Roy's Home Furnishings Mulls Reopening after Fire

May 30, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on May 31, 2012 from http://www.wgnradio.com/news/local/breaking/chi-residents-hope-lincoln-park-furniture-store-returns-after-fire-20120530,0,1049033.story?track=rss

The owners of Roy's Home Furnishings, a local landmark in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, said they will decide by Monday if the store will return after the building was destroyed in an extra-alarm blaze Tuesday.

In a best case scenario, the store would re-open "by the end of the summer," said Roy's Marketing Manager Johanna Parra, as the building at 2455 N. Sheffield Ave. was being demolished today. Fire officials said the fire -- which took several hours to get under control -- was an accident and is believed to have been caused by a cigarette.

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