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The Ikea opens one week from tomorrow.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
A scoop from our trusted friend BlogTO 
Ikea opens on May 25!
www.blogto.com
Ikea opens on May 25!
Toronto's first downtown IKEA store opens this month
Downtown Toronto residents will soon have easy access to the same Swedish furniture (and, of course, meatballs) as their suburban brethren, rejoici...
www.blogto.com
PEC
New Member
I'd say it's a scoop from our much more trusted friend
https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...nces-toronto-downtown-store-to-open-may-25th/
https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...nces-toronto-downtown-store-to-open-may-25th/
Rascacielo
Senior Member
Ah, but they don't tell you things like Toronto is colder than the South Pole (when it's winter here and summer down there)I'd say it's a scoop from our much more trusted friend
https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...nces-toronto-downtown-store-to-open-may-25th/
elcorrerador
Active Member
Or from Ikea iteslf!I'd say it's a scoop from our much more trusted friend
https://retail-insider.com/retail-i...nces-toronto-downtown-store-to-open-may-25th/
IKEA Toronto Downtown - Aura | Canada
The new IKEA Toronto Downtown store (COMING SOON) is a new destination for Toronto residents offering affordable, sustainable and small-space living solutions. Read more here.
dodgeram
Active Member
I am surprised it opens in 1 week? I walked by a few days ago and could see construction materials / ladders strewn inside.
DowntownCoder
New Member
Unless Retail Insider's post was up before Ikea put out this press release at 7:30 this morning, neither one is a scoop. (The timestamp on BlogTO's post was after 9:00am.)
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releas...town-store-will-open-on-may-25-872978275.html
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releas...town-store-will-open-on-may-25-872978275.html
Rascacielo
Senior Member
Today (a week before opening). There were lots of people inside IKEA, presumably staff on orientation/ training program. Here’s a couple of shots of the second floor by the escalators. Checkouts are to the right of the exit (entrance too? Or maybe entrance from first floor only?)
Transportfan
Senior Member
Actually, a Toronto winter is milder than summer at the South Pole, where the all-time record high was -13.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
I did venture to the basement yesterday. Surprisingly, it's NOT deader than it was before the pandemic (read: it's still a ghost town). 5 or 6 stalls were actually operating at the food court, which is the most I've seen since the basement opened some 7 years ago. No one was actually buying/ consuming the F&B though, so we'll see how long these stalls will remain open. IKEA could either help to attract foot traffic or draw even more people away from the basement ... who can resist those Swedish meatballs?
WillTo
Senior Member
It's much larger than I thought it would be:
retail-insider.com
Inside IKEA’s Downtown Toronto Urban Format Store [Photos]
The store opens Wednesday of next week and is unlike any other in Canada, with natural light flooding through windows and a unique model that is a mix of product and food.
retail-insider.com
elcorrerador
Active Member
Cool. So they do have stuff on display that you can't buy there but have to order online. Exactly what I wanted to know.It's much larger than I thought it would be:
Inside IKEA’s Downtown Toronto Urban Format Store [Photos]
The store opens Wednesday of next week and is unlike any other in Canada, with natural light flooding through windows and a unique model that is a mix of product and food.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
The Bed, Bath & Beyond on the second floor was pretty big, and IKEA will take up 2 floors (although the first floor will be smaller than the second). As a comparison, Eataly in Manulife Centre is about 50k sq ft, IKEA is about 66K sq ft.It's much larger than I thought it would be:
Inside IKEA’s Downtown Toronto Urban Format Store [Photos]
The store opens Wednesday of next week and is unlike any other in Canada, with natural light flooding through windows and a unique model that is a mix of product and food.
daptive
Active Member
It's much larger than I thought it would be:
Inside IKEA’s Downtown Toronto Urban Format Store [Photos]
The store opens Wednesday of next week and is unlike any other in Canada, with natural light flooding through windows and a unique model that is a mix of product and food.
This is the interesting bit for me, isn’t out of the realm of possibility to expand.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
Checked out the new IKEA store. No line to get in surprisingly, although it was late (almost 8 pm). I’d thought the store would have a similar layout as a full-sized IKEA (marketplace downstairs, showroom upstairs), but there’s a mix of both (showrooms and stuffs you can grab and buy) on both floors. You order food from the Swedish deli downstairs, and there’s a small seating area on the mezzanine between the 2 floors.
