University Town Center (UTC) is enhancing its home furnishings offerings with the addition of leading furniture and home accents retailer, CITY Furniture (CITY). The brand new 120,000+-square-foot showroom is scheduled to open in Spring 2025, and will be the Florida-based retailer’s 25th location in the state and third in the Tampa Bay market.CITY Furniture started as Waterbed City, a single waterbed store in the 1970s, and has evolved into a leading furniture and home accents destination throughout Florida. The retailer offers stylish products from sofas to beds to fit every taste, lifestyle and budget. This showroom will showcase the best that CITY has to offer with a dedicated space for home décor, a mattress gallery, free interior design help and the famous KC Café and Wine Bar, where customers can enjoy a wine, beer or light bite while they shop. One of America’s top 100 furniture retailers, as ranked by the trade publication Furniture Today, CITY Furniture will open its doors in the newly developing East District at UTC, located between the Mall at UTC and I-75. The showroom will sit adjacent to the recently opened 55,000-sq.-ft. Tesla showroom and service center, the first addition to the 60-acre mixed-use development.  CITY Furniture will join a coveted lineup of leading home and design retailers at UTC, including Florida’s first Homesense; Natuzzi Italia, an Italian luxury furniture brand; Bassett, a long-standing retailer offering stylish furniture and home accents; Birch Lane, Wayfair’s furniture specialty brand; Crate & Barrel, which offers a variety of stylish furniture, kitchenware and other home essentials; Pottery Barn, upscale furniture and décor company; Ethan Allen, high-end store with stylish and traditional furniture and accessories; and more. The Benderson-owned UTC is a premier mixed-use destination off I-75 and University Parkway on the border of Sarasota and Manatee counties. Spanning over 4 million square feet, the property features more than 250 specialty stores, 80-plus restaurants, three hotels and over 250,000 square feet of premier office space. For more information on University Town Center, visit www.utcsarasota.com.