The Park Salon & Spa Suites

The Park Salon & Spa Suites offers private, customizable suites for independent beauty and wellness professionals in Southfield. The business has three buildings on Southfield Road, with on-site management, 24/7 suite access, a security system, free Wi-Fi and parking close to the doors. The business describes its suites as upscale and its setting as premier.

Each building has its own character. Salon at the Park East is the quietest, with landscaping for privacy, and every suite has a shampoo bowl or floor drain, a large LED mirror, a hand sink with cabinets, and either a window or a chandelier. Suites have individual thermostats and insulated walls, and the building has a shared kitchen and free washers and dryers for each operator. Entry works with a keyless system on a phone. Salon at the Park West is newer and more lively: its newly remodeled suites run from 100 to 275 square feet, with a shared shampoo and dryer area, a kitchen and a coffee bar. Spa at the Park is the most private of the three, with individual suites, each holding a hydraulic massage table, a private bathroom with a shower, a small kitchen, a towel warmer, dimmable LED lights and bottled water for clients. Linen service and nightly cleaning are included.

The business says its rates are much lower than those of nationally branded salons. Professionals set their own pricing, and clients book directly with the person whose suite they plan to use.

Gives independent professionals their own private suite and leaves scheduling and pricing in their hands.

Quiet at the East building, more talkative and communal at the West, and more private at the spa while still allowing socializing.