Gish's Furniture is set to open the doors of its new East Lampeter Township store on Jan. 29, moving its hardwood furniture business into a larger home at the Mill Creek Commons shopping center along Route 30. The retailer, known for solid hardwood pieces built by Amish craftsmen in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, is relocating from its longtime spot at 2191 Lincoln Highway East into a facility just down the road.
Gish's Furniture announced that its new, larger store will open Jan. 29, according to LancasterOnline. The outlet reports the new location will carry 23,000 square feet of space, making it 50% larger than the store it's replacing, though ABC27 has described the new showroom at 2217 Lincoln Highway East as 12,000 square feet — the two outlets have not reconciled the differing figures. ABC27 also reports the store plans to hold its official grand opening on January 29, 2027, as a two-day celebration that will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, food, and live chair-making demonstrations.
In the meantime, Gish's is clearing out its current showroom with a Moving Sale at 2191 Lincoln Highway East, the station's report notes, as the company prepares to shift its full operation a short distance away.
A $10 Million Makeover Across From Tanger Outlets
The new store will anchor Mill Creek Commons, a shopping center at 2209-2217 Lincoln Highway East sitting across from the Tanger Outlets. The project traces back to 2022, when the Gish brothers bought the 6.7-acre property for $2.25 million, with their redevelopment eventually valued at $10 million and led by Gish's Furniture owner Michael Gish and his brother, Jon, the same account states.
The site is replacing a strip of stores that once included the Tony Wang Chinese Restaurant, which closed in 2020; Tony Wang himself died in September 2024, per the earlier LancasterOnline account of the redevelopment. As of the Nov. 4 report, no construction had begun on the drive-thru coffee shop planned for the site, but the structures for the new Gish's Furniture store and the adjoining 8,000-square-foot retail strip were largely in place.
Smoothies and a New Drive-Thru Coffee Chain Join the Lineup
That 8,000-square-foot retail strip along Route 30 is set to include a Tropical Smoothie Café, rounding out the shopping center's food options alongside the furniture anchor. Plans for the broader shopping center initially included a hotel and six “upscale” national brands before settling into its current tenant mix, according to ABC27's earlier coverage of the groundbreaking, which had also projected the showroom's completion by December 2026 before the January opening date was set.
LancasterOnline reports that a 500-square-foot building with dual drive-thru lanes is slated to become the first Lancaster County location for 7 Brew Coffee, though the outlet's earlier reporting on the project described a separate 550-square-foot spot with dual drive-thru lanes for the same coffee chain. 7 Brew Coffee is a drive-thru chain serving coffee, tea, energy drinks and smoothies that operates more than 980 locations across 38 states.
Beyond the new East Lampeter Township flagship, Gish's Furniture also operates locations in East Earl Township, Camp Hill, Kennett Square and Cockeysville, Maryland, giving the family-run retailer a footprint that stretches well beyond Lancaster County as it prepares to plant its newest and, by at least one measure, biggest showroom yet along Route 30.
