Room & Board Finds Room In Atlanta

September 28, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on September 2008 Minneapolis-based Room & Board will open its first store in the Southeast next year when store officials will cut the ribbon of a new location currently being developed in Atlanta for a spring opening.

The three-story, 34,000-square-foot store at 1170 Howell Mill Road Northwest is part of a mixed-used development that includes the reuse of a meatpacking building dating to 1910. The 25-year-old company has stores in Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, Orange County, San Francisco and New York.

According to an announcement Monday, Room & Board—which sells through catalogs and the Internet—selected Atlanta after receiving strong demand from customers there, and some Atlanta residents opted to be part of an insider panel that provided feedback on the city’s neighborhoods.

“We’re very excited to expand upon the relationships we’ve already developed with customers in Atlanta by bringing our unique furniture and philosophies to this area,” said John Gabbert, founder and president of Room & Board. “From the day we created our company more than 25 years ago, our vision has endured—unique, well-designed furniture can be affordable and long-lasting. We are proud to create furniture that people will live with and love for a very long time.”

According to Room & Board’s Web site, the company is also planning a new store in Culver City, Calif., that would open in 2010. One of the company’s most unique aspects is that more than 85 percent of its furniture is made in America.