Open to the Trade
The Merchandise Mart is home to NeoCon®, the single most important annual event for professionals who design, plan or manage any type of commercial interior. This event draws more than 65,000 architects, designers and high-end users to the permanent showrooms, temporary exhibit space and conferencing series at The Merchandise Mart each year. The event is anchored by the presence of 180 mid-to-upper-end contract furnishings showrooms on three floors of The Merchandise Mart that specialize in products for these environments:
- Office
- Health Care
- Hospitality
- Retail
- Institutional
- Government
The strong NeoCon® series of events brings its networking, innovation and education beyond Chicago with NeoCon East in Baltimore and IIDEX/NeoCon Canada in Toronto.
