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Furniture Store Closing

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By KENNETH KNIGHT

The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 20, 2008

NORTH TAMPA - National Half Price Mattress and Furniture Store's 16-year run on East Busch Boulevard is drawing to a close.

The discount retailer is clearing out the 11,000-square-foot showroom and moving to a smaller building on North Dale Mabry Highway this fall, store spokesman Dave Saber said.

"It's about downsizing and more exposure," Saber said of the move.

The store will remain open until all the merchandise has been sold, which should occur by October, he said. The new store will open shortly after that.

National Half Price Mattress and Furniture Store, 2010 E. Busch Blvd., is in a building with 40,000 square feet of retail and warehouse space. The new location at 7809 N. Dale Mabry Highway, the former site of Wood You Furniture, has a total of 10,700 square feet of space for the showroom and storage.

National Half Price Mattress and Furniture Store sells living room, dining room and bedroom furniture, as well as mattresses, free-standing fireplaces and other home furnishings.

The retailer opened at 1010 E. Busch Blvd. in 1992, Saber said. It moved to the current location eight years ago.

A tenant has been found to take over the building at 2010 Busch Blvd.

Business partners Jacqueline Conley and Bibi Moore said they were looking for a large building to house cultural events, offices and retail space.

They signed a lease agreement to convert the building to accommodate a children's theater, cultural arts center, tearoom, and office and meeting space for nonprofit organizations and charitable foundations aiding Third World countries.

They expect to open the business, entertainment and cultural complex in October.

Reporter Kenneth Knight can be reached at (813) 865-4842 or kknight@tampatrib.com.

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