OAK CREEK, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin will be getting its first IKEA store in the summer of 2018.
City officials and reps from Swedish company held a news conference Thursday to announce plans for the store in Oak Creek.
“We are excited at the possibility of growing our Midwestern U.S. presence with a Milwaukee-area store,” said IKEA U.S. president Lars Petersson in a release. “A location in this retail corridor would provide our already 206,000 Milwaukee-area customers their own store and introduce the unique IKEA shopping experience to others throughout Wisconsin.”
The 295,000-square-foot proposed IKEA store and its approximately 1,200 parking spaces would be built on 29 acres at the northwestern corner of Interstate 94 and Drexel Avenue. Officials say it’s expected to create 250 jobs.
Store plans reflect the same unique architectural design for which IKEA stores are known worldwide. IKEA also will evaluate potential on-site power generation to complement its current U.S. renewable energy presence at nearly 90% of its U.S. locations.
Pending approvals, construction could begin on the store next spring.
