CORT Celebrates Birmingham Furniture Showroom & Clearance Center Grand Opening

BIRMINGHAM, AL (September 28, 2011)CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway company and the only national furniture rental provider, will celebrate the grand opening of its Birmingham rental showroom and clearance center located at 131 W. Oxmoor Rd on Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. The facility closed in April and has undergone a complete renovation.

The grand opening celebration will feature a ribbon cutting by a representative from the Birmingham Business Alliance. Event attendees are invited to drop off business cards to be entered into a drawing for a weekend getaway to Orlando.

“Following the renovations to the showroom and clearance center, Birmingham guests seeking to rent or purchase furniture will enjoy a completely new experience,” said Marcie Corser, account representative for CORT in Birmingham. “Guests in our showroom can select commercial and residential rental furniture for reasons including staging homes for sale, outfitting living space during a relocation or temporary work assignment, or establishing an office space.”

Birmingham’s leading furniture rental provider, CORT offers high-quality furniture at affordable prices. The showroom and clearance center opens Oct. 5 and is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

CORT has led the business of renting furniture and accessories for the past 40 years – what is called the “rent-to-rent” segment of the industry, as opposed to “rent-to-own” businesses, providing furniture rental for customers who want the convenience and flexibility of rental furniture, including delivery within 48 hours and pick-up after use.

In addition to customers with a temporary need for furniture, such as those relocating for a job or working on temporary assignment, or hosting a special event such as a wedding or corporate meeting, there are also many reasons why companies with a long-term need for furniture choose to rent furniture. For example, rental provides the flexibility to adjust furniture inventory quickly based on business needs, and avoiding operational costs of storage, maintenance, repair and replacement. Rental furniture is also a useful tool for home staging, a practice that helps prospective buyers envision how they might use the property, highlights the property’s best features and has proven to drastically reduce the time a property is on the market.

CORT supports businesses and relocating employees to make transitions seamless and worry-free. CORT has a broad range of relocation and destination services, including local market touring services and an online apartment search service, www.ApartmentSearch.com.

For the past 40 years, CORT has been a leading provider in rental furniture and has provided services to more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. CORT is a Berkshire Hathaway company and has offices in every major U.S. market, offers a full range of rental and transition support services, including area-orientation tours and online apartment search services at www.ApartmentSearch.com. For more information about CORT, visit www.cort.com.