create an open plan setting designed to balance focus and collaboration between users. Allow for mentoring and discussion as well as postural changes across standing height storage elements. Blend panel based space division and free standing desking and storage systems to provide territorial privacy with visual connectivity to light and others.

FUNCTIONAL TEAMS

DESIGN INTENT
This setting illustrates a bench designed for resident workers. These owned spaces maintain visual connectivity while screens and storage elements create territorial privacy enabling the ability to focus. Simple access to technology is maintained using the desk and storage connect zones for technology and personal devices.