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ORLANDO-Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA is planning toexpand its presence in Florida and the Southeast with theconstruction of a 310,000-sf store at the southeastern end of theMall at Millenia.
Construction of the store, the company's second in Florida, willbegin in the summer pending permits. The store, on 22 acres offEastgate Drive south of Conroy Road, is expected to open fall 2007.IKEA director of public affairs Joseph Roth tells GlobeSt.com thatthe store will be a prototypical IKEA. In addition to 1,200 parkingspaces, the store will feature 10,000 exclusively designed items,three model homes, 50 room settings, a children's play area and a300-seat restaurant. "All the stores we're building in the UnitedStates are very similar," Roth says.
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