Plans Progress on IKEA's 415,000-SF Store

CENTENNIAL, CO-IKEA has hired contractors and a site-work permit is pending for its future Denver-area store. This progress allows for a fall 2011 grand opening in Centennial, increasing the Swedish retailer’s presence in the western US. As GlobeSt.com previously reported, the retailer revealed plans for the Centennial store—the first in the state—in September of 2008.

IKEA has retained Centennial-based Saunders Construction as the construction management firm. Other Colorado firms involved with this future IKEA store include: CLC Associates for civil design; Kimley Horn Associates as traffic consultants during the approval process; Ground Engineering providing environmental analysis and geotechnical services; Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti serving as local counsel; real estate brokerage firm Legend Retail Group assisting IKEA in the site selection process; Geothermal Systems of Colorado installing the geothermal component, and Miller Global selling the land. Atlanta-based GreenbergFarrow is architect responsible for store design, site planning and construction documents.

“With our land purchased, team selected and site-work permit pending, we now can schedule IKEA Centennial to open Fall 2011,” says Doug Greenholz, IKEA real estate director, in a prepared statement. “Construction crews soon will begin clearing and grading the site, and we look forward to breaking ground officially in a couple of months.”