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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Would Halifax have attracted the Maritime regional IKEA store if there were not a commercial retail area like Dartmouth Crossing to build it in???
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Yes, it definitely would have. Do you honestly believe IKEA was attracted here because of the existence of Dartmouth Crossing? Do you think IKEA needed DC's commercial traffic to support it?
Hardly. IKEA is a destination retailer - among the biggest there is. All they needed was a large enough lot, near a major highway. The fact that DC happened to exist already was just convenient, not necessary. They could have built on a vacant lot carved out of the woods anywhere else next to a highway in the metro Halifax area and watched as other retail magically bloomed around them - which is exactly what happened with Price Club in Bayers Lake after Halifax managed to steal them from Burnside at the last minute.
IKEA is here simply because their market studies showed them Halifax was the place to go. The fact that DC had land available in a great location, with access roads already in place, just made it that much easier.
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