A beloved rug cleaner and retailer is packing up and heading to the other side of the Mississippi River after more than 100 years in Minneapolis.

American Rug Laundry, a business that sells, cleans and repairs rugs, will soon leave its sprawling East Lake Street building for a new address and showroom in St. Paul’s Macalester-Groveland neighborhood.

The relocation will bring the business closer to its St. Paul customers, which make up more than half of its clientele, and allow the business to operate more efficiently in the new building, said owner Sam Navab.

American Rug Laundry, which was founded in 1885, is owned by Iranian immigrant brothers Sam and Far Navab. Passionate about rug conservancy, the brothers launched Navab Bros. Rug Co. in 1988, took over American Rug Laundry in 1999

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