
How early in the new-construction buyer process should I engage on furnishing scope?
Ideally 90–120 days before estimated CO. That window covers initial scope alignment, design and selection work, procurement scheduling against the expected CO timing, and the buffer required to absorb CO-date slippage. Buyers engaging at 30–60 days pre-close still get a workable project; the timeline gets tighter and the buffer shrinks. Buyers engaging post-CO can still launch, but the launch-date target slips proportionally.






