Ikea stans, we’ve got downright thrilling news. The affordable furniture giant (or its parent company Ingka Group, to be exact) has just bought its second UK shopping centre, meaning that it’ll likely be opening a brand-new city-centre store in the near future.
The shopping centre in question is Brighton’s Churchill Square and at least part of it is set to be turned into an Ikea City. Exactly what that means is currently a little unclear, but Ikea has said that Churchill Square will be its 23rd UK store and display 6,000 items over two floors. It’ll also have an all-important Swedish deli.
Ikea’s first shopping centre purchase in the UK was the Kings Mall in Hammersmith, London, which it bought in 2020 and opened in 2022. After installing an Ikea in an old Debenhams, the Swedish retailer brought in new tenants including a Lidl.
Exactly when the Brighton city centre Ikea will open hasn’t been revealed. However, it isn’t the only shop of its kind in the works in the UK. Ikea is also opening a massive new store on London’s Oxford Street, which is supposed to open in autumn 2024 – you can read Time Out’s guide to what’s happening with that here.
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