Smart Office Systems Calls Westside Lansing Home to New HQ

Smart Office Systems owner, Paul Covert, is putting $800,000 into the former ASC Inc. warehouse on Lansing’s Westside, giving his expanding furniture business room to grow.

According to excerpts from the article:

The founder of Lansing-based Smart Office Systems sold his company to publicly traded Open Plan Systems for $6 million in 1996.

But that sale left Covert, a native of Eagle, with a question:

Now what?

Covert came up with the answer over the ensuing months, as he watched the office furniture company he founded founder under new ownership. Covert returned to the helm of the business he started and helped re-establish Smart Office Systems as an independent company.

Read the entire article here.

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