Clint Engel
SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Weir’s Furniture Village broke ground Monday on its third Dallas-area store.


Construction of the 55,000-square-foot unit, which will have 25,000 square feet of selling space, is expected to begin next month, and the opening is planned for next summer.

The ground-breaking was led by Weir’s 95-year-old founder, J. Ray Weir, who launched the store in 1948. He was surrounded by family, including grandsons Brooks Weir, director of merchandising and marketing, and Mark Moore, president.

“We were founded on the principle of working hard to please and serve our customers,” the senior Weir said. “There are a lot of furniture stores, but it is the devotion and service delivered by our people that set us apart.”

The company did not disclose its investment in the new unit or projected sales. 

The store is on Wyndham Plaza property in a fast-growing shopping corridor in affluent Southlake, a northwest Dallas suburb. Average annual household income exceeds $133,000 within a five-mile radius of the shopping area, according to Kimco Exchange Place, which is marketing the development.

The new Weir’s “will offer the same warm and inviting customer experience” as its other stores, the company said. Among features the retailer will carry over are a country store, U.S. post office, Christian Book Nook and Clearance and More center.

The other stores are on Knox Street in Dallas and in Lakeside Market in Plano.