By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Sep 24, 2015 at 9:41 AM

After more than 20 years in business, Rubin’s Furniture, 224 E. Chicago St., will close. Restoration Hardware, another home furnishings retail chain, will take over the space, according to Rubin’s owner, Bob Rubin.

Restoration Hardware left Mayfair Mall in 2012 after 12 years in business. The business plan was to morph from mall-based stores to stand-alone "design galleries."

Rubin says he has 60 days to leave the Third Ward building and; consequently, much of the stock will soon be "drastically reduced."

The two Madison-based Rubin’s locations will remain open.

"Our Milwaukee customers have been very loyal," says Rubin. "We look forward to serving them in our Madison stores."


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

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