Vero Furniture Mart - 2004 & 2026 14th Ave, Vero Beach, FL 32960

Downtown "Main Street" Vero Beach . The property’s buildings share high exposure on the Southeast Corner of Main Street 14th Avenue and 20th Street/State Route 60 at the nexus of the revitalized Downtown Vero Beach Historic District. The Historic Downtown Vero Beach community is populated with specialty restaurants, cafes, microbreweries, art galleries, boutique shops, antiques, community parks and recreation, museums, cultural venues, and residential neighborhoods with small town charm, where the greater Vero Beach community comes together to live, work, socialize and play. Indian River County & Vero Beach celebrated its 100 Years of history Centennial in 2019. The Vero Furniture Mart is complex of five contiguous buildings, operating as retail showrooms of quality furniture and home furnishings serving Vero Beach for over 36 Years. The linear frontage measures 230' on two streets on a land size of 13,000 square feet. The building improvements combine for 21,000 square feet. The prominent corner flagship historic building is a two story American Beaux Art architecture style building built in the early 1900's. A Historic Restoration and Redevelopment of the building would become the cornerstone of the "Main Street" and keep its place of importance in the 100 year history of Vero Beach. This buildings spaces would be highly attractive and marketable to a variety of businesses. Next to the corner on the 14th Ave “Main Street” side of the property is a two story structure with a facade that can be historically restored and the spaces redeveloped and re-purposed. Facing 20th Street and contiguous to the corner is a one story structure that may be divided and redeveloped. The Downtown District Zoning Designation intended to promote the preservation, and redevelopment of the properties in the downtown “Main Street” district. In the early 90’s the redevelopment of the adjoining Theatre Plaza was the catalyst for the revitalization of the area. Permitted uses include an array of Retail, Office, Residential, Hospitality and Mixed-use. In 1914, the downtown existed primarily at the intersection of Osceola Blvd. and Seminole Ave. now 20th Street and 14th Avenue. Farmer’s Bank opened in 1914 until failing in the Great Depression. The building was occupied in 1925 by Indian River Citrus Bank. In 1983 the Buildings were sold to Vero Furniture Mart. To learn more about Vero Beach’s 100 year history and its pioneers, go to the link : https://www.indianrivermagazine.com/center-of-progress/