The next door building, 59 Booth Street, previously housed the Avenue Road Showroom, a business partnership between George Yabu, Glenn Pushelberg, and Stephan Weishaupt.
Yabu Pushelberg renovated the two properties as one open-concept studio space which now features a reception area, gallery, boardrooms, communal kitchen, accounting offices, sample library, staff lockers, washrooms, a massage room, and outdoor patio.
The 59 Booth property became the studio’s 925 ft2 gallery space which displays permanent artworks from George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg’s private art collection, including specially commissioned Yayoi Kusama pumpkin and works by Anish Kapoor, Wolfgang Tillmans, Yutaka Sone, General Idea, and Ooloosie Saila.
By 1998, Yabu Pushelberg won the James Beard Award for Toronto’s Monsoon Restaurant which captured international attention, including Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group.
Yabu Pushelberg has worked for hospitality brands including Aman, American Express, EDITION Hotels[6] Honolulu, Miami Beach,[7] London,[8] and Times Square,[9] Four Seasons Kuwait Burj Alshaya,[10] New York Downtown, Toronto,[11] Tokyo; Park Hyatt Bangkok,[12] New York, Shenzhen,[13] Park Lane Hotel,[14] Rosewood Guangzhou,[15] Viceroy Maldives Resort;[16] Ritz Carlton and Las Alcobas, Mexico City.