You may get your 9 meatballs, mash and Daim cheesecake repair when Ikea’s London Oxford Avenue lastly opens its doorways on 1 Could after an 18-month delay.
The corporate has introduced that the three-storey retailer, beforehand occupied by Topshop’s former flagship retailer, will supply 6,000 product traces and residential equipment in its market corridor, a 130-seater Swedish deli and a showroom full of inspirational dwelling units.
Greater than 3,500 of these merchandise can be obtainable to take dwelling on the spot, whereas the remaining may be delivered to properties or collected from close by pick-up factors.
Whereas the Swedish furnishings retailer is thought for its inexpensive flat-pack homewares and reliable designs, the model’s in-store restaurant is definitely the spotlight of any Ikea journey.
On the deli, guests can style Ikea’s beloved culinary classics, together with the signature meatballs served with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and cream sauce for £4.95, or a scorching canine for 75 pence.
The shop can be set throughout the bottom and two decrease floor flooring of the seven-storey constructing, with a retail house of 5,800 sq. metres.
The opening will observe a three-year renovation of the constructing, which confronted important delays attributable to “surprising circumstances”, a leaky basement and the “massively advanced” nature of the Grade II-listed constructing’s renovation.
To appease keen punters, the retailer opened a small pop-up retailer known as Hus of Frakta in November, which affords a restricted choice of homewares to take dwelling. Hus of Frakta will shut on 23 March forward of the Could opening.
The constructing will accommodate three different retailers throughout the remaining areas and can supply 4 flooring of workplace house. House NK, the posh magnificence and cosmetics outlet, can be one of many companies transferring into the constructing at 214 Oxford Circus.
Ikea has employed 150 new workers on the Oxford Avenue retailer, with the retailer receiving 3,730 purposes in simply 5 days when recruitment opened earlier this 12 months. The shop would be the capital’s sixth retailer, with areas already in Greenwich, Hammersmith, Wembley, Croydon and Lakeside (Essex). The retailer beforehand had a retailer in Tottenham nevertheless it was closed down and was a stay music venue in 2022.
Peter Jelkeby, the chief govt of Ikea’s UK enterprise, stated the shop was a part of the retailer’s efforts to deliver the Ikea expertise nearer to shoppers, the place they stay, work and in locations which can be accessible by public transport.
“Whether or not a neighborhood Londoner or a vacationer passing by means of, IKEA Oxford Avenue goals to encourage dwelling goals for everybody – providing superbly designed, useful furnishings at costs inexpensive for as many individuals as attainable, guaranteeing guests depart with concepts and options that make on a regular basis life at dwelling slightly higher”.
“London is an iconic procuring vacation spot, and we’re thrilled to now have a house in its centre. IKEA Oxford Avenue’s location enhances our community of shops in London – and past – and permits us to be nearer to the place our clients stay, work and store, whereas importantly being simply accessible by foot or public transport. We sit up for welcoming you in.”
Ikea Oxford Avenue can be open every day from 10am to 8pm starting 1 Could 2025.
