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High Point Market Authority to Relocate Offices
March 29,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on March 30, 2011
The High Point Market Authority will move to the seventh floor of the historic Radio Building in downtown High Point after the upcoming Spring Market.
As of April 15, the HPMA's new address will be 164 South Main St., Suite 700, High Point, N.C. 27260. All phone numbers and e-mail addresses for the HPMA and its staff will remain the same.
"The Radio Building is a city landmark and has had a strong presence in High Point," said Brian Casey, president and CEO of the High Point Market Authority. "Although it retains amazing architectural details that give the building character and charm, it has been thoroughly updated to serve the modern needs of a business office."
Furniture manufacturers have made donations to the new offices, each of which will be recognized with plaques in the Market Authority headquarters. Sponsors include: Aspenhome, Coaster Company of America, Lexington Home Brands, Jesper Office, Kincaid Furniture, and Sligh Furniture Company. Lexington also donated furniture for the lobby area.
The eight-story Renaissance Revival-style Radio Building, formerly known as the Commercial National Bank building, is one of High Point's principle early 20th-century landmarks. Architect Charles C. Hartmann, who had been recruited from New York to design the Jefferson-Pilot Building in nearby Greensboro, designed the building in 1921.
With its position at the corner of Main and Commerce Streets, the Commercial National Bank building sat in the heart of High Points business center. Eventually, as High Point Market grew and the bank moved to new headquarters, Lambeth Enterprises Inc., owner of the building beginning in 1945, began converting several floors to showroom space, although non-furniture-related businesses are also tenants in the building. In addition WMFR-AM Radio broadcasts from the eighth floor, as it has since 1935, giving the building its current moniker, The Radio Building.