Thomasville and Lane furniture facilities in Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia are among 17 former Furniture Brands International (FBI) properties up for auction by Hilco Real Estate LLC.

Two Thomasville furniture factories and a Lane Furniture operation will close as Heritage Home Group, the former Furniture Brands, restructures following its bankruptcy. Approximately 564 will be laid off.

Thomasville Furniture and Drexel Heritage Furniture are returning to the Las Vegas Market for the winter show taking place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.

THOMASVILLE, NC -- An abandoned Thomasville Furniture factory, deemed a public safety hazard, needs to be torn down sooner than later, according to the Thomasville City Council.

Thomasville Furniture auctions wood machinery, Vaughan Bassett sawdust pile catches fire, and AWFS Fair Sequoia wood products awards were the week's most viewed wood reports. A Federal court rules St. Joseph Abbey's woodworks may build wood caskets also topped the list, with craftsman monks on video.

THOMASVILLE, NC -- Thomasville Furniture, a division of Furniture Brands, said it plans to hire 60 people over the next two years.