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City Furniture Showroom With Cafe, Wine Bar Opening In UTC: Reports
A 120,000-square-foot City Furniture, a FL-based upscale home furnishings store, will open in Sarasota's UTC area, reports said.
SARASOTA, FL — An upscale City Furniture showroom with a cafe and wine bar is coming to Sarasota’s University Town Center, according to multiple reports.
The more than 120,000-square-foot space will open next spring, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported.
The Fort Lauderdale-based home furnishings store will be located in the burgeoning 60-acre East District at UTC just off Interstate 75, according to the City Furniture website. It’s the company’s 25th location in the state.
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In recent years, City Furniture has been focused on the Tampa Bay area and the Sarasota location will be the third in this region. A Clearwater showroom opened in April, while its 1.3 million Plant City store, which includes a full warehouse and regional corporate headquarters, opened at the end of 2022.
There are also plans for a144,000-square-foot showroom planned in Pasco County in Cypress Creek Town Center at 25857 Sierra Center Blvd., the Tampa Bay Business Journal previously reported.
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The Sarasota showroom will include a mattress gallery and the company’s KC Cafe and Wine Bar, which will serve beer, wine and light bites, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.
“This new showroom will allow us to better serve our customers with a vast selection of high-quality, stylish home furnishings,” said Ryan Cronin, president of City Furniture, in a statement.
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