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Ikea buzz builds, with room to grow
By JUDY STARK, Times Homes and Gardens Editor
Published November 8, 2007
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Maps and arrows on the floor will help shoppers at the Ikea in Orlando navigate the 309,000-square-foot store.
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[James Borchuck | Times]
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Ikea, the Swedish furniture and home accessories warehouse store, opens Wednesday at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando.
Overhead electronic signage on Interstate 4 and a dedicated turn lane at Exit 78 will direct shoppers who are eager to buy the international chain's 10,000 chic-and-cheap items: furniture, lamps, rugs, wine glasses, Swedish meatballs.
Ikea estimates it already has 100,000 customers in the Tampa Bay area, and it expects the Orlando store - "a home furnishings amusement park," a spokesman called it - will only prime them for the opening of an Ikea in Tampa in the summer of 2009.
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by Joe
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11/08/07 11:37 AM
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I'll wait a month til the hysteria dies down.
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by Faye
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11/08/07 10:13 AM
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I live in Oldsmar ...but mom and other relatives live in Orlando, and I'm usually in Orlando a few times a month ....I'll definately be there for this!!!
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by Joe
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11/08/07 09:50 AM
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i can't wait. i'll be there next weekend. i fear so will lots of others. these stores are great. i used to bring an extra suitcase everytime i flew home up north and fill it with ikea stuff. i guess i don't have to anymore.
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