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From Home Furnishing Business
High Point Officials Support IHFC Safety Measures
May 28,
2014 by in High Point, Market 
Streets in downtown High Point and an upper floor of the John Thomas Furniture showroom at 215 S. Main Street have been closed due to unstable walls of the International Home Furnishings Center.
City officials say they’re satisfied with current and planned safety measures taken by the owners of a major High Point furniture showroom to shore up one of the building’s unstable walls.
Structural engineers enlisted by International Market Centers are developing a plan to reinforce the south wall of the International Home Furnishings Center Main Wing facility in the 200 block of S. Main Street.
In recent days, concern has arisen that bricks may have fallen from the south wall of the 11-story structure. High Point Fire Marshal Chris Weir said he was on the roof of the building Tuesday and saw no indication that any bricks had fallen.
He said he believes the safety measures will be sufficient “barring any seismic activity or severe storms.”
In addition to closing part of Wrenn Street behind the building, the city has restricted access to the third floor of 215 S. Main St, which is a three-story showroom adjacent to the south wall of IHFC.
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