New Ikea at Pinecrest Mall

[rakerman]

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[Lakche]

On Saturday, September 18th they started putting up the tower crane. They didn't finish yet, but it should be fully up soon.

[MaxHeadroom]

Should be quite the store if they are going to use a tower crane!

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by MaxHeadroom

Should be quite the store if they are going to use a tower crane!

We're going from the smallest to the biggest Ikea store in North America! It's gonna be a real beast!

[rakerman]

It's a big crane.


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[rakerman]

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[rakerman]

concrete starting to go up on this giant site


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[rakerman]

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[Lakche]

2nd crane is going up, they're almost finished putting it together.

[harls]

^ Yep, I was there last night around 5 pm and it was half assembled. I had no idea there was going to be two of them.

[reidjr]

Has anyone heard will it be one floor or multi floors?

[blackjagger]

Originally Posted by reidjr

Has anyone heard will it be one floor or multi floors?

My understanding of the built is that it will have 1st floor parking and loading area, with the 2nd floor being the store itself.

Cheers,
Josh

[harls]

I think the one in Boucherville is like this.

[waterloowarrior]

wow I was there last night too, around 8pm. first time I'd been that close, the site is huge!

[rakerman]

It is a large and busy site.

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See more in my Ikea construction set.

[Lakche]

It's supposed to be the biggest Ikea in Canada.

Ikea in Burlington is pretty big. It has a two-floor show room. You enter and go to the 2nd floor first, then you make your way down to the first floor and then the warehouse.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8...ITWb5XZZ5og505z14KBA&cbp=12,2.82,,0,3.17

If it's going to be bigger than that, I wonder how they're going to lay it out...

[Dalreg]

Originally Posted by Lakche

It's supposed to be the biggest Ikea in Canada.

Ikea in Burlington is pretty big. It has a two-floor show room. You enter and go to the 2nd floor first, then you make your way down to the first floor and then the warehouse.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8...ITWb5XZZ5og505z14KBA&cbp=12,2.82,,0,3.17

If it's going to be bigger than that, I wonder how they're going to lay it out...

The IKEA in Perth, Australia is three floors in total. Parkade at ground level with the next to levels similar to the set up in Burlington. The large show room displays and furniture are on the top level along with the restaurant. The lower floor has the childcare facility, smaller items as well as the warehouse. It's huge!

[umbria27]

Originally Posted by Dalreg

The IKEA in Perth, Australia is three floors in total. Parkade at ground level with the next to levels similar to the set up in Burlington. The large show room displays and furniture are on the top level along with the restaurant. The lower floor has the childcare facility, smaller items as well as the warehouse. It's huge!

The biggest Ikea I've ever seen is at Porta Di Roma. It essentially has its own exit on the ring road. It's the only Ikea where I've been able to get a decent espresso and prosecco with my leather poang.

[Davis137]

Biggest Ikea I've ever been to is the one at Potomac Mills near Arlington Virginia and D.C...it was 3 levels I think, with one of them being a parkade serviced with elevators, a full blown daycare for kids, and other stuff...

[rakerman]

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