Since its 1943 founding in Sweden, IKEA has offered home furnishings of good design and function at low prices so the majority of people can afford them. In addition to the nearly 400 Burbank coworkers already part of the global IKEA family, IKEA will generate even more annual sales and property tax revenue for the City and local schools. IKEA also now offers a product picking and delivery service, and an IKEA Family loyalty program. Other family-friendly features include a ‘Children’s IKEA’ area in the showroom, baby-care rooms, preferred parking and play areas throughout the store. The new, more spacious IKEA Burbank will feature a larger quantity of the nearly 10,000 exclusively designed items, 50 inspirational room-settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children’s play area, and a larger restaurant for serving Swedish specialties. Additionally, reflecting the company’s commitment to sustainability, IKEA is working to recycle, repurpose or salvage as much of the existing buildings’ equipment, materials, and parts as possible. “With nearly 25 years operating in Burbank, we look forward to many more years at this new location where we can offer many of our Southern California customers an updated, spacious and enhanced IKEA shopping experience.”Īctual store construction likely will commence this fall after completion of the demolition and site preparation. “We are thrilled by the progress represented by this demolition milestone as we prepare to construct our new version of IKEA Burbank,” said Rob Olson, IKEA US CFO. Just as the existing Burbank store has a solar photovoltaic array atop its roof, IKEA hopes to install a similar solar energy system as part of the relocated store. IKEA has contracted with VCC Construction to build the store and plans reflect the same unique architectural design for which IKEA stores are known worldwide. The future 456,000-square-foot store and its more than 1,700 convenient parking spaces will be built on 22 acres west of San Fernando Boulevard and south of Providencia Avenue, providing customers with improved accessibility. The current 242,000-square-foot IKEA Burbank, the first IKEA store in California and sixth in the U.S., opened November 1990 on 6.4 acres along I-5 at San Fernando Boulevard. (Other nearby IKEA stores are in: Carson, Costa Mesa and Covina.) Until the new, roomier store opens on the new site, customers can continue to shop at the existing IKEA Burbank. Razing the buildings will make room for construction of the planned new Burbank store. He was line at 5:45 a.m.-and he won one of the free chairs.BURBANK, CA, - /EPR Retail News/ - IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today began demolishing 19 buildings totaling 455,000 square-feet on the site where it will construct a new, larger store in Burbank, CA, less than one mile away from the company’s oldest store in the Western United States. He works across the street from the new store, so this morning, he parked at his job, then walked over here. Accusations of line-cutting and outrage over non-children getting free heart-shaped pillows are swirling in one section of the line, but for the most part, people seem relaxed and patient. A security team member says they aren't officially estimating the crowd size yet and won't know how many people are waiting until they all get inside.Ĩ:50 a.m. But despite lining up at 6 a.m., all they have to show for it so far is balloon art shaped like a stun gun.Ĩ:40 a.m. I spoke to a couple people in line who said they called in sick to be here this morning, hoping to get a free sofa. You’re still drinking your first cup of coffee, but hundreds of folks are braving foggy conditions and sub 60-degree temperatures to be the first to experience the new Ikea. Over 150 people out here already at #ikea #ikeahack #ikeaburbank #ikealosangelesĪ photo posted by mark on at 12:30am PSTĨ:18 a.m.
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