Worcester Furniture Fixture Rotmans To Close For Good

WORCESTER, MA — Rotmans, the Worcester area's most prominent furniture store, will close by January due to the owner's retirement, according to reports.

The trade publication Furniture Today reported Tuesday that owner Steve Rotman, 83, does not have a successor to take over the store, and will try to close it by the end of 2022 or early 2023.

"It’s reached the point where my kids are in other careers, and there is no other family involved. I’m 83. It’s time to make the changes and move on," Rotman told the publication.

The store will close Wednesday and Thursday ahead of a liquidation sale set to begin on Friday, according to reports.

Murray and Ida Rotman opened the store in 1956, and it occupies a four-acre site of buildings along Southbridge Street.