It’s beginning to look a lot like … Ikea

The steel framing on Ikea’s future Memphis store has progressed far enough to allow for the installation of the chain’s iconic blue panels, a construction milestone that keeps the store on track to open this fall.



The 271,000-sq.-ft. store is being built on 35 acres in the Wolfchase Corridor along the southwestern side of Interstate-40 near the Germantown Parkway exit.



“With Ikea Memphis taking shape and the blue paneling now going up, we continue to be on track for a grand opening this Fall,” said Lars Petersson, Ikea U.S. president. “We hope to be enclosed fully within several months, and cannot wait to begin transforming the building’s interior to look like an Ikea store as well.”



Ikea is evaluating potential on-site power generation at the site to complement its current U.S. goal of a renewable energy presence at nearly 90% of its U.S. locations.