. this article is about a retailer . for the bar and restaurant see northern exposure . the brick ltd. type subsidiary industry retail founded 1971 founder bill comrie 1 headquarters edmonton alberta coordinates 53 33 52 n 113 36 57 e 53.5643582 n 113.6157173 e 53.5643582 ; 113.6157173 coordinates 53 33 52 n 113 36 57 e 53.5643582 n 113.6157173 e 53.5643582 ; 113.6157173 number of locations 235 2 key people dave freeman president products furniture revenue 1.3 billion 2012 3 net income 33.9 million 2012 3 total assets 728 million 2012 3 total equity 117 million 2012 3 parent leon s furniture limited website www.thebrick.com the brick ltd. is one of canada s largest volume retailers of furniture mattresses appliances and home electronics . the company was founded as the brick warehouse lp by brothers john fred and bill comrie . the first warehouse opened on september 1 1971 in edmonton alberta . its first expansion was to fort mcmurray alberta in the 1970s and later acquired a competitor in the city of calgary . over the past 35 years the brick has expanded across canada and now operates 135 retail stores including 20 franchise locations in the provinces of alberta british columbia saskatchewan manitoba ontario quebec new brunswick prince edward island nova scotia the yukon and the northwest territories . quebec stores are branded simply as brick . in addition the brick group income fund operates distribution centres in calgary edmonton vancouver winnipeg toronto and montreal . in march 2004 the company acquired united furniture warehouse which had 81 locations throughout canada at the time . 4 in 2006 24 stores were rebranded as the brick in a strategic attempt to save on advertising costs and increase sales . 5 on november 11 2012 the brick announced that competitor leon s would acquire the company for 700 million subject to approval of shareholders . following the acquisition leon s plans to maintain the two separate chains . 6 in november 2012 the brick agreed to pay 2.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed by consumer rights group option consommateurs in 2009 over claims the retailer s advertising was misleading . 7 references edit about the brick brick warehouse lp the company information . retrieved 2016 01 08 . a b c d consolidated financial statements of the brick ltd. pdf . retrieved 2016 01 08 . the brick plans 400m ipo as income trust . ottawa business journal . 2009 05 31 . brick to rebrand sleep better chain . national post . 2006 01 17 . leon s to buy the brick in 700m deal . edmonton journal . november 12 2012 . retrieved 26 november 2012 . huffington post canada . the brick false advertising lawsuit end with 2 million settlement retrieved 27 nov 2012 external links edit the brick official corporate site united furniture warehouse v t e edmonton based businesses aimco atb financial bioware booster juice the brick canadian western bank capital power corporation company s coming publishing epcor utilities fountain tire intuit canada katz group lone pine publishing nexopia pcl construction pizza 73 servus credit union stantec triple five group united furniture warehouse edmonton portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the brick & oldid 725933661 categories companies formerly listed on the toronto stock exchangecompanies based in edmontonfurniture retailers of canadahidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 june 2016 at 20 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view