Longtime locally owned Lexington furniture store going out of business
Burke Furniture, a family-owned furniture store that has operated in Lexington since 1963, is going out of business.
The late William T. and Joann Burke founded the business and turned the operation over to their sons in the 1970s.
The store, off Richmond Road at Mount Tabor Road, announced its closing in a letter mailed to customers: “Burke Furniture has been in business at the same location for over 63 years,” the letter read. “We grew from a humble 2,000-square-foot showroom to more than 70,000 square feet.”
According to a sale flyer from the business, the building has been sold, and the company is holding its final sale before it closes its doors “forever.”
A store manager said Friday he did not know when the store’s last day would be.
Online Fayette County PVA records indicate that the 2.79-acre property at 125 Mount Tabor Road previously been owned by Burke Furniture was sold April 24 for $5.5 million.
The new owner, NGLexington LLC, has an address listed with the PVA as 7200 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, Ohio. That’s the address of Furniture Fair Fairfield, near Cincinnati.
Furniture Fair is a family-owned chain of stores with 13 locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, according to its website. The company says it has two locations in Florence, one in Cold Spring and one in Louisville.
A Furniture Fair representative was not immediately available to comment Friday afternoon.
Burke is at least the third locally owned furniture store to close in recent months.
Oak Factory in Brannon Crossing announced this spring it was closing after 35 years, while the owners of Another Man’s Treasure downsized by closing their location on Regency Road and moving all their business to their other location on East Third Street.
