Look inside the new Weir’s Furniture store that’s back on Knox

Weir’s Furnishings opened its new retailer on Knox and Travis streets Wednesday.

The aged clock out front and a commissioned statue at the entrance are reminders that the loved ones-owned and -operated home furnishings store’s roots on Knox day again to 1948.

Substantial ceilings and two degrees totaling 28,000 sq. toes of room allow for a roomy and very well-lighted browsing expertise. The initially level is loaded with dwelling room furnishings. Mattresses, bedroom household furniture, tables and chairs are upstairs.

The 2nd degree also residences the Place Keep present shop. The store’s longtime signature beehive has moved completely to the Sabine Creek Honey Farm, but honey is even now among the the consumable gift things stocked in the keep. Candy, popcorn and beverages are coming soon. Doors from the State Retailer guide out to a balcony going through Travis where patio furnishings is displayed.

Mark Moore, president and CEO of Weir’s Home furnishings, and Todd Moore, former chairman, dedicated a statue at the store’s entrance of an more mature pair sitting on a bench. The Weirs commissioned the piece by George Lundeen of Loveland, Colo., to characterize loved ones excursions to Carmel, Calif., in which the company’s founders, J. Ray and Bea Weir, had a favored bench.

Retail clients can park in the 6-stage underground parking garage. The initially two ranges are for store consumers.

Obtain to the parking garage is from elevators on the again side of the previous Highland Park Soda Fountain. The elevator doors open to Travis, a few measures away from the home furnishings store’s front door and the main entrance to the office environment tower. The underground garage provides 800 parking areas to the district.

The retail store anchors a 12-store new workplace constructing that will have 4 eating places throughout the Knox side. The office making has several luxurious features for tenant use. A exercise middle, meeting home and club lounge room with a bar, total kitchen and a patio are on stage 3. Each and every tenant gets two wine lockers in the club lounge.

Todd Moore claimed the retail store represents “an outdated model seeking to remain existing.”

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