Haligonians have been pining for the impossible furniture store’s return since its Burnside outlet closed late last millennium. Today’s announcement from IKEA Canada’s president, Stefan Sjöstrand, earned media coverage as if it was the biblical Second Coming—which might happen before IKEA’s new shop in Dartmouth Crossing is built.
The press release says the giant (328,000 square feet) store “will take roughly 14-16 months to build once ground is broken in summer 2016.” And you know from bitter experience with Allen keys and non-lingual direction sheets that IKEA always underestimates how long stuff takes to put together. Of all the people excited about this, local divorce lawyers are probably at the top of the list.
The Dartmouth Crossing location of the big box heavy-hitter will be Canada’s most sustainable IKEA store, zeroing in on energy efficiency and waste management. It also will create hundreds of jobs—350 to start, closer to 500 by the time the store opens.
You can while away the time in your unfurnished house watching this IKEA Shining tribute ad.
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This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2016.
I’m sure all of your local advertisers/clients are tickled pink.
We weren’t good enough years ago but we are now? Stay the fuck in Sweden with your press board crap…
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Those who dislike my comments have eaten the koolaid meatballs… it’s PRESSWOOD people!
This should be great for not only Dartmouth but also the HRM. Thanks for choosing us, IKEA!
Oh no, not PRESSWOOD!!!! They must be the only one, hahahaha.
So their home decor accessories, kitchenware, bedding, curtains, laminate flooring, appliances and mattresses are made of PRESSWOOD too? Damn 🙂