Ikea will have a shop in the city center of Nice (Illustration) - Rafael Ben Ari / Newscom / SIPA

  • With several years of delay, an Ikea store of 32,000m2 must open at the end of 2021 in the Var plain, west of Nice.
  • The Swedish brand announces that it will also open a 300 m2 sales space in the center of the French Riviera capital.

There is a mega store under construction in the Var plain and planned for the end of 2021. But there will also be another sales space, covering 300 m2 and right in the center of Nice, this summer. It was the surprise that Ikea announced this Wednesday during a site visit: a concept of boutique never seen in France by the Swedish furniture brand will open on rue Paul-Déroulède, 100 m from the avenue Jean-Médecin, in June.

There will not be at all the same offer as in the 5,400 m² store which opened in the heart of Paris, Place de la Madeleine, last May. “But there will probably be some self-service and everything can be ordered on site. And we will offer customers to support them for their kitchen or dressing projects, ”explains the director of these future stores to 20 Minutes . "In this 300 m2 format, it has never been done in France yet," confirms Patrick Cazorla .

"It will boost the economic fabric in the city center"

" It's good news. It will boost the economic fabric in the city center, reacts Bernard Chaix, vice-president of commerce at the CCI Nice Côte d'Azur. It's going to be positive for everyone. We are in the same frame of mind as Leroy Merlin who took over commercial premises on avenue Malausséna for a show room. "

The future location, in yellow, of the Ikea downtown store (rue Paul-Déroulède) - Google Maps

And this sales space, which will be set up at 13bis rue Paul-Déroulède, in a former storey store of the faucet brand Brossette will not be short-lived. It will remain open after parallel with the 32,000 m2 mastondon at the foot of the Allianz Rivera.

The construction site of the Var plain (at the end of last year) - F. Binacchi / ANP / 20 Minutes

To the west of the city, the construction site is progressing. "It is in full activity with five cranes, 125 journeymen and fifteen subcontractors who work in shifts," specifies Patrick Cazorla. We are currently carrying out level 2 of the car park. The main structure of the store should be completed at the end of the year to make way for the development in 2021. ”At the same time, the Bouygues group will begin building 290 homes.

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