Virginia furniture retailer converting long-empty Tampa Rooms To Go

Virginia retailer Bassett Furniture is opening a new store in Tampa and has begun a massive remodel of the long vacant former Rooms To Go on North Dale Mabry Highway, which it purchased last year for $7.65 million, according to county property records.

This will be the company’s fifth store in the state. It has one each in east Manatee County near University Town Center and in Estero near Coconut Point.

A company spokesperson did not respond Monday to a request for details of when the store will open and how many people it will employ.