I really hope this is true, any thoughts on how close they are to an announcement?stlgasm wrote:IKEA is coming to St. Louis and will be in the City of St. Louis
C'mon McKee - this is your chance to be in everyone's good graces...stlgasm wrote:According to a property owner on Forest Park Parkway: IKEA is coming to St. Louis and will be in the City of St. Louis, but not at this site. The Forest Park Parkway land in question will be developed for another pending project (undisclosed).
Sorry the info is so fuzzy, but that's all I got.
I doubt IKEA would let that happen as they seem to think these things out. Then again I still contend that the Atlanta location is a bit strange (at least to me).arch city wrote:Whatever the case, I just hope an IKEA isn't plopped down or becomes nestled in some weird place in the city - just to get it in the city. I hope proper planning is thoroughly considered.
Lafayette Square East.Alex Ihnen wrote:I received a tip from a made up email address the other day saying IKEA was ready to sign to go into NorthPark...let the rumor mill spin!
That could be a real possibility. I can see a big blue IKEA box on a hill overlooking I-70.Alex Ihnen wrote:I received a tip from a made up email address the other day saying IKEA was ready to sign to go into NorthPark...let the rumor mill spin!
Have to agree, while Laclede would be staying in the city it would be a another blow to downtown, increase vacany thus lowering office rates, not to mention a mismatch for CORTEX. Retail and mixed use residential infill seems like a lot better way to encourage CORTEX growth in which employees have options for living close to work if desired without having to jump in a car. That is an advantage CORTEX/City can offer bio employers over the various suburban office parks like NorthPark for example. Maybe that employee gets an apartment and then later on looks for a house in FPSE, Dogtown or CWE, so on.arch city wrote:I certainly hope The LaClede Group isn't planning to uproot from downtown to move to FPP/Cortex. I am hoping that a little energy node could form downtown.
Must be a little bit more to considering the comment from PD's articlestlgasm wrote:According to a property owner on Forest Park Parkway: IKEA is coming to St. Louis and will be in the City of St. Louis, but not at this site. The Forest Park Parkway land in question will be developed for another pending project (undisclosed).
Sorry the info is so fuzzy, but that's all I got.
There, fixed that for you!dredger wrote:Must be a little bit more to considering the comment from PD's article
http://www.stltoday.com/print/business- ... 939ea.html
The utility has all but eliminated one of its previously mentioned options: construction of a headquarters on company-owned property on Forest Park Avenue, in the CORTEX district.
“We still wish to locate our headquarters in the city of St. Louis,” said Laclede spokeswoman Jenny Gobble. “Having said that, at this time, our property at Sarah (Street) and Forest Park is a very unlikely option for our headquarters because we are close to a closing on selling it to IKEA. Oh crap... Please don't print that! Redo! Redo!”
roger wyoming II wrote:There, fixed that for you!dredger wrote:Must be a little bit more to considering the comment from PD's article
http://www.stltoday.com/print/business- ... 939ea.html
The utility has all but eliminated one of its previously mentioned options: construction of a headquarters on company-owned property on Forest Park Avenue, in the CORTEX district.
“We still wish to locate our headquarters in the city of St. Louis,” said Laclede spokeswoman Jenny Gobble. “Having said that, at this time, our property at Sarah (Street) and Forest Park is a very unlikely option for our headquarters because we are close to a closing on selling it to IKEA. Oh crap... Please don't print that! Redo! Redo!”
Wait, NorthPark isn't even in St. Louis -- it's east of the airport. Do you mean McKee's other "North" property, NorthSide? The former isn't awful as it's near the intersection of 70 & 170 but there seem to be much better spots. I suppose the latter could work if it were near the interstate / new bridge.Alex Ihnen wrote:I received a tip from a made up email address the other day saying IKEA was ready to sign to go into NorthPark...let the rumor mill spin!
It's ok. The email address with this information was breakingIKEAnews@northparkstl.cominnov8ion wrote:Wait, NorthPark isn't even in St. Louis -- it's east of the airport. Do you mean McKee's other "North" property, NorthSide? The former isn't awful as it's near the intersection of 70 & 170 but there seem to be much better spots. I suppose the latter could work if it were near the interstate / new bridge.
I hear that Ikea is still being worked although I didn't inquire into the target location.
IKEA's don't usually fail. IKEA scouts for the perfect location forever and when a location is finally selected the store will be at that location until the rapture.jcity wrote:Putting IKEA in North Park will be like St. Louis Mills Part 2. Failure.
I'm guessing they'd want to be somewhere off of 64 or 44, nearish to the middle of the 270/55 radius that encompasses the St. Louis County / City core. The Hadley Township and Cortex sites fit well in this model but who knows what their criteria really is.arch city wrote:IKEA's don't usually fail. IKEA scouts for the perfect location forever and when a location is finally selected the store will be at that location until the rapture.jcity wrote:Putting IKEA in North Park will be like St. Louis Mills Part 2. Failure.
If they select Northpark, it will be a success because it will become a draw not just for St. Louisans, but it will draw people within a 150-mile radius or greater of St. Louis.
