Any chance of getting an Ikea in Cleveland? (Columbus, Cincinnati: 2014, live in)

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by DanielWaterhouse

"Super-rich" and IKEA just don't seem to belong in the same sentence.

Yes, that's what I was thinking. Most people I know who like IKEA do so because it's both stylish and cheap. It's not really high end at all.

[ohioaninsc]

I live very close to the Ikea here in Cincy and I don't see the draw...none of the furniture is comfortable, it all looks too modern, and appears cheaply made to me. The store is a huge maze and seems always crowded.

[Cleverfield]

Originally Posted by ohioaninsc

I live very close to the Ikea here in Cincy and I don't see the draw...none of the furniture is comfortable, it all looks too modern, and appears cheaply made to me. The store is a huge maze and seems always crowded.

It's all about personal taste/preference. Some people like modern, obviously. If you don't like it, don't shop there, but cheap, aesthetic, good quality furniture and housewares do appeal to a lot of people.

[cali3448893]

IKEA is very very cheap. Thats why i go their all the time in cincy. I remeber when all cincy had was value funiture

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

In Buffalo and Rochester, the options are Pittsburgh and Toronto. In Cleveland, the options are Pittsburgh and Detroit. In Columbus, the options are Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. In Indianapolis, the options are Chicago and Cincinnati. In Las Vegas, the options are Los Angeles and Phoenix. Other cities with IKEAs within a few hours are Milwaukee (Chicago), Raleigh (Charlotte), Jacksonville (Orlando), San Antonio (Austin), and Nashville and Birmingham (Atlanta). And if they build an IKEA in Missouri, then I'll bet you Kansas City gets it instead of St. Louis for two reasons:


1. St. Louis is basically equidistant from Chicago and Kansas City.
2. Right now, the closest IKEAs to Kansas City are in Dallas and Denver.

Hey, you might be right!

[Cleverfield]

You know where would be a good place for one? Steelyard commons. It's a unique setting, right off the freeway, there's still a lot of land there, and the businesses there are doing well. It's also halfway between the east and west sides. What do you all think?

[FlyiMetro]

Ikea is not all its cracked up to be.

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by FlyiMetro

Ikea is not all its cracked up to be.

Their furniture is stylish, inexpensive, but from what I hear, not very durable. I certainly wouldn't expect their pieces to hold up as long as the Scandinavian furniture I bought at places like Workbench and Design Union many years ago.

I've only visited Ikea once... and never purchased anything from there, except for a plate of Swedish meatballs from their cafeteria, which were pretty decent, actually.

[cali3448893]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

Unfortunately, I doubt there is much chance of it, since there is already one in Pittsburgh and one near Detroit. I kinda wonder why they didn't put one in Columbus instead of Cincinnati, personally. You'd draw from the entire state in addition to all those OSU kids that would go there to furnish their dorms and apartments!

In cincinnati the location of the IKEA is off a major interstate 4-5 lanes in each direction and still has heavy traffic, plus the area is very wealthy you draw customers from columbus, dayton, indianapolis, louisville and even farther. Plus the only thing cincy had was value funiture.

[maplelady]

The first IKEA in North America was opened in the early 1970's in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. The furniture was also made in the halifax Metro area at that time.