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Tampa's IKEA will open in May

IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today announced that its future Tampa store will open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. 

<><><>www.IKEAUSA.com. Other stores in the Southeast are located in Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC and Woodbridge, VA.quot;We are thrilled at the excellent construction progress made in the summer and fall, and believe the remaining construction milestones and interior build-up process will be complete by May - much earlier than originally envisioned,quot; noted Monica Varela, store manager of the future IKEA Tampa. quot;Now our primary goal is hiring and training the 400 local hires who will be joining the IKEA coworker family before we open.quot;IKEA Tampa will present 10,000 exclusively-designed items, 49 room settings, 3 model home interiors, a supervised children's play area, and a 350-seat restaurant serving Swedish specialties such as meatballs with lingonberries or salmon plates, as well as American dishes. Family-friendly features include a 'Children's IKEA' area in the showroom, baby care rooms, preferred parking and play areas in the store.The 353,000-square-foot future IKEA Tampa, with 1,700 parking spaces, will be built on 29 acres along Adamo Drive at 22<>www.IKEAUSA.com./>

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