Ikea to build distribution centre on Glover Road
The multinational company unveiled its plans for the Steeltown facility earlier this month
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Ikea is coming to Hamilton — but don’t start the car just yet.
The multinational company’s Canada division recently announced its plans to build a customer distribution centre on Glover Road in Steeltown in 2025.
The facility will support the Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture company’s “expansion throughout southwestern Ontario,” according to a press release. No further details were provided about the distribution centre.
However, the new Ikea site is part of a plan that will see the company spend more than $400 million on projects aimed at expanding their fulfilment capabilities in the Greater Vancouver and Toronto areas, according to the press release.
Ikea Canada spokesperson Lisa Huie told The Spectator the new centre in Hamilton will “be key” in improving their customer fulfilment network in the Greater Toronto Area, ensuring products are available and delivery times are as short as possible.
Huie said the company is expecting the centre to open by the summer of 2025, with a goal of retaining and attracting workers to the facility, which will be built with their “climate-positive ambitions in mind.”
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