Local retailer to invest $4M in opening its biggest Ashley Furniture store yet

Broad River Retail will invest more than $4 million to open an Ashley Furniture HomeStore in Salisbury.

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Construction on that 45,000-square-foot location is underway. It will be a two-in-one concept, housing a 36,000-square-foot Ashley store along with a 7,000-square-foot Ashley Outlet location. Another 2,000 square feet will be used for warehousing.

The store will occupy a portion of the former Kmart at 815 E. Innes St. in Salisbury. It will be part of Innes Street Station, a roughly 151,200-square-foot development close to Interstate 85.

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This is BRR’s largest redevelopment project to date, says Charlie Malouf, president and CEO.

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