Bargain hunters go crazy over new mega-discount furniture store: ‘If Goodwill and Home Depot had a baby’

Discount shoppers can rejoice now that a massive retail and home improvement store has opened in Washington state.

Tacoma/Pierce County nonprofit Habitat for Humanity opened its fourth mega-discount store in Spanaway near Tacoma on Friday, featuring 19,000 square feet of discounted furniture, building materials, tools and more.

“It’s like Goodwill and Home Depot had a baby,” said Chief Operating Officer Ed Dopp. The News Tribune newspaper.

The location is one of four large discount stores opened by the Washington-based nonprofit.

Dopp said about 60 percent of the sales area is occupied by furniture.

All four locations have donation centers for those who want to declutter before purchasing new items.

Proceeds from sales help build, rehabilitate and repair homes in Pierce County, according to the nonprofit’s website.

The Spanaway store was a lifelong dream for Dopp, who told The News Tribune earlier this year that he intended to open one in the area.

The nonprofit selected the Tacoma area in part because of the concentration of residential housing in the area.

The shops are open daily from 9am to 6pm and accept donations until 5.30pm.

The nonprofit is also completing the purchase and rehabilitation of 80 public housing units once owned by the Tacoma Housing Authority.

According to Dopp, most of the houses are close to the newly opened store.

“This (the opening of the store) helps us to be able to have a presence there, in addition to coming with the houses, being part of the community,” he said.

Dopp and other members of Habitat for Humanity of Tacoma/Pierce County plan to sell the rehabilitated properties, keeping the homes in Pierce County’s affordable housing inventory.