Atlanta flooring retailer comes to Austin
Atlanta flooring retailer comes to Austin
Austin Business Journal - 2:32 PM CDT Thursday, May 10, 2007
A massive retail flooring outlet is opening its first Austin location
this week.
Floor & Décor Outlets of America will open the doors of its new
48,000-square-foot store at 4501 W. Braker Lane on Friday.
Kennesaw, Ga.-based Floor & Décor's stores are warehouses filled with
large stocks of flooring from hardwood to marble and everything in
between. Unlike other outlets where flooring is typically ordered from
a central location, customers at Floor & Décor can usually walk out
with everything they need the same day because everything is kept in
stock.
Though new to Austin, the company already has seven stores among the
Dallas, San Antonio and Houston markets.
Floor & Décor chose the Austin market because it continues to be one
of the highest-growth markets in the country with both solid housing
and remodeling sectors. The average expenditure on hard surface
flooring per capita is one of the highest in the county, according to
the company.
The Austin store is one of two slightly smaller format stores planned
to open in May. The Austin and Orlando stores opening this month are
smaller than the company's typical outlet, but were chosen because of
their location. Executives say by locating near the Arboretum in North
Austin, Floor & Décor will be able to capture a greater share of the
entire trade area.
Since its launch in Atlanta in 2002, Floor & Décor has opened more
than 20 stores in Dallas, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Las Vegas,
Orlando, Phoenix, Pompano, San Antonio and Tampa. The company's plans
for 2007 include an expansion into new markets including Columbus,
Ohio; Los Angeles and New Orleans.
contact Craig Ellmaker at 512-258-9899 for more info