Business View Caribbean | May 2022

38 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 E ver since its beginning as a modest start-up venture in 1999, Tile City & Home Centre has been inspiring Jamaicans to create their dream home. This proud family operation offers the highest quality products from the world’s top brands, with an added bonus. Tile City & Home Centre’s exclusive showrooms give customers the ability to explore and interact with the latest styles and innovations in ceramic tiles, plumbing, connected home technology, and much more. Jaleel Handal, Manager of Special Projects and Business Development, explains, “We are a family business incorporated as Tile City & Home Centre in 1999 by my parents, so we’re currently in the second generation. They started with one small location – a 20 ft. container – and now we have a showroom about 10 minutes down the road that incorporates a variety of products in a facility that is over 20,000 sq. ft. It’s interesting to be so close to where it all began.” From the start, the plan was to offer top quality products to the local market – and that hasn’t changed. Handal admits, “Our region and our type of market tends to be very price sensitive, AT A GLANCE TILE CITY & HOME CENTRE WHAT: Retail and wholesale distributor of quality tiles and home goods WHERE: Kingston, Jamaica WEBSITE: www.tilecityja.com WHERE DESIGN DREAMS COME TRUE