He Tore Down Everything But 2 Exterior Walls. Then The $1 Million Renovation Began

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Taylor Johnson is pleased to welcome new client Pitch Concepts/Pitch Studio, a Chicago-based design-build firm founded by retired Chicago Fire player Bakary (Baky) Soumare. Pitch Concepts specializes in upscale patio, deck and rooftop transformations, while Pitch Studio focuses on luxury interior spaces as well as the revitalization of vintage housing stock into ultra-modern turnkey residences staged with furniture lines the company represents, in some cases exclusively in the U.S. Impressed by Soumare’s sleek transformation of a brick two-flat in Bucktown into a ground-floor design studio and showroom topped by a two-story residence with bespoke handmade details and large, lushly landscaped terraces, we pitched the project to freelance reporter Laura Hine, achieving our goal to secure a splashy residential design feature in The Wall Street Journal. 



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To post an open position, please contact Gina Graf at ggraf@taylorjohnson.com.

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