Ikea Comes to Florida

February 14, 2006  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on February 2006 After several years of searching for the right location, the world's most popular Swedish home furnishings retailer's first store in the Sunshine State will open next year.

The future site will be Sunrise, Fla., Ikea officials said earlier this week.

Ikea announced Tuesday its plans to open a 293,000-square-foot store in the southern Florida location in summer 2007, with construction scheduled to begin as early as this spring on their 20 acre site.

The popular retailer currently operates 26 of its 225 stores in the United States.