SCOTTSDALE, AZ — IKEA announced that it will open eight new stores throughout the country, including one in Arizona. The select stores are ‘Plan & Order’ points with pick-up.
The Promenade Scottsdale will be home to the new format store, according to a Vestar representative.
“So, it's not this 500,000-square-foot storefront that you are used to when you hear IKEA. It's actually only 2,000 square feet...and it's just a planning studio. So, you go into IKEA normally, and there's usually a planning studio inside the large IKEA, but this will just be the planning studio,” said Leann Meagher, marketing manager for Vestar, to ABC15.
What would be the ideal reason to head out to this store?
“If you want to plan your kitchen, or if you want to plan, you know, fix your closet that you've been wanting to fix forever, you go in there, you sit with an IKEA specialist, and they would show you some of the options, some of the cabinets, some of the closet options. You would plan it out with them and then order it to your house. There's actually no inventory at this location. It's just a plan and ship, which is really unique,” said Meagher.
You also won’t have to worry about the heavy lifting if you do put in an order.
“Everything’s going straight to your house. You don't have to worry about bringing a big truck or friends to help you load it in. It gets shipped right to your home,” said Meagher.
The new-format store is set to open later this month. Appointments for this location are said to open soon.
Where to go: The Promenade Scottsdale, located at Scottsdale Rd. and Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd.
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