Jeff Linville — Furniture Today,
Headquarters will move to showroom building in Thomasville

LEXINGTON, N.C. — Lexington Home Brands plans to move its headquarters over Memorial Day weekend from its century-old home in this North Carolina town to its showroom in Thomasville, south of High Point.

The move is only 13 miles, but President and CEO Bob Stec said it will put executives closer to the company’s product samples and will have other benefits.

For one, the newer showroom building will be cheaper to maintain than the downtown Lexington plant it has occupied for 104 years. (A smokestack at the plant still bears the name of a predecessor company, Dixie Furniture.) And it will allow the company to arrange its offices in a more efficient, open environment to make cooperation among departments easier.

The new home has a showroom of about 100,000 square feet and about 40,000 square feet for offices.

Phone numbers will change. The main number is (336) 474-5300, and the customer care number is (336) 474-5700. The new mailing address is Lexington Home Brands, 1300 National Highway, Thomasville, N.C. 27360.

What will happen to the Lexington property is uncertain. Stec said the company might renovate the building and find a new use for it, or sell it to a group that will do so. The company has hired a consultant to study the location and the surrounding area and offer ideas.