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But don't go expecting it to be a Hom outlet. It's not. Much of the furniture is bought specifically for the Dock 86 and is not sold in Hom stores. That's a little like going to outlet malls and wondering if an item marked "special purchase" is a good deal.

Since it' was never sold at regular stores, is it a good deal? Hard to say. Most were large scale, overstuffed pieces with thick but not dense cushioning. In other words, when you sit or push down on the cushion, there's a lot of give. It may seem cushy at first, but it's not of lasting quality. It's better to have a dense cushion than a thick one, just like carpet padding.

Some of the items are branded "Dock 86," such as the mattresses, making it even more difficult to comparison shop. There is a small area of clearance items from Hom and Gabberts now owned by Hom. When I was there last month, most of those items looked like leftovers from Hom's big warehouse sale in October As far as I could tell, the items were not further discounted from the sale.

At first glance Dock 86 seems like a better marketing concept than a great deal for furniture shoppers. But what do you think? If you've shopped there, what did and didn't impress you? Dock 86 is open from 10 a. Call Home All Sections. Log In Welcome, User. Coronavirus Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth St. Biden nominates Andrew Luger for U.

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Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri. Beyond the upper red lights is HOM and in front of those lights is Gabberts. After five luxurious decades in Edina, high-end furniture retailer Gabberts is opening a sister store in the east metro.

On Saturday, Gabberts opens a new showroom and design center in Little Canada. All three brands are owned by Hom, but the complex at Interstates and 35E is the first time the Coon Rapids-based retailer has put all three together.

The Little Canada site has a history that mirrors the ups and downs in the highly competitive furniture industry.

Until , the building was a showroom for Levitz Furniture, a national retailer that liquidated during the recession. Hom Furniture, the largest furniture seller in the Twin Cities market, moved cautiously during the recession, but it did make some moves. In , it purchased both the high-end Gabberts brand as well as patio-furniture retailer Seasonal Concepts.

Then it waited for the economy to improve. So it unveiled Dock 86 at the vacant Little Canada property it had bought from Levitz three years earlier.