A former Bed Bath & Beyond in Durham has been empty since 2023. What will take its place?
A furniture retailer is making an old Bed Bath & Beyond in Durham the home of its first North Carolina store.
Bob’s Discount Furniture, which was founded in 1991, is the newest tenant at Patterson Place shopping center, located near Highway 15-501 and I-40. A public relations representative for Bob’s Discount Furniture declined to provide a comment on this story.
With the furniture store, all of the anchor spaces at Patterson Place are now leased, according to a press release from TradeMark Properties, which oversees leasing for the Durham shopping center.
“We had significant interest in this space because Patterson Place is the only power center that serves both the Durham and Chapel Hill markets,” Brian Grabowski, a senior vice president at TradeMark Properties, said in the release. “This is especially a good fit for Bob’s Discount Furniture because it will benefit from the traffic generated by the other anchor and smaller stores as well as the surrounding office, medical, and residential areas.”
The shopping center also houses The Home Depot, Kohl’s, Boot Barn, Total Wine & More, DSW, PetSmart and Panera Bread, among other retailers.
Where and when will Bob’s Discount Furniture open in NC?
Bob’s Discount Furniture signed a 10-year lease for a 33,839-square-foot space at 3616 Witherspoon Blvd. in Durham.
The space previously housed Bed Bath & Beyond, a popular retailer that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2023, The News & Observer previously reported.
At that time, Bed Bath & Beyond operated 360 stores and 120 Buy Buy Baby locations. Four Bed Bath & Beyond stores were located in the Triangle, with one each in Raleigh, Cary, Durham and Holly Springs. A fifth, at Six Forks Station in North Raleigh, was among 150 “low-producing” stores Bed Bath & Beyond said it would close a few months before the bankruptcy filing.
Bob’s Discount Furniture is expected to open in Durham in summer 2025.
What is Bob’s Discount Furniture?
Connecticut-based Bob’s Discount Furniture was founded in 1991 by Bob Kaufman.
Since then, the company has grown to nearly 190 stores across two dozen states and generates nearly $2 billion in sales each year, according to a late October news release.
Bob’s Discount Furniture sells indoor and outdoor furniture, mattresses, rugs and home decor.
Its stores include cafes offering complimentary coffee, ice cream, cookies and candy.
This story was originally published November 6, 2024 at 11:46 AM with the headline "A former Bed Bath & Beyond in Durham has been empty since 2023. What will take its place?."
