Floor store aims for more with expansion

SARASOTA — Your Flooring Warehouse is expanding south of the Skyway Bridge, with a new location in Sarasota.

The Sarasota store, at 3333 N. Washington Blvd., is the company's fourth Gulf Coast location, according to a release. Others are in New Port Richey, St. Petersburg and Tampa.

St. Petersburg entrepreneur J.D. Manning founded Your Flooring Warehouse, along with The Carpet Store, in 1988. The business, now including Manning's children and grandchildren, remains family owned and operated. Your Flooring Warehouse locations allow customers to use a high-tech touch screen and specialized software to locate and view flooring materials available worldwide.