2012
March
Completed the new Seattle's Best Coffee drive-through prototype in
the midwest in Northlake, IL
March
Awarded Macy’s iconic Herald Square 7-floor Men's Department
March
Awarded Harvard Art Museums
2011
March
Awarded Macy's iconic Herald Square New York City Women's Shoe Department
April
Paul Stuart store opens at Lasalle & Adams Streets, Chicago, IL
May
Completed the first LEED Starbucks in the midwest, Deer Park, IL
August
Awarded three new Macy's stores in Gurnee, IL, Southshore Mall, Bayshore, NY and
Bay Plaza in Hampton Bay, NY
October
Awarded the 4-floor renovation of Neiman Marcus, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
December
Awarded Baltimore Museum of Art retail store
2010
January–October
Awarded multiple Starbucks sites
March
Awarded Macy's new prototype for women's shoe department in Oakbrook, IL
August
Adler Planetarium store opens in Chicago
September
DDI awards Charles Sparks + Company as Influencer & Design Portfolio (Most Exciting
Design Firms of the Year)
September
Awarded new Paul Stuart store at LaSalle & Adams, Chicago, IL
October
Macy's, Oakbrook, IL new prototype for women's shoe department opens
2009
August
Charles Sparks named Retail Design Luminary by DDI Magazine for exceptional career achievement in retail design.
June
Three shops in the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago open.
June
Best Buy Michigan Avenue, Chicago opens.
June
Charles Sparks + Company is awarded Neiman Marcus, Walnut Creek, CA.
September
Neiman Marcus, Bellevue, WA opens.
2008
November
Paul Stuart Oak Street, Chicago opens.
October
DDI Magazineawards the Charles Sparks team with the Most Exciting Design Firm
Portfolio Award for exceptional retail design work in the year 2008.
October
Charles Sparks receives recognition by DDI Magazine for being nominated by his peers as
a “ Retail Design Influencer,” a select group of retail design professionals who have raised
the bar in their industry.
June 8
The Contemporary Jewish Museum Store opens.
March 8
Sparks earns Chain Store Age's 2007 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition First
Place Award for Best Buy, Upper West Side, New York City.
March 8
Sparks earns Chain Store Age's 2007 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition First
Prize in the Museum Shops category for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop.
February
Starbucks Corporation engages Charles Sparks + Company as one of several consultants
in the strategic development of new concepts for their stores.
January 14
The Retail Design Institute, formerly known as The Institute of Store Planners, inducts
Charles Sparks into its Retail Legion of Honor in recognition of outstanding career achievement in the field of retail store design.