Build It And They Will Come…

Or perhaps they will come and build it is more appropriate.

IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced it plans to build a store in Frisco, TX as its first store and restaurant destination in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and its second store in the state. (IKEA Houston opened in 1992 and will move in August into a new building twice the size.) Pending city approval, construction of the proposed IKEA Frisco could start as early as Spring 2004, with an anticipated opening date of Summer 2005.

Bordered by the Dallas North Tollway on the west and Texas State Highway 121 on the south, the 25-acre site will include a 310,000 square foot IKEA store at-grade with 1,400 parking spaces. Located in the very successful ‘Frisco Bridges’ shopping district, this store will blend local design features with the unique architectural design for which IKEA stores are known worldwide.

I guess I’ll finally get to see what all the fuss is about.  I know my sister seems to like them, especially because they have some space saving designs (she bought two of these loft beds for the girls and put desks under them so they could take better advantage of the existing space in their room).

2 Comments

  1. Full Auto says:

    I could spend hours in the kitchen department.  Its kind of like a gigantic Williams Sonoma without the demented prices.

  2. I’ll probably go just to check it out once it opens.  I’ve never been in one since the only store in Texas is in Houston. 

    My sister has one close to where she lives, so she’s bought a lot of stuff there.