IKEA Tampa to be largest IKEA in Florida
The Ikea rising near Ybor City, in the Tampa Bay area, now has the familiar blue walls, a store manager and enough qualified candidates in the hopper to fill all 53 management jobs. The Swedish furniture giant says the 353,000-square-foot building, which will be the biggest Ikea in Florida, is on schedule for a summer opening.
The store will be the chain’s first with an expanded Swedish foods department after a successful test in Boston.
The hiring process starts this winter for the other 350 full- and part-time jobs. The company points to its website, ikea.com, for dates when applications will be accepted.
353,000 square feet of IKEA goodness! That’s equivalent to about 32,800 square meters, or one IKEA College Park. For comparison, IKEA Elizabeth in New Jersey is 32,700 m2 and IKEA Seattle is 32,500 m2. The closest IKEA to the new Tampa location is 66 miles away – IKEA Orlando is a measley 28,700 m2. The largest IKEA in the US is IKEA Schaumburg at 40,000 m2. Want to know the size of your IKEA store?
Tampa Bay, are you excited? Let’s hear from you! Summer 2009 is the intended opening – as good a time as any for a campout. Are you planning on being in line? We’ll bring you more information on the exact opening date when we have it. It’ll be a Wednesday!
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