American Freight relocates to Vineyard Shopping Center

The relocation of American Freight from its former Vine Street location in Willoughby to 34700 Vine St. in Eastlake is good news for the city that has been working hard to bring in new businesses and fill vacant buildings.

American Freight Furniture and Mattress moved down Vine Street about a mile and is now located in the Vineyards Shopping Center building that was once occupied by Good Cents Groceries and More Store, which closed in March,

2015. Eastlake Administration has been working to find a new business to occupy that space since that then.

The furniture and mattress store is growing and the new store in Eastlake is considerably larger, allowing the retailer to offer customers a bigger selection of merchandise, according to a news release.

“As we have continued to grow in Cleveland, we realized that we needed larger stores to satisfy the demand for affordable brand name furniture and mattresses,” said Northeast Ohio Territory

Manager Mark Randles in the release.

“This store is larger allowing us to offer a wider selection of quality furniture and mattresses. In addition, to offer Cleveland consumers more purchasing options, we recently added take it home today with low easy payments, no credit needed in all of our stores.”

Store hours for the new Eastlake store are Mondays through Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sundays noon to 5 p.m.

Eastlake Mayor Dennis Morley said the city is working on bringing in more stores to join American Freight in the plaza. He

is hoping that they can fill the empty Wal-Mart store and have that be the anchor that brings in other stores around it.

Morley also noted that American Freight is not the only business opening in the plaza, a Powerhouse Gym will also be opening there soon. New businesses coming into the location could provide not only job opportunities but an economic boost to the city’s finances.

“We are glad that they (American Freight) moved into the center and wish them the best of luck for their business,” Morley said.

“We continue to work on the plaza trying to get the rest of the storefronts filled.”