W. L. Hall Company Custom Sliding Operable Wall System for the Preserve at Shady Oaks Apartments Project Spotlight

W. L. Hall Company Custom Sliding Operable Wall System for the Preserve at Shady Oaks Apartments Project Spotlight

Dominium, based in the Twin Cities, is one of the foremost affordable housing developers in the country. Several years ago, they reached out to us for help finding the right product for their Clubroom entryway areas.

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None of our standard offerings (Modernfold, Skyfold, etc.) were quite the right fit. They didn’t really need to block sound, and they wanted the doors with a simple push/pull system so that anyone could use them.

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After a fair amount of back-and-forth, Project Manager extraordinaire Corey Hareid said, in his usual understated way, “We could just build them one.”.


Twenty-five walls later, we are now sending our custom door systems all over the country, thanks to Dominium’s tremendous growth. The photos you see here are from the Preserve at Shady Oaks Apartments near our offices in Hopkins, MN.

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W. L. Hall Company

The Premier Exterior & Interior Building Systems Provider in the Upper Midwest

(952) 937-8400

wlhall.com

sales@wlhall.com

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