api (+) Appoints Ed Busey as Director of Business Development
ArchitecturePlus International, api(+), a multidisciplinary design and architecture firm specializing in grocery, retail, restaurant and mixed-use environments, is pleased to announce that Ed Busey has joined the firm as Director of Business Development, supporting the firm’s continued strategic growth.
Busey brings decades of experience and deep industry relationships built through leadership roles with creative signage and architecture firms serving consumer-driven environments nationwide. A longtime collaborator and trusted partner of api(+), Busey has worked closely with the firm on numerous high-profile placemaking and wayfinding projects during his tenure with Harbinger Sign.
In his new role, Busey will focus on expanding api(+)’s presence in its fastest-growing and most impactful sectors, food retail, restaurants, retail centers, and integrated placemaking and wayfinding, while strengthening relationships with developers, owners, operators, and brands seeking strategic, design-led solutions.
“Ed understands our clients, their pressures, and what drives success in today’s consumer environments,” said Juan Romero, AIA, NCARB, President + CEO of api(+). “His leadership supports our ability to grow thoughtfully while continuing to deliver the high-quality, integrated solutions our clients expect.”
With a background spanning fine arts and graphic design, creative leadership within an architecture firm, and years of experience delivering complex branded environments, Busey brings a rare blend of creative insight and business acumen. His understanding of how design, brand and the built environment intersect allows him to align api(+)’s multidisciplinary expertise with client goals from concept through execution. Busey’s authentically inquisitive, tactically irreverent, and asymmetric approach to meeting challenges head-on delivers sharp bespoken solutions.
Busey’s appointment reflects api(+)’s continued investment in leadership, relationships and resources to support clients navigating growth, reinvestment and evolving customer expectations across consumer-focused environments.