It's Official: Room & Board Coming to 14th and T Streets

Big news — furniture retailer Room & Board has purchased the vacant warehouse at 14th and T Streets (1840 14th Street NW). Room & Board won't open a store in the space until early spring of 2010, but DC blogs are all excited about the news. The former auto warehouse is an interesting addition to the Room & Board family since their Minnesota headquarters is in an old car dealership! The 31,600 square foot space has been empty for the last four years and though there were lots of proposed plans for the building, nothing was confirmed until the Room & Board announcement. More info below the jump...

The store is expecting to employ about 50 employees (design associates and staff members) at its store and distribution center.

Read more about Room & Board Coming to 14th and T Streets:

• Room & Board Finally Buys the 14th & T Building from The DCist
•The Ballad of 14th and T: Room & Board Buys the Building from The Washington City Paper

Are you excited that Room & Board is coming to town?

(Images: The DCist)

Comments (6)

Hooray! I understand the concerns of independent furniture businesses, but upper 14th street still has a ways to go and could use an anchor. Plus I'm an R&B fan.

posted by SYB_in_DC on June 15th 2009 at 1:52pm
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i just visited the R&B in san francisco for the first time after being really reluctant and i was surprisingly impressed. its huge, so you really get to see alot of different items and the fabric center (one on each floor!) was amazing.

posted by modkitten on June 15th 2009 at 2:25pm
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Yay! Something besides more condos... I'm happy to invite R&B to DC. Welcome!

posted by Jeen-Marie on June 15th 2009 at 2:26pm
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I got an email from R&B about this last Thursday and am sooo happy. I love their furniture and there really isn't anything else like it in the DC area. I know someone who works for C&B and he said they don't worry about any of the other big stores (PB, Ethan Allen, etc) EXCEPT R&B.

posted by marknarlington on June 15th 2009 at 6:57pm
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Im gonna wet myself---yeah!!!!! Love this store but be careful about some things. For example, I am a purist and like to buy licensed produced furniture like Eames from Herman Miller and Saarinen from Knoll. The latter is sold at R B and IS NOT produced by Knoll.

Otherwise GREAT furniture. I like that they mix old and new designers

posted by Peter knockstead on June 15th 2009 at 9:13pm
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This is GREAT news, I can't wait: DC is finally getting somewhat of a broader design base and right in my neighborhood!

posted by architectdesign on July 8th 2009 at 3:32pm
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